diff --git a/eZ/Bundle/EzPublishCoreBundle/Resources/config/helpers.yml b/eZ/Bundle/EzPublishCoreBundle/Resources/config/helpers.yml
index 5059671df38..217376df65f 100644
--- a/eZ/Bundle/EzPublishCoreBundle/Resources/config/helpers.yml
+++ b/eZ/Bundle/EzPublishCoreBundle/Resources/config/helpers.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 parameters:
     # Helpers
     ezpublish.translation_helper.class: eZ\Publish\Core\Helper\TranslationHelper
+    ezpublish.field_helper.class: eZ\Publish\Core\Helper\FieldHelper
 
 services:
     # Helpers
     ezpublish.translation_helper:
         class: %ezpublish.translation_helper.class%
         arguments: [@ezpublish.config.resolver]
+
+    ezpublish.field_helper:
+        class: %ezpublish.field_helper.class%
+        arguments: [@ezpublish.translation_helper, @ezpublish.api.service.content_type, @ezpublish.api.service.field_type]
diff --git a/eZ/Bundle/EzPublishCoreBundle/Resources/config/templating.yml b/eZ/Bundle/EzPublishCoreBundle/Resources/config/templating.yml
index 683f5df8520..1d1e75abf7c 100644
--- a/eZ/Bundle/EzPublishCoreBundle/Resources/config/templating.yml
+++ b/eZ/Bundle/EzPublishCoreBundle/Resources/config/templating.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ services:
 
     ezpublish.twig.extension.content:
         class: %ezpublish.twig.extension.content.class%
-        arguments: [@service_container, @ezpublish.config.resolver, @ezpublish.translation_helper]
+        arguments: [@service_container, @ezpublish.config.resolver, @ezpublish.translation_helper, @ezpublish.field_helper]
         tags:
             - {name: twig.extension}
 
diff --git a/eZ/Publish/Core/Helper/FieldHelper.php b/eZ/Publish/Core/Helper/FieldHelper.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bc44ca1c11d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eZ/Publish/Core/Helper/FieldHelper.php
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * File containing the FieldHelper class.
+ *
+ * @copyright Copyright (C) 1999-2013 eZ Systems AS. All rights reserved.
+ * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.txt GNU General Public License v2
+ * @version //autogentag//
+ */
+
+namespace eZ\Publish\Core\Helper;
+
+use eZ\Publish\API\Repository\ContentTypeService;
+use eZ\Publish\API\Repository\FieldTypeService;
+use eZ\Publish\API\Repository\Values\Content\Content;
+use eZ\Publish\API\Repository\Values\Content\ContentInfo;
+
+class FieldHelper
+{
+    /**
+     * @var \eZ\Publish\API\Repository\ContentTypeService
+     */
+    private $contentTypeService;
+
+    /**
+     * @var \eZ\Publish\API\Repository\FieldTypeService
+     */
+    private $fieldTypeService;
+
+    /**
+     * @var TranslationHelper
+     */
+    private $translationHelper;
+
+    public function __construct( TranslationHelper $translationHelper, ContentTypeService $contentTypeService, FieldTypeService $fieldTypeService )
+    {
+        $this->fieldTypeService = $fieldTypeService;
+        $this->contentTypeService = $contentTypeService;
+        $this->translationHelper = $translationHelper;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if provided field can be considered empty.
+     *
+     * @param \eZ\Publish\API\Repository\Values\Content\Content $content
+     * @param string $fieldDefIdentifier
+     * @param null $forcedLanguage
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function isFieldEmpty( Content $content, $fieldDefIdentifier, $forcedLanguage = null )
+    {
+        $field = $this->translationHelper->getTranslatedField( $content, $fieldDefIdentifier, $forcedLanguage );
+        $fieldDefinition = $this->getFieldDefinition( $content->contentInfo, $fieldDefIdentifier );
+
+        return $this
+            ->fieldTypeService
+            ->getFieldType( $fieldDefinition->fieldTypeIdentifier )
+            ->isEmptyValue( $field->value );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns FieldDefinition object based on $contentInfo and $fieldDefIdentifier.
+     *
+     * @param ContentInfo $contentInfo
+     * @param string $fieldDefIdentifier
+     *
+     * @return \eZ\Publish\API\Repository\Values\ContentType\FieldDefinition
+     */
+    public function getFieldDefinition( ContentInfo $contentInfo, $fieldDefIdentifier )
+    {
+        return $this
+            ->contentTypeService
+            ->loadContentType( $contentInfo->contentTypeId )
+            ->getFieldDefinition( $fieldDefIdentifier );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/eZ/Publish/Core/Helper/Tests/FieldHelperTest.php b/eZ/Publish/Core/Helper/Tests/FieldHelperTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c51c9d7a1ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eZ/Publish/Core/Helper/Tests/FieldHelperTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * File containing the FieldHelperTest class.
+ *
+ * @copyright Copyright (C) 1999-2013 eZ Systems AS. All rights reserved.
+ * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.txt GNU General Public License v2
+ * @version //autogentag//
+ */
+
+namespace eZ\Publish\Core\Helper\Tests;
+
+use eZ\Publish\API\Repository\ContentTypeService;
+use eZ\Publish\API\Repository\FieldTypeService;
+use eZ\Publish\API\Repository\Values\Content\ContentInfo;
+use eZ\Publish\API\Repository\Values\Content\Field;
+use eZ\Publish\Core\FieldType\TextLine\Type as TextLineType;
+use eZ\Publish\Core\FieldType\TextLine\Value;
+use eZ\Publish\Core\Helper\FieldHelper;
+use PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase;
+
+class FieldHelperTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * @var FieldHelper
+     */
+    private $fieldHelper;
+
+    /**
+     * @var FieldTypeService|\PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_MockObject
+     */
+    private $fieldTypeServiceMock;
+
+    /**
+     * @var ContentTypeService|\PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_MockObject
+     */
+    private $contentTypeServiceMock;
+
+    /**
+     * @var \eZ\Publish\Core\Helper\TranslationHelper|\PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_MockObject
+     */
+    private $translationHelper;
+
+    protected function setUp()
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+        $this->fieldTypeServiceMock = $this->getMock( 'eZ\\Publish\\API\\Repository\\FieldTypeService' );
+        $this->contentTypeServiceMock = $this->getMock( 'eZ\\Publish\\API\\Repository\\ContentTypeService' );
+        $this->translationHelper = $this
+            ->getMockBuilder( 'eZ\\Publish\\Core\\Helper\\TranslationHelper' )
+            ->disableOriginalConstructor()
+            ->getMock();
+        $this->fieldHelper = new FieldHelper( $this->translationHelper, $this->contentTypeServiceMock, $this->fieldTypeServiceMock );
+    }
+
+    public function testIsFieldEmpty()
+    {
+        $contentTypeId = 123;
+        $contentInfo = new ContentInfo( array( 'contentTypeId' => $contentTypeId ) );
+        $content = $this->getMock( 'eZ\\Publish\\API\\Repository\\Values\\Content\\Content' );
+        $content
+            ->expects( $this->any() )
+            ->method( '__get' )
+            ->with( 'contentInfo' )
+            ->will( $this->returnValue( $contentInfo ) );
+
+        $fieldDefIdentifier = 'my_field_definition';
+        $textLineFT = new TextLineType;
+        $emptyValue = $textLineFT->getEmptyValue();
+        $emptyField = new Field( array( 'fieldDefIdentifier' => $fieldDefIdentifier, 'value' => $emptyValue ) );
+
+        $contentType = $this->getMockForAbstractClass( 'eZ\\Publish\\API\\Repository\\Values\\ContentType\\ContentType' );
+        $fieldDefinition = $this->getMockBuilder( 'eZ\\Publish\\API\\Repository\\Values\\ContentType\\FieldDefinition' )
+            ->setConstructorArgs( array( array( 'fieldTypeIdentifier' => 'ezstring' ) ) )
+            ->getMockForAbstractClass();
+        $contentType
+            ->expects( $this->once() )
+            ->method( 'getFieldDefinition' )
+            ->with( $fieldDefIdentifier )
+            ->will( $this->returnValue( $fieldDefinition ) );
+
+        $this->contentTypeServiceMock
+            ->expects( $this->once() )
+            ->method( 'loadContentType' )
+            ->with( $contentTypeId )
+            ->will( $this->returnValue( $contentType ) );
+
+        $this->translationHelper
+            ->expects( $this->once() )
+            ->method( 'getTranslatedField' )
+            ->with( $content, $fieldDefIdentifier )
+            ->will( $this->returnValue( $emptyField ) );
+
+        $this->fieldTypeServiceMock
+            ->expects( $this->any() )
+            ->method( 'getFieldType' )
+            ->with( 'ezstring' )
+            ->will( $this->returnValue( $textLineFT ) );
+
+        $this->assertTrue( $this->fieldHelper->isFieldEmpty( $content, $fieldDefIdentifier ) );
+
+//        $nonEmptyValue = new Field( array( 'fieldDefIdentifier' => 'ezstring', 'value' => new Value( 'Vive le sucre !!!' ) ) );
+//        $this->assertFalse( $this->fieldHelper->isFieldEmpty( $nonEmptyValue ) );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/eZ/Publish/Core/MVC/Symfony/Templating/Tests/Twig/Extension/ContentExtensionTest.php b/eZ/Publish/Core/MVC/Symfony/Templating/Tests/Twig/Extension/ContentExtensionTest.php
index d82b27bca54..9ffa170b985 100644
--- a/eZ/Publish/Core/MVC/Symfony/Templating/Tests/Twig/Extension/ContentExtensionTest.php
+++ b/eZ/Publish/Core/MVC/Symfony/Templating/Tests/Twig/Extension/ContentExtensionTest.php
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ public function getExtensions()
             new ContentExtension(
                 $this->getContainerMock(),
                 $configResolver,
-                new TranslationHelper( $configResolver )
+                new TranslationHelper( $configResolver ),
+                $this->getMock( 'eZ\\Publish\\Core\\Helper\\FieldHelper' )
             )
         );
     }
diff --git a/eZ/Publish/Core/MVC/Symfony/Templating/Twig/Extension/ContentExtension.php b/eZ/Publish/Core/MVC/Symfony/Templating/Twig/Extension/ContentExtension.php
index b5ad9127f31..d8f183dc63a 100644
--- a/eZ/Publish/Core/MVC/Symfony/Templating/Twig/Extension/ContentExtension.php
+++ b/eZ/Publish/Core/MVC/Symfony/Templating/Twig/Extension/ContentExtension.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 namespace eZ\Publish\Core\MVC\Symfony\Templating\Twig\Extension;
 
+use eZ\Publish\Core\Helper\FieldHelper;
 use eZ\Publish\Core\Helper\TranslationHelper;
 use eZ\Publish\Core\Repository\Values\Content\Content;
 use eZ\Publish\API\Repository\Values\Content\Field;
@@ -101,9 +102,14 @@ class ContentExtension extends Twig_Extension
     /**
      * @var \eZ\Publish\Core\Helper\TranslationHelper
      */
-    protected $contentHelper;
+    protected $translationHelper;
 
-    public function __construct( ContainerInterface $container, ConfigResolverInterface $resolver, TranslationHelper $contentHelper )
+    /**
+     * @var \eZ\Publish\Core\Helper\FieldHelper
+     */
+    protected $fieldHelper;
+
+    public function __construct( ContainerInterface $container, ConfigResolverInterface $resolver, TranslationHelper $translationHelper, FieldHelper $fieldHelper )
     {
         $comp = function ( $a, $b )
         {
@@ -119,7 +125,8 @@ public function __construct( ContainerInterface $container, ConfigResolverInterf
         $this->blocks = array();
         $this->container = $container;
         $this->configResolver = $resolver;
-        $this->contentHelper = $contentHelper;
+        $this->translationHelper = $translationHelper;
+        $this->fieldHelper = $fieldHelper;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -162,7 +169,11 @@ public function getFunctions()
             new Twig_SimpleFunction(
                 'ez_field_value',
                 array( $this, 'getTranslatedFieldValue' )
-            )
+            ),
+            new Twig_SimpleFunction(
+                'ez_is_field_empty',
+                array( $this, 'isFieldEmpty' )
+            ),
         );
     }
 
@@ -287,7 +298,7 @@ public function renderFieldDefinitionSettings( FieldDefinition $definition )
      */
     public function renderField( Content $content, $fieldIdentifier, array $params = array() )
     {
-        $field = $this->contentHelper->getTranslatedField( $content, $fieldIdentifier, isset( $params['lang'] ) ? $params['lang'] : null );
+        $field = $this->translationHelper->getTranslatedField( $content, $fieldIdentifier, isset( $params['lang'] ) ? $params['lang'] : null );
 
         if ( !$field instanceof Field )
         {
@@ -528,7 +539,7 @@ protected function getFieldTypeIdentifier( Content $content, Field $field )
      */
     public function getTranslatedContentName( Content $content, $forcedLanguage = null )
     {
-        return $this->contentHelper->getTranslatedName( $content, $forcedLanguage );
+        return $this->translationHelper->getTranslatedName( $content, $forcedLanguage );
     }
 
     /**
@@ -540,6 +551,20 @@ public function getTranslatedContentName( Content $content, $forcedLanguage = nu
      */
     public function getTranslatedFieldValue( Content $content, $fieldDefIdentifier, $forcedLanguage = null )
     {
-        return $this->contentHelper->getTranslatedField( $content, $fieldDefIdentifier, $forcedLanguage )->value;
+        return $this->translationHelper->getTranslatedField( $content, $fieldDefIdentifier, $forcedLanguage )->value;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if a given field is considered empty.
+     *
+     * @param \eZ\Publish\Core\Repository\Values\Content\Content $content
+     * @param string $fieldDefIdentifier Identifier for the field we want to get the value from.
+     * @param string $forcedLanguage Locale we want the content name translation in (e.g. "fre-FR"). Null by default (takes current locale).
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function isFieldEmpty( Content $content, $fieldDefIdentifier, $forcedLanguage = null )
+    {
+        return $this->fieldHelper->isFieldEmpty( $content, $fieldDefIdentifier, $forcedLanguage );
     }
 }