diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/TypedConfigManager.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/TypedConfigManager.php
index 64735ad..71aa0bc 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/TypedConfigManager.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/TypedConfigManager.php
@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@
 use Drupal\Component\Plugin\PluginManagerBase;
 use Drupal\Component\Utility\NestedArray;
 use Drupal\Component\Utility\String;
+use Drupal\Core\Config\TypedConfigManagerInterface;
 
 /**
  * Manages config type plugins.
  */
-class TypedConfigManager extends PluginManagerBase {
+class TypedConfigManager extends PluginManagerBase implements TypedConfigManagerInterface {
 
   /**
    * A storage controller instance for reading configuration data.
@@ -285,4 +286,14 @@ protected function replaceVariable($value, $data) {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function hasConfigSchema($name) {
+    // The schema system falls back on the Property class for unknown types.
+    // See http://drupal.org/node/1905230
+    $definition = $this->getDefinition($name);
+    return is_array($definition) && ($definition['class'] != '\Drupal\Core\Config\Schema\Property');
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/TypedConfigManagerInterface.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/TypedConfigManagerInterface.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e80f569
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/TypedConfigManagerInterface.php
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\Core\Config\TypedConfigManagerInterface.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\Core\Config;
+
+/**
+ * Interface for TypedConfigManagerInterface
+ *
+ * @package Drupal\Core\Config
+ */
+Interface TypedConfigManagerInterface {
+
+  /**
+   * Checks if the configuration schema with the given config name exists.
+   *
+   * @param string $name
+   *   Configuration name.
+   *
+   * @return bool
+   *   TRUE if configuration schema exists, FALSE otherwise.
+   */
+  public function hasConfigSchema($name);
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/config/lib/Drupal/config/Tests/ConfigSchemaTest.php b/core/modules/config/lib/Drupal/config/Tests/ConfigSchemaTest.php
index df50e75..3b406b1 100644
--- a/core/modules/config/lib/Drupal/config/Tests/ConfigSchemaTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/config/lib/Drupal/config/Tests/ConfigSchemaTest.php
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ public function setUp() {
    */
   function testSchemaMapping() {
     // Nonexistent configuration key will have Unknown as metadata.
+    $this->assertIdentical(FALSE, config_typed()->hasConfigSchema('config_test.no_such_key'));
     $definition = config_typed()->getDefinition('config_test.no_such_key');
     $expected = array();
     $expected['label'] = 'Unknown';
@@ -51,10 +52,12 @@ function testSchemaMapping() {
     $this->assertEqual($definition, $expected, 'Retrieved the right metadata for nonexistent configuration.');
 
     // Configuration file without schema will return Unknown as well.
+    $this->assertIdentical(FALSE, config_typed()->hasConfigSchema('config_test.noschema'));
     $definition = config_typed()->getDefinition('config_test.noschema');
     $this->assertEqual($definition, $expected, 'Retrieved the right metadata for configuration with no schema.');
 
     // Configuration file with only some schema.
+    $this->assertIdentical(TRUE, config_typed()->hasConfigSchema('config_test.someschema'));
     $definition = config_typed()->getDefinition('config_test.someschema');
     $expected = array();
     $expected['label'] = 'Schema test data';