diff --git a/ca/adminClient.go b/ca/adminClient.go
index 713668df..c11d7e43 100644
--- a/ca/adminClient.go
+++ b/ca/adminClient.go
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ type AdminClient struct {
 	x5cSubject  string
 }
 
+var ErrAdminAPINotImplemented = errors.New("admin API not implemented")
+var ErrAdminAPINotAuthorized = errors.New("admin API not authorized")
+
 // AdminClientError is the client side representation of an
 // AdminError returned by the CA.
 type AdminClientError struct {
@@ -137,6 +140,26 @@ func (c *AdminClient) retryOnError(r *http.Response) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+// IsEnabled checks if the admin API is enabled.
+func (c *AdminClient) IsEnabled() error {
+	u := c.endpoint.ResolveReference(&url.URL{Path: path.Join(adminURLPrefix, "admins")})
+	resp, err := c.client.Get(u.String())
+	if err != nil {
+		return clientError(err)
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+	// If the response is a 404 then the Admin Remote Management API is not
+	// enabled. Therefore we default to using the local ca.json.
+	switch resp.StatusCode {
+	case http.StatusNotFound, http.StatusNotImplemented:
+		return ErrAdminAPINotImplemented
+	case http.StatusUnauthorized:
+		return ErrAdminAPINotAuthorized
+	default:
+		return errors.Errorf("unexpected status code when performing is-enabled check for Admin API: %d", resp.StatusCode)
+	}
+}
+
 // GetAdmin performs the GET /admin/admin/{id} request to the CA.
 func (c *AdminClient) GetAdmin(id string) (*linkedca.Admin, error) {
 	var retried bool
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a42ddb67..8df12179 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -762,9 +762,8 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210405180319-a5a99cb37ef4/go.mod h1:p54w0d4576C0XHj96b
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 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20220722155237-a158d28d115b/go.mod h1:XRhObCWvk6IyKnWLug+ECip1KBveYUHfp+8e9klMJ9c=
 golang.org/x/net v0.1.0/go.mod h1:Cx3nUiGt4eDBEyega/BKRp+/AlGL8hYe7U9odMt2Cco=
-golang.org/x/net v0.2.0/go.mod h1:KqCZLdyyvdV855qA2rE3GC2aiw5xGR5TEjj8smXukLY=
-golang.org/x/net v0.5.0 h1:GyT4nK/YDHSqa1c4753ouYCDajOYKTja9Xb/OHtgvSw=
-golang.org/x/net v0.5.0/go.mod h1:DivGGAXEgPSlEBzxGzZI+ZLohi+xUj054jfeKui00ws=
+golang.org/x/net v0.4.0 h1:Q5QPcMlvfxFTAPV0+07Xz/MpK9NTXu2VDUuy0FeMfaU=
+golang.org/x/net v0.4.0/go.mod h1:MBQ8lrhLObU/6UmLb4fmbmk5OcyYmqtbGd/9yIeKjEE=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20180821212333-d2e6202438be/go.mod h1:N/0e6XlmueqKjAGxoOufVs8QHGRruUQn6yWY3a++T0U=
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@@ -820,14 +819,12 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220520151302-bc2c85ada10a/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBc
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 golang.org/x/sys v0.1.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.2.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
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 golang.org/x/sys v0.4.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
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-golang.org/x/term v0.2.0/go.mod h1:TVmDHMZPmdnySmBfhjOoOdhjzdE1h4u1VwSiw2l1Nuc=
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