diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f73267f..9b2cc87 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.7.9 (2024-04-10)
+
+### Changes
+
+- Add `HeadConfig` API.
+
+
 ## 0.7.8 (2024-03-19)
 
 ### Changes
diff --git a/python/mujinwebstackclient/version.py b/python/mujinwebstackclient/version.py
index b443574..b4474cb 100644
--- a/python/mujinwebstackclient/version.py
+++ b/python/mujinwebstackclient/version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = '0.7.8'
+__version__ = '0.7.9'
 
 # Do not forget to update CHANGELOG.md
 
diff --git a/python/mujinwebstackclient/webstackclient.py b/python/mujinwebstackclient/webstackclient.py
index 8b2155f..e701f0a 100644
--- a/python/mujinwebstackclient/webstackclient.py
+++ b/python/mujinwebstackclient/webstackclient.py
@@ -952,6 +952,21 @@ def GetConfig(self, filename=None, timeout=5):
             raise WebstackClientError(_('Failed to retrieve configuration from controller, status code is %d') % response.status_code, response=response)
         return response.json()
 
+    def HeadConfig(self, filename, timeout=5):
+        """Perform a HEAD operation on the given configuration filename to retrieve metadata.
+
+        :return: A dict containing "modified (datetime.datetime)" and "size (int)"
+        """
+        path = '/config/'
+        if filename:
+            path = '/config/%s/' % filename
+        response = self._webclient.Request('HEAD', path, timeout=timeout)
+        if response.status_code != 200:
+            raise WebstackClientError(_('Failed to check configuration existence, status code is %d') % response.status_code, response=response)
+        return {
+            'modified': datetime.datetime(*parsedate(response.headers['Last-Modified'])[:6]),
+        }
+
     def SetConfig(self, data, filename=None, timeout=5):
         """Set configuration file content to controller.