diff --git a/ocflib/lab/stats.py b/ocflib/lab/stats.py
index 6315c738..f6cc78b8 100644
--- a/ocflib/lab/stats.py
+++ b/ocflib/lab/stats.py
@@ -140,6 +140,34 @@ def list_desktops(public_only=False):
         return [entry['attributes']['cn'][0] for entry in c.response]
 
 
+def add_ocf(hostname):
+    if not hostname.endswith('.ocf.berkeley.edu'):
+        return hostname + '.ocf.berkeley.edu'
+    return hostname
+
+
+def last_used(host):
+    with open('/etc/ocfstats-ro.passwd', 'r') as fin:
+        password = fin.read().strip()
+    with mysql.get_connection(user='ocfstats-ro', password=password, db='ocfstats') as c:
+        # The reason for not using the partial `get_connection` is because of this:
+        # https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/2271
+
+        query = 'SELECT * FROM `session`'
+        query_args = []
+
+        query_conditions = []
+        query_conditions.append('`host` = %s')
+        query_args.append(add_ocf(host))
+
+        query += ' WHERE ' + ' AND '.join(query_conditions)
+        query += ' ORDER BY `start` DESC LIMIT 1'
+        # we can't have another user start before current user ends so here we order by start
+
+        c.execute(query, query_args)
+        return Session.from_row(c.fetchone())
+
+
 class UtilizationProfile(namedtuple('UtilizationProfile', [
         'hostname', 'start', 'end', 'sessions'
 ])):
@@ -172,10 +200,6 @@ def from_hostname(cls, hostname, start, end):
 
     @classmethod
     def from_hostnames(cls, hostnames, start, end):
-        def add_ocf(hostname):
-            if not hostname.endswith('.ocf.berkeley.edu'):
-                return hostname + '.ocf.berkeley.edu'
-            return hostname
 
         hostnames = tuple(map(add_ocf, hostnames))