diff --git a/core/printCisRoot.sh b/core/printCisRoot.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..456018e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/printCisRoot.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+_SCRIPT="$(readlink -f "${0}" 2> /dev/null)"
+_SCRIPT_FOLDER="$(dirname ${_SCRIPT:?"Missing SCRIPT"} 2> /dev/null)/"
+_CIS_ROOT="$(dirname ${_SCRIPT_FOLDER:?"Missing SCRIPT_FOLDER"} 2> /dev/null)/"
+
+[ -d "${_CIS_ROOT}" ] \
+    && [ -d "${_CIS_ROOT}definitions/" ] \
+    && [ -d "${_CIS_ROOT}states/" ] \
+    && echo "${_CIS_ROOT}" \
+    && exit 0
+
+echo "FAIL: Unable to detect CIS_ROOT" >&2
+exit 1