diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8d9f704..84d83d2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+
+- `isValidGuid` function to check whether a given string is a valid Guid
+
 ### dependabot: \#31 Bump ip from 1.1.8 to 1.1.9
 
 ## [0.4.0] - 2024-01-29
diff --git a/src/lib/guid.spec.ts b/src/lib/guid.spec.ts
index bc9b6af..d6a48b1 100644
--- a/src/lib/guid.spec.ts
+++ b/src/lib/guid.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { newGuid, emptyGuid } from "./guid";
+import { newGuid, emptyGuid, isValidGuid } from "./guid";
 
 describe("guid tests", () => {
   test("newGuid", () => {
@@ -8,4 +8,23 @@ describe("guid tests", () => {
   test("emptyGuid", () => {
     expect(emptyGuid).toBe("00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000");
   });
+
+  test.each([
+    [null as unknown as string, false],
+    [undefined as unknown as string, false],
+    [0 as unknown as string, false],
+    [10 as unknown as string, false],
+    [new Date() as unknown as string, false],
+    ["", false],
+    [" ", false],
+    ["507956c7-30b3-4401-9800-e5e7f8f3276X", false],
+    ["507956c7-30b3-4401-9800-e5e7f8f32761", true],
+    [newGuid(), true],
+    [emptyGuid, true],
+    ["3B467B14-CD99-4199-8E35-82B3C37182BA", true],
+    // MAX not recognized as guid > https://github.com/uuidjs/uuid/pull/714
+    ["ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff", false],
+  ])("isValidGuid", (value, expected) => {
+    expect(isValidGuid(value)).toBe(expected);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/lib/guid.ts b/src/lib/guid.ts
index 131c5e2..630e350 100644
--- a/src/lib/guid.ts
+++ b/src/lib/guid.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@ export function newGuid() {
   return uuid.v4();
 }
 
+/**
+ * Check whether a string it is a valid Guid (version 4 UUID)
+ * @param str The string to test whether it is a valid Guid
+ * @returns A value indicating whether the string is a valid Guid
+ */
+export function isValidGuid(str: string) {
+  return uuid.validate(str);
+}
+
 /**
  * The empty Guid (an identifier containing all zeros)
  */