diff --git a/src/main/java/carpet/script/CarpetExpression.java b/src/main/java/carpet/script/CarpetExpression.java
index 4f2075df..b7f7d355 100644
--- a/src/main/java/carpet/script/CarpetExpression.java
+++ b/src/main/java/carpet/script/CarpetExpression.java
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ import net.minecraft.world.LightType;
 import net.minecraft.world.World;
 import net.minecraft.world.biome.Biome;
 import net.minecraft.world.chunk.Chunk;
+import net.minecraft.world.chunk.ChunkStatus;
 import net.minecraft.world.chunk.WorldChunk;
 import net.minecraft.world.dimension.DimensionType;
 import net.minecraft.world.loot.context.LootContext;
@@ -804,6 +805,14 @@ public class CarpetExpression
             return (c_, t_) -> retval;
         });
 
+        this.expr.addLazyFunction("generation_status", -1, (c, t, lv) ->
+        {
+            BlockPos pos = BlockValue.fromParams((CarpetContext)c, lv, 0).block.getPos();
+            Chunk chunk = ((CarpetContext)c).s.getWorld().getChunk(pos.getX()>>4, pos.getZ()>>4, ChunkStatus.EMPTY);
+            Value retval = new StringValue(chunk.getStatus().getName());
+            return (c_, t_) -> retval;
+        });
+
         this.expr.addLazyFunction("suffocates", -1, (c, t, lv) ->
                 genericStateTest(c, "suffocates", lv, (s, p, w) -> new NumericValue(s.canSuffocate(w, p))));