diff --git a/pkg/utils/utils.go b/pkg/utils/utils.go
index 9d675bc61a..d534e0ea66 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/utils.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 package utils
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"math/rand"
 	"net"
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ import (
 	userpb "github.com/cs3org/go-cs3apis/cs3/identity/user/v1beta1"
 	provider "github.com/cs3org/go-cs3apis/cs3/storage/provider/v1beta1"
 	types "github.com/cs3org/go-cs3apis/cs3/types/v1beta1"
+	ctxpkg "github.com/cs3org/reva/pkg/ctx"
 	"github.com/cs3org/reva/pkg/registry"
 	"github.com/cs3org/reva/pkg/registry/memory"
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
@@ -364,3 +366,9 @@ func HasPublicShareRole(u *userpb.User) (string, bool) {
 	}
 	return "", false
 }
+
+func IsLightweithAccountInCtx(ctx context.Context) bool {
+	user := ctxpkg.ContextMustGetUser(ctx)
+	return user.Id.Type == userpb.UserType_USER_TYPE_FEDERATED ||
+		user.Id.Type == userpb.UserType_USER_TYPE_LIGHTWEIGHT
+}