diff --git a/src/emu/clifront.c b/src/emu/clifront.c
index 4fb86daae35..188b71a4314 100644
--- a/src/emu/clifront.c
+++ b/src/emu/clifront.c
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ const options_entry cli_options::s_option_entries[] =
 	{ CLICOMMAND_LISTSOFTWARE ";lsoft", "0",       OPTION_COMMAND,    "list known software for the system" },
 	{ CLICOMMAND_VERIFYSOFTWARE ";vsoft", "0",     OPTION_COMMAND,    "verify known software for the system" },
 	{ CLICOMMAND_GETSOFTLIST ";glist",  "0",       OPTION_COMMAND,    "retrieve software list by name" },
+	{ CLICOMMAND_VERIFYSOFTLIST ";vlist", "0",     OPTION_COMMAND,    "verify software list by name" },
 	{ NULL }
 };
 
@@ -1434,6 +1435,105 @@ void cli_frontend::getsoftlist(const char *gamename)
 }
 
 
+/*-------------------------------------------------
+    verifysoftlist - verify software list by name
+-------------------------------------------------*/
+void cli_frontend::verifysoftlist(const char *gamename)
+{
+	int_map list_map;
+	int correct = 0;
+	int incorrect = 0;
+	int notfound = 0;
+	int matched = 0;
+
+	driver_enumerator drivlist(m_options);
+	media_auditor auditor(drivlist);
+
+	while (drivlist.next())
+	{
+		software_list_device_iterator iter(drivlist.config().root_device());
+		for (const software_list_device *swlist = iter.first(); swlist != NULL; swlist = iter.next())
+		{
+			software_list *list = software_list_open(m_options, swlist->list_name(), FALSE, NULL);
+			if ( list )
+			{
+				if ((mame_strwildcmp(swlist->list_name(),gamename)==0) && list_map.add(swlist->list_name(), 0, false) != TMERR_DUPLICATE)
+				{
+					matched++;
+
+					// Get the actual software list contents
+					software_list_parse( list, NULL, NULL );
+
+					for ( software_info *swinfo = software_list_find( list, "*", NULL ); swinfo != NULL; swinfo = software_list_find( list, "*", swinfo ) )
+					{
+						media_auditor::summary summary = auditor.audit_software(swlist->list_name(), swinfo, AUDIT_VALIDATE_FAST);
+
+						// if not found, count that and leave it at that
+						if (summary == media_auditor::NOTFOUND)
+						{
+							notfound++;
+						}
+						// else display information about what we discovered
+						else if(summary != media_auditor::NONE_NEEDED)
+						{
+							// output the summary of the audit
+							astring summary_string;
+							auditor.summarize(swinfo->shortname,&summary_string);
+							mame_printf_info("%s", summary_string.cstr());
+
+							// display information about what we discovered
+							mame_printf_info("romset %s:%s ", swlist->list_name(), swinfo->shortname);
+
+							// switch off of the result
+							switch (summary)
+							{
+								case media_auditor::INCORRECT:
+									mame_printf_info("is bad\n");
+									incorrect++;
+									break;
+
+								case media_auditor::CORRECT:
+									mame_printf_info("is good\n");
+									correct++;
+									break;
+
+								case media_auditor::BEST_AVAILABLE:
+									mame_printf_info("is best available\n");
+									correct++;
+									break;
+
+								default:
+									break;
+							}
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				software_list_close( list );
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// clear out any cached files
+	zip_file_cache_clear();
+
+	// return an error if none found
+	if (matched == 0)
+		throw emu_fatalerror(MAMERR_NO_SUCH_GAME, "No matching software lists found for '%s'", gamename);
+
+	// if we didn't get anything at all, display a generic end message
+	if (matched > 0 && correct == 0 && incorrect == 0)
+	{
+		throw emu_fatalerror(MAMERR_MISSING_FILES, "no romsets found for software list \"%s\"!\n", gamename);
+	}
+	// otherwise, print a summary
+	else
+	{
+		if (incorrect > 0)
+			throw emu_fatalerror(MAMERR_MISSING_FILES, "%d romsets found in %d software lists, %d were OK.\n", correct + incorrect, matched, correct);
+		mame_printf_info("%d romsets found in %d software lists, %d romsets were OK.\n", correct, matched, correct);
+	}
+}
+
 //-------------------------------------------------
 //  romident - identify ROMs by looking for
 //  matches in our internal database
@@ -1543,6 +1643,7 @@ void cli_frontend::execute_commands(const char *exename)
 		{ CLICOMMAND_VERIFYSOFTWARE,	&cli_frontend::verifysoftware },
 		{ CLICOMMAND_ROMIDENT,		&cli_frontend::romident },
 		{ CLICOMMAND_GETSOFTLIST,   &cli_frontend::getsoftlist },
+		{ CLICOMMAND_VERIFYSOFTLIST,	&cli_frontend::verifysoftlist },
 	};
 
 	// find the command
diff --git a/src/emu/clifront.h b/src/emu/clifront.h
index a353777e477..14d7be74a48 100644
--- a/src/emu/clifront.h
+++ b/src/emu/clifront.h
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
 #define CLICOMMAND_LISTSOFTWARE			"listsoftware"
 #define CLICOMMAND_VERIFYSOFTWARE		"verifysoftware"
 #define CLICOMMAND_GETSOFTLIST			"getsoftlist"
+#define CLICOMMAND_VERIFYSOFTLIST		"verifysoftlist"
 
 
 
@@ -126,6 +127,7 @@ public:
 	void verifysamples(const char *gamename = "*");
 	void romident(const char *filename);
 	void getsoftlist(const char *gamename = "*");
+	void verifysoftlist(const char *gamename = "*");
 
 private:
 	// internal helpers