diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2730dc9..9e2fadf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ target
 Cargo.lock
 mongoc-sys/mongo-c-driver*
 ssl_env_vars
+.idea/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mongoc-sys/src/lib.rs b/mongoc-sys/src/lib.rs
index 57cf709..38ec17b 100644
--- a/mongoc-sys/src/lib.rs
+++ b/mongoc-sys/src/lib.rs
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ pub mod bindings {
         pub fn mongoc_database_get_collection(database: *mut mongoc_database_t, name: *const ::libc::c_char) -> *mut mongoc_collection_t;
         pub fn mongoc_database_get_name(database: *mut mongoc_database_t) -> *const ::libc::c_char;
         pub fn mongoc_database_destroy(database: *mut mongoc_database_t) -> ();
+        pub fn mongoc_database_has_collection(database: *mut mongoc_database_t, name: *const ::libc::c_char, error: *mut bson_error_t) -> ::libc::boolean_t;
     }
 
     // Client
diff --git a/src/database.rs b/src/database.rs
index 6cb05af..18bdb1a 100644
--- a/src/database.rs
+++ b/src/database.rs
@@ -189,6 +189,31 @@ impl<'a> Database<'a> {
         };
         String::from_utf8_lossy(cstr.to_bytes())
     }
+
+    /// Create a new collection in this database.
+    pub fn has_collection<S: Into<Vec<u8>>>(
+        &self,
+        name:    S
+    ) -> Result<bool> {
+        let mut error = BsoncError::empty();
+        let name_cstring = CString::new(name).unwrap();
+
+        let has_collection = unsafe {
+            bindings::mongoc_database_has_collection(
+                self.inner,
+                name_cstring.as_ptr(),
+                error.mut_inner())
+        };
+
+        if error.is_empty() {
+            Ok(match has_collection{
+                0 => false,
+                _ => true
+            })
+        } else {
+            Err(error.into())
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl<'a> Drop for Database<'a> {