diff --git a/lib/dal/src/component/code.rs b/lib/dal/src/component/code.rs
index b578c8a6b4..b26d811ac4 100644
--- a/lib/dal/src/component/code.rs
+++ b/lib/dal/src/component/code.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ impl Component {
     pub async fn list_code_generated(
         ctx: &DalContext,
         component_id: ComponentId,
-    ) -> ComponentResult<Vec<CodeView>> {
+    ) -> ComponentResult<(Vec<CodeView>, bool)> {
         let component = Self::get_by_id(ctx, &component_id)
             .await?
             .ok_or(ComponentError::NotFound(component_id))?;
@@ -94,8 +94,10 @@ impl Component {
 
                 code_views.push(CodeView::new(language, code, message));
             }
+        } else {
+            return Ok((vec![], false));
         }
-        Ok(code_views)
+        Ok((code_views, true))
     }
 
     // TODO(nick): big query potential.
diff --git a/lib/dal/tests/integration_test/internal/component/code.rs b/lib/dal/tests/integration_test/internal/component/code.rs
index b987f03320..8732010ecb 100644
--- a/lib/dal/tests/integration_test/internal/component/code.rs
+++ b/lib/dal/tests/integration_test/internal/component/code.rs
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ async fn add_code_generation_and_list_code_views(ctx: &DalContext) {
     );
 
     // Ensure the code view looks as we expect it to.
-    let mut code_views = Component::list_code_generated(ctx, *component.id())
+    let (mut code_views, _) = Component::list_code_generated(ctx, *component.id())
         .await
         .expect("could not list code generated for component");
     let code_view = code_views.pop().expect("code views are empty");
diff --git a/lib/sdf-server/src/server/service/component/get_code.rs b/lib/sdf-server/src/server/service/component/get_code.rs
index d1518818d6..29d5259258 100644
--- a/lib/sdf-server/src/server/service/component/get_code.rs
+++ b/lib/sdf-server/src/server/service/component/get_code.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ pub struct GetCodeRequest {
 #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
 pub struct GetCodeResponse {
     pub code_views: Vec<CodeView>,
+    pub has_code: bool,
 }
 
 pub async fn get_code(
@@ -26,7 +27,10 @@ pub async fn get_code(
 ) -> ComponentResult<Json<GetCodeResponse>> {
     let ctx = builder.build(request_ctx.build(request.visibility)).await?;
 
-    let code_views = Component::list_code_generated(&ctx, request.component_id).await?;
+    let (code_views, has_code) = Component::list_code_generated(&ctx, request.component_id).await?;
 
-    Ok(Json(GetCodeResponse { code_views }))
+    Ok(Json(GetCodeResponse {
+        code_views,
+        has_code,
+    }))
 }