diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4f33e295..19e4e628 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ oauthlib~=3.2.2
 requests~=2.31.0
 requests-oauthlib~=1.3.1
 ujson~=5.8.0
+entityshape~=0.0.1
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index cb904dd2..7b813853 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ install_requires =
     requests>=2.27.1,<2.29.0
     requests-oauthlib~=1.3.1
     ujson>=5.4,<5.6
+    entityshape~=0.0.1
 python_requires = >=3.8, <3.13
 
 [options.extras_require]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e2d48c03..b3bc19e3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
         "oauthlib ~= 3.2.0",
         "requests >= 2.27.1,< 2.32.0",
         "requests-oauthlib ~= 1.3.1",
-        "ujson >= 5.4,< 5.9"
+        "ujson >= 5.4,< 5.9",
+        "entityshape ~= 0.0.1"
     ],
     extras_require={
         "dev": [
diff --git a/test/test_entity_item.py b/test/test_entity_item.py
index a83ed3aa..4efb5e1c 100644
--- a/test/test_entity_item.py
+++ b/test/test_entity_item.py
@@ -107,3 +107,10 @@ def test_new_lines(self):
             item.claims.add(MonolingualText(prop_nr=123, text="Multi\r\nline"))
             item.claims.add(MonolingualText(prop_nr=123, text="Multi\rline"))
             item.claims.add(MonolingualText(prop_nr=123, text="Multi\nline"))
+
+    def test_entity_schema(self):
+        random_campsite = wbi.item.get('Q119156070')
+        assert random_campsite.validate_schema(entity_schema="E376")
+        assert random_campsite.validate_schema(entity_schema="376")
+        assert random_campsite.validate_schema(entity_schema=376)
+        assert not wbi.item.get('Q582').validate_schema(entity_schema="E376")
diff --git a/wikibaseintegrator/entities/baseentity.py b/wikibaseintegrator/entities/baseentity.py
index b032da62..2d978096 100644
--- a/wikibaseintegrator/entities/baseentity.py
+++ b/wikibaseintegrator/entities/baseentity.py
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import logging
+import re
 from copy import copy
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
+from entityshape import EntityShape
+
 from wikibaseintegrator import wbi_fastrun
 from wikibaseintegrator.datatypes import BaseDataType
 from wikibaseintegrator.models.claims import Claim, Claims
+from wikibaseintegrator.wbi_config import config
 from wikibaseintegrator.wbi_enums import ActionIfExists
 from wikibaseintegrator.wbi_exceptions import MissingEntityException
 from wikibaseintegrator.wbi_helpers import delete_page, edit_entity, mediawiki_api_call_helper
@@ -299,6 +303,23 @@ def get_entity_url(self, wikibase_url: str | None = None) -> str:
 
         raise ValueError('wikibase_url or entity ID is null.')
 
+    def validate_schema(self, entity_schema: str, language: str | None = None) -> bool:
+        if isinstance(entity_schema, str):
+            pattern = re.compile(r'^(?:[a-zA-Z]+:)?E?([0-9]+)$')
+            matches = pattern.match(entity_schema)
+
+            if not matches:
+                raise ValueError(f"Invalid EntitySchema ID ({entity_schema}), format must be 'E[0-9]+'")
+
+            entity_schema = f'E{matches.group(1)}'
+        elif isinstance(entity_schema, int):
+            entity_schema = f'E{entity_schema}'
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(f"Invalid EntitySchema ID ({entity_schema}), format must be 'E[0-9]+'")
+
+        language = str(language or config['DEFAULT_LANGUAGE'])
+        return EntityShape(qid=self.id, eid=entity_schema, lang=language).get_result().is_valid
+
     def __repr__(self):
         """A mixin implementing a simple __repr__."""
         return "<{klass} @{id:x} {attrs}>".format(  # pylint: disable=consider-using-f-string