diff --git a/visionipc/visionipc.pxd b/visionipc/visionipc.pxd
index 87999e2..d508e2e 100644
--- a/visionipc/visionipc.pxd
+++ b/visionipc/visionipc.pxd
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 from libcpp.string cimport string
 from libcpp.vector cimport vector
+from libcpp.set cimport set
 from libc.stdint cimport uint32_t, uint64_t
 from libcpp cimport bool
 
@@ -40,3 +41,5 @@ cdef extern from "cereal/visionipc/visionipc_client.h":
     VisionBuf * recv(VisionIpcBufExtra *, int)
     bool connect(bool)
     bool is_connected()
+    @staticmethod
+    set[VisionStreamType] getAvailableStreams(string, bool)
diff --git a/visionipc/visionipc_pyx.pyx b/visionipc/visionipc_pyx.pyx
index c362319..531e7a5 100644
--- a/visionipc/visionipc_pyx.pyx
+++ b/visionipc/visionipc_pyx.pyx
@@ -97,3 +97,7 @@ cdef class VisionIpcClient:
 
   def is_connected(self):
     return self.client.is_connected()
+
+  @staticmethod
+  def available_streams(string name, bool block):
+    return cppVisionIpcClient.getAvailableStreams(name, block)