diff --git a/man/ostree-admin-status.xml b/man/ostree-admin-status.xml
index dde099b00d..cc90312c91 100644
--- a/man/ostree-admin-status.xml
+++ b/man/ostree-admin-status.xml
@@ -61,6 +61,65 @@ License along with this library. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
         </para>
     </refsect1>
 
+    <refsect1>
+        <title>Options</title>
+
+        <variablelist>
+            <varlistentry>
+                <term><option>--sysroot</option>="PATH"</term>
+
+                <listitem><para>
+                    Create a new OSTree sysroot at PATH
+                </para></listitem>
+            </varlistentry>
+
+            <varlistentry>
+                <term><option>-V, --verify</option></term>
+
+                <listitem><para>
+                    Print the commit verification status
+                </para></listitem>
+            </varlistentry>
+
+            <varlistentry>
+                <term><option>-S, --skip-signatures</option></term>
+
+                <listitem><para>
+                    Skip signatures in output
+                </para></listitem>
+            </varlistentry>
+
+            <varlistentry>
+                <term><option>-Q, --query-booted</option></term>
+
+                <listitem><para>
+                    Output the string <literal>default</literal> if the default deployment
+                    is the booted one, <literal>not-default</literal> if we are booted in
+                    a non-default deployment (e.g. the user interactively chose a
+                    different entry in the bootloader menu, or the bootloader rolled back
+                    automatically, etc.). If we are not in a booted OSTree system, an
+                    error is returned.
+                </para></listitem>
+            </varlistentry>
+
+            <varlistentry>
+                <term><option>-v, --verbose</option></term>
+
+                <listitem><para>
+                    Print debug information during command processing
+                </para></listitem>
+            </varlistentry>
+
+            <varlistentry>
+                <term><option>--version</option>--version</term>
+
+                <listitem><para>
+                    Print version information and exit
+                </para></listitem>
+            </varlistentry>
+        </variablelist>
+    </refsect1>
+
     <refsect1>
         <title>Example</title>
         <para><command>$ ostree admin status</command></para>
diff --git a/src/ostree/ot-admin-builtin-status.c b/src/ostree/ot-admin-builtin-status.c
index bf94843f26..e867cb8667 100644
--- a/src/ostree/ot-admin-builtin-status.c
+++ b/src/ostree/ot-admin-builtin-status.c
@@ -30,13 +30,21 @@
 
 static gboolean opt_verify;
 static gboolean opt_skip_signatures;
-
-static GOptionEntry options[]
-    = { { "verify", 'V', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &opt_verify, "Print the commit verification status",
-          NULL },
-        { "skip-signatures", 'S', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &opt_skip_signatures,
-          "Print the commit verification status", NULL },
-        { NULL } };
+static gboolean opt_query_booted;
+
+static GOptionEntry options[] = {
+  { "verify", 'V', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &opt_verify, "Print the commit verification status",
+    NULL },
+  { "skip-signatures", 'S', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &opt_skip_signatures, "Skip signatures in output",
+    NULL },
+  { "query-booted", 'Q', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &opt_query_booted,
+    "Output the string \"default\" if the default deployment is the booted one, \"not-default\" if "
+    "we are booted in a non-default deployment (e.g. the user interactively chose a different "
+    "entry in  the bootloader menu, or the bootloader rolled back automatically, etc.). If we are "
+    "not in a booted OSTree system, an error is returned.",
+    NULL },
+  { NULL }
+};
 static gboolean
 deployment_print_status (OstreeSysroot *sysroot, OstreeRepo *repo, OstreeDeployment *deployment,
                          gboolean is_booted, gboolean is_pending, gboolean is_rollback,
@@ -200,7 +208,15 @@ ot_admin_builtin_status (int argc, char **argv, OstreeCommandInvocation *invocat
   if (booted_deployment)
     ostree_sysroot_query_deployments_for (sysroot, NULL, &pending_deployment, &rollback_deployment);
 
-  if (deployments->len == 0)
+  if (opt_query_booted)
+    {
+      if (deployments->len == 0)
+        return glnx_throw (error, "Not in a booted OSTree system");
+
+      const gboolean is_default_booted = deployments->pdata[0] == booted_deployment;
+      g_print ("%s\n", is_default_booted ? "default" : "not-default");
+    }
+  else if (deployments->len == 0)
     {
       g_print ("No deployments.\n");
     }