diff --git a/lib/LDV/LDAP.pm b/lib/LDV/LDAP.pm
index af9bc8e..a17d221 100644
--- a/lib/LDV/LDAP.pm
+++ b/lib/LDV/LDAP.pm
@@ -52,6 +52,19 @@ sub _filter_username {
    ]}, 'Net::LDAP::Filter');
 };
 
+sub auth {
+  my ($self, $uid, $pass) = @_;
+  return unless ($uid and $pass);
+
+  my $dn = $self->_uid_to_dn($uid);
+  my $conn = Net::LDAP->new($self->{server}, onerror => sub { return shift });
+  my $result = $conn->bind($dn, password => $pass);
+  $conn->unbind;
+  $conn->disconnect;
+  return if $result->code;
+  return 1;
+}
+
 sub create {
   my ($self, $uid) = @_;
   my $conn   = $self->_connect();
@@ -165,6 +178,14 @@ LDV::LDAP -- ldap routines
 * userbase -- where to search for users, (like dc=example,dc=com, default: unset)
 * userfilter -- objects that pass the filter, considered as users (default : "(class=InetOrgPerson)"
 
+=head2 C<auth>
+
+  my $ldap = LDV::LDAP->new(\%opts);
+  my $result = $ldap->auth($username, $password);
+
+Check user/pass pair against ldap server.
+Returns 1 on success or undef on auth failure/error;
+
 =head2 C<create>
 
   my $ldap = LDV::LDAP->new(\%opts);