diff --git a/lldb/include/lldb/API/SBType.h b/lldb/include/lldb/API/SBType.h
index 14bd35cf05c6..5ef83130016a 100644
--- a/lldb/include/lldb/API/SBType.h
+++ b/lldb/include/lldb/API/SBType.h
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ public:
     SBTypeList&
     operator = (const SBTypeList& rhs);
     
+    bool
+    IsValid() const;
+
     void
     Append (const SBType& type);
     
diff --git a/lldb/scripts/Python/interface/SBType.i b/lldb/scripts/Python/interface/SBType.i
index 48f20f1f2d62..3086338d800e 100644
--- a/lldb/scripts/Python/interface/SBType.i
+++ b/lldb/scripts/Python/interface/SBType.i
@@ -156,6 +156,9 @@ class SBTypeList
 public:
     SBTypeList();
 
+    bool
+    IsValid() const;
+
     void
     Append(const SBType& type);
 
diff --git a/lldb/source/API/SBType.cpp b/lldb/source/API/SBType.cpp
index 64c64acb97d0..582eceec1e32 100644
--- a/lldb/source/API/SBType.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/API/SBType.cpp
@@ -323,6 +323,12 @@ SBTypeList::SBTypeList(const SBTypeList& rhs) :
         Append(rhs.GetTypeAtIndex(i));
 }
 
+bool
+SBTypeList::IsValid () const
+{
+    return (m_opaque_ap.get() != NULL);
+}
+
 SBTypeList&
 SBTypeList::operator = (const SBTypeList& rhs)
 {
diff --git a/lldb/test/python_api/default-constructor/TestDefaultConstructorForAPIObjects.py b/lldb/test/python_api/default-constructor/TestDefaultConstructorForAPIObjects.py
index 69a455061103..c41fc16cbf24 100644
--- a/lldb/test/python_api/default-constructor/TestDefaultConstructorForAPIObjects.py
+++ b/lldb/test/python_api/default-constructor/TestDefaultConstructorForAPIObjects.py
@@ -313,13 +313,11 @@ class APIDefaultConstructorTestCase(TestBase):
 
     @python_api_test
     def test_SBTypeList(self):
+        """SBTypeList object is valid after default construction."""
         obj = lldb.SBTypeList()
         if self.TraceOn():
             print obj
-        # SBTypeList does not have IsValid() method defined.  It's always valid
-        # in a sense.  So the Python's truth value testing in turn delegates to
-        # __len__() method, which is defined for SBTypeList, and returns 0.
-        self.assertFalse(obj)
+        self.assertTrue(obj)
 
     @python_api_test
     def test_SBValue(self):