diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 2a19931..7d63b62 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -606,6 +606,35 @@ impl Mnemonic {
 		let (arr, len) = self.to_entropy_array();
 		arr[0..len].to_vec()
 	}
+
+	/// Return checksum value for the Mnemonic.
+	///
+	/// The checksum value is the numerical value of the first `self.word_count() / 3` bits of the
+	/// [SHA256](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHA-2) digest of the Mnemonic's entropy, and is
+	/// encoded by the last word of the mnemonic sentence.
+	///
+	/// This is useful for validating the integrity of a mnemonic: For a valid mnemonic `m`, the
+	/// following assertion should hold:
+	///
+	/// ```rust
+	/// # use bip39::Mnemonic;
+	/// # use bitcoin_hashes::{Hash, sha256, hex::FromHex};
+	/// # let ent = Vec::from_hex("98FE3D0FF6E955A484B0A1D0C9CE10F6").unwrap();
+	/// # let m = Mnemonic::from_entropy(&ent).unwrap();
+	/// let checksum_width = m.word_count() / 3;
+	/// let shift_width = 8 - checksum_width;
+	/// assert_eq!(sha256::Hash::hash(&m.to_entropy())[0] >> shift_width, m.checksum());
+	/// ```
+	///
+	/// Note that since this library constrains initialization of `Mnemonic` instances through an
+	/// API that guarantees validity, all `Mnemonic` instances should be valid and the above
+	/// condition should hold.
+	pub fn checksum(&self) -> u8 {
+		let word_count = self.word_count();
+		let last_word = self.words[word_count - 1];
+		let mask = 0xFF >> (8 - word_count / 3);
+		last_word as u8 & mask
+	}
 }
 
 impl fmt::Display for Mnemonic {
@@ -879,6 +908,51 @@ mod tests {
 		}
 	}
 
+	#[test]
+	fn checksum() {
+		let vectors = [
+			"00000000000000000000000000000000",
+			"7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f",
+			"80808080808080808080808080808080",
+			"ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff",
+			"000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+			"7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f",
+			"808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080",
+			"ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff",
+			"0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+			"7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f",
+			"8080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080",
+			"ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff",
+			"9e885d952ad362caeb4efe34a8e91bd2",
+			"6610b25967cdcca9d59875f5cb50b0ea75433311869e930b",
+			"68a79eaca2324873eacc50cb9c6eca8cc68ea5d936f98787c60c7ebc74e6ce7c",
+			"c0ba5a8e914111210f2bd131f3d5e08d",
+			"6d9be1ee6ebd27a258115aad99b7317b9c8d28b6d76431c3",
+			"9f6a2878b2520799a44ef18bc7df394e7061a224d2c33cd015b157d746869863",
+			"23db8160a31d3e0dca3688ed941adbf3",
+			"8197a4a47f0425faeaa69deebc05ca29c0a5b5cc76ceacc0",
+			"066dca1a2bb7e8a1db2832148ce9933eea0f3ac9548d793112d9a95c9407efad",
+			"f30f8c1da665478f49b001d94c5fc452",
+			"c10ec20dc3cd9f652c7fac2f1230f7a3c828389a14392f05",
+			"f585c11aec520db57dd353c69554b21a89b20fb0650966fa0a9d6f74fd989d8f",
+			"ed3b83f0d7913a19667a1cfd7298cd57",
+			"70639a4e81b151277b345476d169a3743ff3c141",
+			"ba2520298b92063a7a0ee1d453ba92513af81d4f86e1d336",
+			"9447d2cf44349cd88a58f5b4ff6f83b9a2d54c42f033e12b8e4d00cc",
+			"38711e550dc6557df8082b2a87f7860ebbe47ea5867a7068f5f0f5b85db68be8",
+		];
+
+		for entropy_hex in &vectors {
+			let ent = Vec::from_hex(entropy_hex).unwrap();
+			let m = Mnemonic::from_entropy(&ent).unwrap();
+			let word_count = m.word_count();
+			let cs = m.checksum();
+			let digest = sha256::Hash::hash(&ent);
+			dbg!(digest);
+			assert_eq!(digest[0] >> (8 - word_count / 3), cs);
+		}
+	}
+
 	#[test]
 	fn test_invalid_engish() {
 		// correct phrase: