diff --git a/ios/Classes/SwiftSimplePermissionsPlugin.swift b/ios/Classes/SwiftSimplePermissionsPlugin.swift
index def8b28..51255fc 100644
--- a/ios/Classes/SwiftSimplePermissionsPlugin.swift
+++ b/ios/Classes/SwiftSimplePermissionsPlugin.swift
@@ -3,6 +3,18 @@ import UIKit
 import AVFoundation
 import CoreLocation
 
+extension AVAuthorizationStatus : CustomStringConvertible {
+  
+  public var description: String {
+    switch self {
+    case .notDetermined: return "notDetermined"
+    case .restricted: return "restricted"
+    case .denied: return "denied"
+    case .authorized: return "authorized"
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 public class SwiftSimplePermissionsPlugin: NSObject, FlutterPlugin, CLLocationManagerDelegate {
     var whenInUse = false;
     var result: FlutterResult? = nil;
@@ -19,6 +31,9 @@ public class SwiftSimplePermissionsPlugin: NSObject, FlutterPlugin, CLLocationMa
         let method = call.method;
         let dic = call.arguments as? [String: Any];
         switch(method) {
+        case "checkCameraPermission":
+            let authStatus = AVCaptureDevice.authorizationStatus(for: AVMediaType.video)
+            result(authStatus.description)
         case "checkPermission":
             let permission = dic!["permission"] as! String;
             checkPermission(permission, result: result);
diff --git a/lib/simple_permissions.dart b/lib/simple_permissions.dart
index 54b95b2..97e5cce 100644
--- a/lib/simple_permissions.dart
+++ b/lib/simple_permissions.dart
@@ -2,6 +2,22 @@ import 'dart:async';
 
 import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
 
+enum CameraAuthorizationStatus {
+  notDetermined,
+  restricted,
+  denied,
+  authorized
+}
+
+CameraAuthorizationStatus authorizationStatus(String status) {
+  switch (status) {
+    case "notDetermined": return CameraAuthorizationStatus.notDetermined;
+    case "restricted": return CameraAuthorizationStatus.restricted;
+    case "denied": return CameraAuthorizationStatus.denied;
+    case "authorized": return CameraAuthorizationStatus.authorized;
+  }
+}
+
 class SimplePermissions {
   static const MethodChannel _channel =
       const MethodChannel('simple_permissions');
@@ -25,6 +41,11 @@ class SimplePermissions {
   static Future<bool> openSettings() {
     return _channel.invokeMethod("openSettings");
   }
+
+  static Future<CameraAuthorizationStatus> checkCameraPermission() async {
+    String authStatus = await _channel.invokeMethod("checkCameraPermission");
+    return Future.value(authorizationStatus(authStatus));
+  }
 }
 
 /// Enum of all available [Permission]