diff --git a/cmd/notary/main.go b/cmd/notary/main.go
index 9924cfe99c..833e04f583 100644
--- a/cmd/notary/main.go
+++ b/cmd/notary/main.go
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ func main() {
 	NotaryCmd.AddCommand(cmdTufLookup)
 	cmdTufLookup.Flags().BoolVarP(&rawOutput, "raw", "", false, "Instructs notary lookup to output a non-pretty printed version of the targets list. Useful if you need to parse the list.")
 	cmdTufLookup.Flags().StringVarP(&remoteTrustServer, "remote", "r", "", "Remote trust server location")
+	NotaryCmd.AddCommand(cmdVerify)
 
 	NotaryCmd.Execute()
 }
diff --git a/cmd/notary/tuf.go b/cmd/notary/tuf.go
index 01f573cbf2..0102f875e2 100644
--- a/cmd/notary/tuf.go
+++ b/cmd/notary/tuf.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"crypto/sha256"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
@@ -64,6 +65,13 @@ var cmdTufPublish = &cobra.Command{
 	Run:   tufPublish,
 }
 
+var cmdVerify = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "verify [ GUN ] <target>",
+	Short: "checks if the content is included in the trusted collection for the GUN",
+	Long:  "reads from STDIN and checks if the content is included in the trusted collection for the Global Unique Name.",
+	Run:   verify,
+}
+
 func tufAdd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	if len(args) < 3 {
 		cmd.Usage()
@@ -304,6 +312,75 @@ func tufRemove(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	saveRepo(repo, filestore)
 }
 
+func verify(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+	if len(args) < 2 {
+		cmd.Usage()
+		fatalf("must specify a GUN and target name")
+	}
+
+	// Reads all of the data on STDIN
+	//TODO (diogo): Change this to do a streaming hash
+	payload, err := ioutil.ReadAll(os.Stdin)
+	if err != nil {
+		fatalf("error reading content from STDIN: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	//TODO (diogo): This code is copy/pasted from lookup.
+	gun := args[0]
+	targetName := args[1]
+	kdb := keys.NewDB()
+	repo := tuf.NewTufRepo(kdb, nil)
+
+	remote, err := store.NewHTTPStore(
+		"https://vetinari:4443/v2/"+gun+"/_trust/tuf/",
+		"",
+		"json",
+		"",
+	)
+	rootJSON, err := remote.GetMeta("root", 5<<20)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("Couldn't get initial root")
+		fatalf(err.Error())
+	}
+	root := &data.Signed{}
+	err = json.Unmarshal(rootJSON, root)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("Couldn't parse initial root")
+		fatalf(err.Error())
+	}
+	// TODO: Validate the root file against the key store
+	err = repo.SetRoot(root)
+	if err != nil {
+		fatalf("Error setting root %v", err)
+	}
+
+	c := client.NewClient(
+		repo,
+		remote,
+		kdb,
+	)
+
+	err = c.Update()
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("Update failed")
+		fatalf(err.Error())
+	}
+	meta := c.TargetMeta(targetName)
+	if meta == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Create hasher and hash data
+	stdinHash := fmt.Sprintf("sha256:%x", sha256.Sum256(payload))
+	serverHash := fmt.Sprintf("sha256:%s", meta.Hashes["sha256"])
+	if stdinHash != serverHash {
+		_, _ = os.Stderr.Write([]byte("Data not present in the trusted collection\n"))
+	} else {
+		_, _ = os.Stdout.Write(payload)
+	}
+	return
+}
+
 func saveRepo(repo *tuf.TufRepo, filestore store.MetadataStore) error {
 	fmt.Println("Saving changes to TUF Repository.")
 	signedRoot, err := repo.SignRoot(data.DefaultExpires("root"))