diff --git a/src/bin/sg-tape-cmd.rs b/src/bin/sg-tape-cmd.rs
index 5e1ff5dd..dcc26f6d 100644
--- a/src/bin/sg-tape-cmd.rs
+++ b/src/bin/sg-tape-cmd.rs
@@ -95,6 +95,33 @@ fn cartridge_memory(
     Ok(())
 }
 
+#[api(
+   input: {
+        properties: {
+            device: {
+                schema: LINUX_DRIVE_PATH_SCHEMA,
+                optional: true,
+            },
+        },
+    },
+)]
+/// Read Tape Alert Flags
+fn tape_alert_flags(
+    device: Option<String>,
+) -> Result<(), Error> {
+
+    let result = proxmox::try_block!({
+        let mut handle = get_tape_handle(device)?;
+
+        let flags = handle.tape_alert_flags()?;
+        Ok(flags.bits())
+    }).map_err(|err: Error| err.to_string());
+
+    println!("{}", serde_json::to_string_pretty(&result)?);
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
 
     // check if we are user root or backup
@@ -126,6 +153,10 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
             "cartridge-memory",
             CliCommand::new(&API_METHOD_CARTRIDGE_MEMORY)
         )
+        .insert(
+            "tape-alert-flags",
+            CliCommand::new(&API_METHOD_TAPE_ALERT_FLAGS)
+        )
         ;
 
     let mut rpcenv = CliEnvironment::new();
diff --git a/src/tape/drive/linux_tape.rs b/src/tape/drive/linux_tape.rs
index 42b5fd78..fcf4c7ef 100644
--- a/src/tape/drive/linux_tape.rs
+++ b/src/tape/drive/linux_tape.rs
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ use crate::{
     tape::{
         TapeRead,
         TapeWrite,
+        TapeAlertFlags,
         read_mam_attributes,
         mam_extract_media_usage,
+        read_tape_alert_flags,
         drive::{
             LinuxTapeDrive,
             TapeDriver,
@@ -294,6 +296,27 @@ impl LinuxTapeHandle {
         let result: Result<Vec<MamAttribute>, String> = serde_json::from_str(&output)?;
         result.map_err(|err| format_err!("{}", err))
     }
+
+    /// Read Tape Alert Flags
+    ///
+    /// Note: Only 'root' user may run RAW SG commands, so we need to
+    /// spawn setuid binary 'sg-tape-cmd'.
+    pub fn tape_alert_flags(&mut self) -> Result<TapeAlertFlags, Error> {
+
+        if nix::unistd::Uid::effective().is_root() {
+            return read_tape_alert_flags(&mut self.file);
+        }
+
+        let mut command = std::process::Command::new(
+            "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/proxmox-backup/sg-tape-cmd");
+        command.args(&["tape-alert-flags"]);
+        command.stdin(unsafe { std::process::Stdio::from_raw_fd(self.file.as_raw_fd())});
+        let output = run_command(command, None)?;
+        let result: Result<u64, String> = serde_json::from_str(&output)?;
+        result
+            .map_err(|err| format_err!("{}", err))
+            .map(|bits| TapeAlertFlags::from_bits_truncate(bits))
+    }
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/tape/drive/mam.rs b/src/tape/drive/mam.rs
index c4f31155..1153863e 100644
--- a/src/tape/drive/mam.rs
+++ b/src/tape/drive/mam.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use proxmox::tools::io::ReadExt;
 use crate::{
     api2::types::MamAttribute,
     tape::{
-        tape_alert_flags::TapeAlertFlags,
+        TapeAlertFlags,
         sgutils2::SgRaw,
     },
 };
diff --git a/src/tape/drive/mod.rs b/src/tape/drive/mod.rs
index 75a690bb..7c4262c2 100644
--- a/src/tape/drive/mod.rs
+++ b/src/tape/drive/mod.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 mod virtual_tape;
 mod linux_mtio;
 
-pub mod tape_alert_flags;
+mod tape_alert_flags;
+pub use tape_alert_flags::*;
+
 pub mod linux_tape;
 
 mod mam;