diff --git a/include/mbedtls/ssl.h b/include/mbedtls/ssl.h
index 66cbd48..bdc2b47 100644
--- a/include/mbedtls/ssl.h
+++ b/include/mbedtls/ssl.h
@@ -1826,6 +1826,54 @@
 void mbedtls_ssl_conf_read_timeout( mbedtls_ssl_config *conf, uint32_t timeout );
 
 /**
+ * \brief          Check whether a buffer contains a valid and authentic record
+ *                 that has not been seen before. (DTLS only).
+ *
+ *                 This function does not change the user-visible state
+ *                 of the SSL context. Its sole purpose is to provide
+ *                 an indication of the legitimacy of an incoming record.
+ *
+ *                 This can be useful e.g. in distributed server environments
+ *                 using the DTLS Connection ID feature, in which connections
+ *                 might need to be passed between service instances on a change
+ *                 of peer address, but where such disruptive operations should
+ *                 only happen after the validity of incoming records has been
+ *                 confirmed.
+ *
+ * \param ssl      The SSL context to use.
+ * \param buf      The address of the buffer holding the record to be checked.
+ *                 This must be a read/write buffer of length \p buflen Bytes.
+ * \param buflen   The length of \p buf in Bytes.
+ *
+ * \note           This routine only checks whether the provided buffer begins
+ *                 with a valid and authentic record that has not been seen
+ *                 before, but does not check potential data following the
+ *                 initial record. In particular, it is possible to pass DTLS
+ *                 datagrams containing multiple records, in which case only
+ *                 the first record is checked.
+ *
+ * \note           This function modifies the input buffer \p buf. If you need
+ *                 to preserve the original record, you have to maintain a copy.
+ *
+ * \return         \c 0 if the record is valid and authentic and has not been
+ *                 seen before.
+ * \return         MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_INVALID_MAC if the check completed
+ *                 successfully but the record was found to be not authentic.
+ * \return         MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_INVALID_RECORD if the check completed
+ *                 successfully but the record was found to be invalid for
+ *                 a reason different from authenticity checking.
+ * \return         MBEDTLS_ERR_SSL_UNEXPECTED_RECORD if the check completed
+ *                 successfully but the record was found to be unexpected
+ *                 in the state of the SSL context, including replayed records.
+ * \return         Another negative error code on different kinds of failure.
+ *                 In this case, the SSL context becomes unusable and needs
+ *                 to be freed or reset before reuse.
+ */
+int mbedtls_ssl_check_record( mbedtls_ssl_context const *ssl,
+                              unsigned char *buf,
+                              size_t buflen );
+
+/**
  * \brief          Set the timer callbacks (Mandatory for DTLS.)
  *
  * \param ssl      SSL context