diff --git a/crates/keyfork/src/cli/recover.rs b/crates/keyfork/src/cli/recover.rs
index d25960b..d8b6274 100644
--- a/crates/keyfork/src/cli/recover.rs
+++ b/crates/keyfork/src/cli/recover.rs
@@ -21,9 +21,14 @@ pub enum RecoverSubcommands {
     /// Combine remotely decrypted shards. The shards should be sent using the command `keyfork
     /// shard transport`.
     RemoteShard {},
+
+    /// Read a mnemonic from input.
+    Mnemonic {},
 }
 
 impl RecoverSubcommands {
+    /// Return the 128-bit or 256-bit entropy for a bip39 mnemonic. This is _not_ the same as the
+    /// 512-bit seed used by bip32.
     fn handle(&self) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
         match self {
             RecoverSubcommands::Shard {
@@ -51,6 +56,27 @@ impl RecoverSubcommands {
                 remote_decrypt(&mut seed)?;
                 Ok(seed)
             }
+            RecoverSubcommands::Mnemonic {} => {
+                use keyfork_prompt::{
+                    default_terminal,
+                    validators::{
+                        mnemonic::{MnemonicChoiceValidator, WordLength},
+                        Validator,
+                    },
+                    PromptHandler,
+                };
+                let mut term = default_terminal()?;
+                let validator = MnemonicChoiceValidator {
+                    word_lengths: [WordLength::Count(12), WordLength::Count(24)],
+                };
+                let mnemonic = term.prompt_validated_wordlist(
+                    "Mnemonic: ",
+                    &Default::default(),
+                    3,
+                    validator.to_fn(),
+                )?;
+                Ok(mnemonic.entropy())
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/util/keyfork-prompt/src/validators.rs b/crates/util/keyfork-prompt/src/validators.rs
index b7b5afe..833c2ae 100644
--- a/crates/util/keyfork-prompt/src/validators.rs
+++ b/crates/util/keyfork-prompt/src/validators.rs
@@ -142,6 +142,47 @@ pub mod mnemonic {
         }
     }
 
+    /// A mnemonic of a given choice of lengths. For example, a 128-bit or 256-bit bip32 seed.
+    #[derive(thiserror::Error, Debug)]
+    pub enum MnemonicChoiceValidationError {
+        /// The provided mnemonic did not match any of the valid ranges.
+        #[error("Invalid word length: {0} was not in any {1:?}")]
+        InvalidLength(usize, Vec<WordLength>),
+
+        /// A mnemonic could not be parsed from the provided mnemonic.
+        #[error("{0}")]
+        MnemonicFromStrError(#[from] MnemonicFromStrError),
+    }
+
+    /// Validate a single mnemonic against a set of possible word lengths.
+    #[derive(Clone)]
+    pub struct MnemonicChoiceValidator<const N: usize> {
+        /// The accepted [`WordLength`] of the mnemonic.
+        pub word_lengths: [WordLength; N],
+    }
+
+    impl<const N: usize> Validator for MnemonicChoiceValidator<N> {
+        type Output = Mnemonic;
+        type Error = MnemonicChoiceValidationError;
+
+        fn to_fn(&self) -> Box<dyn Fn(String) -> Result<Self::Output, Self::Error>> {
+            let word_lengths = self.word_lengths.clone();
+            Box::new(move |s: String| {
+                let count = s.split_whitespace().count();
+                for word_length in &word_lengths {
+                    if word_length.matches(count) {
+                        let m = Mnemonic::from_str(&s)?;
+                        return Ok(m);
+                    }
+                }
+                Err(MnemonicChoiceValidationError::InvalidLength(
+                    count,
+                    word_lengths.to_vec(),
+                ))
+            })
+        }
+    }
+
     /// A mnemonic in the set of mnemonics could not be validated from the given inputs.
     #[derive(thiserror::Error, Debug)]
     pub enum MnemonicSetValidationError {