diff --git a/apier/v1/caches.go b/apier/v1/caches.go
index 0ea876a5e..69b6b3206 100644
--- a/apier/v1/caches.go
+++ b/apier/v1/caches.go
@@ -75,8 +75,14 @@ func (chSv1 *CacheSv1) PrecacheStatus(cacheIDs []string, rply *map[string]string
 	return chSv1.cacheS.V1PrecacheStatus(cacheIDs, rply)
 }
 
+// HasGroup checks existence of a group in cache
+func (chSv1 *CacheSv1) HasGroup(args *engine.ArgsGetGroup,
+	rply *bool) (err error) {
+	return chSv1.cacheS.V1HasGroup(args, rply)
+}
+
 // GetGroupItemIDs returns a list of itemIDs in a cache group
-func (chSv1 *CacheSv1) GetGroupItemIDs(args *engine.ArgsGetGroupItems,
+func (chSv1 *CacheSv1) GetGroupItemIDs(args *engine.ArgsGetGroup,
 	rply *[]string) (err error) {
 	return chSv1.cacheS.V1GetGroupItemIDs(args, rply)
 }
diff --git a/engine/caches.go b/engine/caches.go
index c4e81fcda..a793eb8cb 100644
--- a/engine/caches.go
+++ b/engine/caches.go
@@ -191,13 +191,22 @@ func (chS *CacheS) V1PrecacheStatus(cacheIDs []string, rply *map[string]string)
 	return
 }
 
-type ArgsGetGroupItems struct {
+type ArgsGetGroup struct {
 	CacheID string
 	GroupID string
 }
 
-func (chS *CacheS) V1GetGroupItemIDs(args *ArgsGetGroupItems,
+func (chS *CacheS) V1HasGroup(args *ArgsGetGroup,
+	rply *bool) (err error) {
+	*rply = Cache.HasGroup(args.CacheID, args.GroupID)
+	return
+}
+
+func (chS *CacheS) V1GetGroupItemIDs(args *ArgsGetGroup,
 	rply *[]string) (err error) {
+	if has := Cache.HasGroup(args.CacheID, args.GroupID); !has {
+		return utils.ErrNotFound
+	}
 	*rply = Cache.GetGroupItemIDs(args.CacheID, args.GroupID)
 	return
 }