diff --git a/services/vault/vault.go b/services/vault/vault.go
index ba694b090f..b3e5f54124 100644
--- a/services/vault/vault.go
+++ b/services/vault/vault.go
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ type Secret struct {
 	DeletedUnix    int64
 }
 
+// IsDeleted returns true if the secret is soft deleted
+func (s Secret) IsDeleted() bool {
+	return s.DeletedUnix > 0
+}
+
 // SecretVersion represents a version of a secret
 type SecretVersion struct {
 	ID          int64