diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/util/cudart_utils.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/util/cudart_utils.hpp
index 1c9793eb0a..0feb188ad8 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/util/cudart_utils.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/util/cudart_utils.hpp
@@ -332,6 +332,32 @@ void print_vector(const char* variable_name, const T* ptr, size_t componentsCoun
 }
 /** @} */
 
+/**
+ * Returns the id of the device for which the pointer is located
+ * @param p pointer to check
+ * @return id of device for which pointer is located, otherwise -1.
+ */
+template <typename T>
+int get_device_for_address(const T* p)
+{
+  if (!p) { return -1; }
+
+  cudaPointerAttributes att;
+  cudaError_t err = cudaPointerGetAttributes(&att, p);
+  if (err == cudaErrorInvalidValue) {
+    // Make sure the current thread error status has been reset
+    err = cudaGetLastError();
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  // memoryType is deprecated for CUDA 10.0+
+  if (att.type == cudaMemoryTypeDevice) {
+    return att.device;
+  } else {
+    return -1;
+  }
+}
+
 /** helper method to get max usable shared mem per block parameter */
 inline int getSharedMemPerBlock()
 {
diff --git a/cpp/test/util/cudart_utils.cpp b/cpp/test/util/cudart_utils.cpp
index e6b1aa9676..57cd2ff9b0 100644
--- a/cpp/test/util/cudart_utils.cpp
+++ b/cpp/test/util/cudart_utils.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+#include <raft/core/device_resources.hpp>
 #include <raft/util/cudart_utils.hpp>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include <rmm/device_uvector.hpp>
 
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 
@@ -84,4 +88,14 @@ TEST(Raft, Utils)
                                                          << "expected regex:'" << re_exp << "'";
 }
 
+TEST(Raft, GetDeviceForAddress)
+{
+  device_resources handle;
+  std::vector<int> h(1);
+  ASSERT_EQ(-1, raft::get_device_for_address(h.data()));
+
+  rmm::device_uvector<int> d(1, handle.get_stream());
+  ASSERT_EQ(0, raft::get_device_for_address(d.data()));
+}
+
 }  // namespace raft