diff --git a/mastodon/Mastodon.py b/mastodon/Mastodon.py
index 88f4906..1802cd1 100644
--- a/mastodon/Mastodon.py
+++ b/mastodon/Mastodon.py
@@ -1305,10 +1305,14 @@ class Mastodon:
         class __stream_handle():
             def __init__(self, connection):
                 self.connection = connection
+                self._thread = threading.current_thread()
 
             def close(self):
                 self.connection.close()
 
+            def is_alive(self):
+                return self._thread.is_alive()
+
             def _threadproc(self):
                 with closing(connection) as r:
                     try: