diff --git a/src/backend/integrations/builtin/obs/obs-integration.ts b/src/backend/integrations/builtin/obs/obs-integration.ts
index 91cbb46a9..208ea593e 100644
--- a/src/backend/integrations/builtin/obs/obs-integration.ts
+++ b/src/backend/integrations/builtin/obs/obs-integration.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import { SceneNameEventFilter } from "./filters/scene-name-filter";
 
 import { SceneNameVariable } from "./variables/scene-name-variable";
 import { SceneCollectionNameVariable } from "./variables/scene-collection-name";
+import { IsConnectedVariable } from "./variables/is-connected";
 import { IsStreamingVariable } from "./variables/is-streaming";
 import { IsRecordingVariable } from "./variables/is-recording";
 import { ColorValueVariable } from "./variables/obs-color-value";
@@ -158,6 +159,7 @@ class ObsIntegration
 
         replaceVariableManager.registerReplaceVariable(SceneNameVariable);
         replaceVariableManager.registerReplaceVariable(SceneCollectionNameVariable);
+        replaceVariableManager.registerReplaceVariable(IsConnectedVariable);
         replaceVariableManager.registerReplaceVariable(IsStreamingVariable);
         replaceVariableManager.registerReplaceVariable(IsRecordingVariable);
         replaceVariableManager.registerReplaceVariable(ColorValueVariable);
diff --git a/src/backend/integrations/builtin/obs/obs-remote.ts b/src/backend/integrations/builtin/obs/obs-remote.ts
index 81a9032d7..c6c3480a0 100644
--- a/src/backend/integrations/builtin/obs/obs-remote.ts
+++ b/src/backend/integrations/builtin/obs/obs-remote.ts
@@ -968,6 +968,8 @@ export async function stopVirtualCam(): Promise<void> {
     }
 }
 
+export const isConnected = (): boolean => connected;
+
 export async function isStreaming(): Promise<boolean> {
     let isRunning = false;
     if (!connected) {
diff --git a/src/backend/integrations/builtin/obs/variables/is-connected.ts b/src/backend/integrations/builtin/obs/variables/is-connected.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9587e9e12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/integrations/builtin/obs/variables/is-connected.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { ReplaceVariable } from "../../../../../types/variables";
+import { isConnected } from "../obs-remote";
+
+export const IsConnectedVariable: ReplaceVariable = {
+    definition: {
+        handle: "obsIsConnected",
+        description: "Returns 'true' if OBS is currently connected or 'false' if it is not.",
+        possibleDataOutput: ["text"]
+    },
+    evaluator: async () => {
+        return isConnected() ?? false;
+    }
+};