diff --git a/pallas-traverse/src/era.rs b/pallas-traverse/src/era.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa5595b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pallas-traverse/src/era.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+use crate::{Era, Feature};
+
+impl Era {
+    #[allow(clippy::match_like_matches_macro)]
+    pub fn has_feature(&self, feature: Feature) -> bool {
+        match (self, feature) {
+            (Era::Byron, _) => false,
+            (Era::Shelley, Feature::SmartContracts) => false,
+            (Era::Shelley, Feature::TimeLocks) => false,
+            (Era::Shelley, Feature::MultiAssets) => false,
+            (Era::Allegra, Feature::MultiAssets) => false,
+            (Era::Allegra, Feature::SmartContracts) => false,
+            (Era::Mary, Feature::SmartContracts) => false,
+            _ => true,
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/pallas-traverse/src/lib.rs b/pallas-traverse/src/lib.rs
index 5257ffd..22e4466 100644
--- a/pallas-traverse/src/lib.rs
+++ b/pallas-traverse/src/lib.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use thiserror::Error;
 
 pub mod block;
 pub mod cert;
+pub mod era;
 pub mod output;
 pub mod probe;
 mod support;
@@ -23,6 +24,15 @@ pub enum Era {
     Alonzo,  // smart-contracts
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord)]
+#[non_exhaustive]
+pub enum Feature {
+    TimeLocks,
+    MultiAssets,
+    Staking,
+    SmartContracts,
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 #[non_exhaustive]
 pub enum MultiEraBlock<'b> {