diff --git a/gitoxide-core/src/repository/mailmap.rs b/gitoxide-core/src/repository/mailmap.rs
index f9c947d8502..668ccd3c086 100644
--- a/gitoxide-core/src/repository/mailmap.rs
+++ b/gitoxide-core/src/repository/mailmap.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use anyhow::bail;
+use gix::bstr::{BString, ByteSlice};
 use std::io;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "serde")]
@@ -50,3 +52,59 @@ pub fn entries(
 
     Ok(())
 }
+
+pub fn check(
+    repo: gix::Repository,
+    format: OutputFormat,
+    contacts: Vec<BString>,
+    mut out: impl io::Write,
+    mut err: impl io::Write,
+) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    if format != OutputFormat::Human {
+        bail!("Only human output is supported right now");
+    }
+    if contacts.is_empty() {
+        bail!("specify at least one contact to run through the mailmap")
+    }
+
+    let mut mailmap = gix::mailmap::Snapshot::default();
+    if let Err(err) = repo.open_mailmap_into(&mut mailmap) {
+        bail!(err);
+    }
+
+    let mut buf = Vec::new();
+    for contact in contacts {
+        let actor = match gix::actor::IdentityRef::from_bytes::<()>(&contact) {
+            Ok(a) => a,
+            Err(_) => {
+                let Some(email) = contact
+                    .trim_start()
+                    .strip_prefix(b"<")
+                    .and_then(|rest| rest.trim_end().strip_suffix(b">"))
+                else {
+                    writeln!(err, "Failed to parse contact '{contact}' - skipping")?;
+                    continue;
+                };
+                gix::actor::IdentityRef {
+                    name: "".into(),
+                    email: email.into(),
+                }
+            }
+        };
+        let resolved = mailmap.resolve_cow(gix::actor::SignatureRef {
+            name: actor.name,
+            email: actor.email,
+            time: Default::default(),
+        });
+        let resolved = gix::actor::IdentityRef {
+            name: resolved.name.as_ref(),
+            email: resolved.email.as_ref(),
+        };
+        buf.clear();
+        resolved.write_to(&mut buf)?;
+
+        out.write_all(&buf)?;
+        out.write_all(b"\n")?;
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/src/plumbing/main.rs b/src/plumbing/main.rs
index b4c788952f1..e1aa5335e51 100644
--- a/src/plumbing/main.rs
+++ b/src/plumbing/main.rs
@@ -1216,6 +1216,17 @@ pub fn main() -> Result<()> {
                     core::repository::mailmap::entries(repository(Mode::Lenient)?, format, out, err)
                 },
             ),
+            mailmap::Subcommands::Check { contacts } => prepare_and_run(
+                "mailmap-check",
+                trace,
+                verbose,
+                progress,
+                progress_keep_open,
+                None,
+                move |_progress, out, err| {
+                    core::repository::mailmap::check(repository(Mode::Lenient)?, format, contacts, out, err)
+                },
+            ),
         },
         Subcommands::Attributes(cmd) => match cmd {
             attributes::Subcommands::Query { statistics, pathspec } => prepare_and_run(
diff --git a/src/plumbing/options/mod.rs b/src/plumbing/options/mod.rs
index af1374241fb..721b6dd0b89 100644
--- a/src/plumbing/options/mod.rs
+++ b/src/plumbing/options/mod.rs
@@ -512,10 +512,17 @@ pub mod remote {
 }
 
 pub mod mailmap {
+    use gix::bstr::BString;
+
     #[derive(Debug, clap::Subcommand)]
     pub enum Subcommands {
         /// Print all entries in configured mailmaps, inform about errors as well.
         Entries,
+        /// Print all entries in configured mailmaps, inform about errors as well.
+        Check {
+            /// One or more `Name <email>` or `<email>` to pass through the mailmap.
+            contacts: Vec<BString>,
+        },
     }
 }