diff --git a/applications/utilities/miscellaneous/foamHasLibrary/Make/files b/applications/utilities/miscellaneous/foamHasLibrary/Make/files
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+foamHasLibrary.C
+
+EXE = $(FOAM_APPBIN)/foamHasLibrary
diff --git a/applications/utilities/miscellaneous/foamHasLibrary/Make/options b/applications/utilities/miscellaneous/foamHasLibrary/Make/options
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+EXE_INC =
+
+EXE_LIBS =
diff --git a/applications/utilities/miscellaneous/foamHasLibrary/foamHasLibrary.C b/applications/utilities/miscellaneous/foamHasLibrary/foamHasLibrary.C
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+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
+  =========                 |
+  \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
+   \\    /   O peration     |
+    \\  /    A nd           | www.openfoam.com
+     \\/     M anipulation  |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    Copyright (C) 2020 OpenCFD Ltd.
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+License
+    This file is part of OpenFOAM.
+
+    OpenFOAM is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+    under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    OpenFOAM is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+    ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+    FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+    for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with OpenFOAM.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+Application
+    foamHasLibrary
+
+Group
+    grpMiscUtilities
+
+Description
+    Test if given libraries can be loaded.
+
+Usage
+    \b foamHasLibrary [OPTION] lib...
+
+    Options:
+      - \par -or
+        Success if any of the libraries can be loaded.
+        Does not short-circuit.
+
+      - \par -verbose
+        Additional verbosity
+
+Note
+    No normal output.
+
+\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+#include "argList.H"
+#include "profiling.H"
+
+using namespace Foam;
+
+// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    argList::addNote("Test if given libraries can be loaded");
+
+    profiling::disable(); // No profiling output
+    argList::noBanner();
+    argList::noParallel();
+    argList::removeOption("case");
+    argList::removeOption("noFunctionObjects");
+    argList::addBoolOption
+    (
+        "or",
+        "Success if any of the libraries can be loaded\n"
+        "(does not short-circuit)"
+    );
+    argList::addBoolOption
+    (
+        "verbose",
+        "Additional verbosity"
+    );
+
+    argList::addArgument("lib...");
+    argList::noMandatoryArgs();  // Arguments are optional
+
+    argList args(argc, argv, false, true);
+
+    // Force dlOpen of FOAM_DLOPEN_LIBS (principally for Windows applications)
+    #include "foamDlOpenLibs.H"
+
+    const bool testOr = args.found("or");
+    const bool verbose = args.found("verbose");
+
+    label ngood = 0;
+    label nbad = 0;
+
+    dlLibraryTable& libs = args.libs();
+
+    wordHashSet loaded;
+
+    for (int argi = 1; argi < args.size(); ++argi)
+    {
+        const fileName libName(fileName::validate(args[argi]));
+
+        if (libName.empty())
+        {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        // InfoErr << "Check " << libName << nl;
+
+        // Could have libs.findLibrary(...)
+        // if we really expect many duplicates
+
+        const void* ptr = libs.open(libName, false);
+
+        if (!ptr)
+        {
+            ++nbad;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            ++ngood;
+
+            if (verbose)
+            {
+                const word addr(Foam::name(ptr));
+
+                if (loaded.insert(addr))
+                {
+                    InfoErr << "Can load " << libName << nl;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    InfoErr << "Already loaded " << libName << nl;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    const bool okay
+    (
+        testOr
+      ? (ngood > 0 || nbad == 0)
+      : nbad == 0
+    );
+
+    return okay ? 0 : 1;
+}
+
+
+// ************************************************************************* //