diff --git a/docs/documentation/getting-started/configuration/index.markdown b/docs/documentation/getting-started/configuration/index.markdown
index ab4145e2..c0aea2db 100644
--- a/docs/documentation/getting-started/configuration/index.markdown
+++ b/docs/documentation/getting-started/configuration/index.markdown
@@ -158,6 +158,11 @@ The following variables are settable:
   * **default:** `0`
   * Number of seconds to wait after you reach the limit of concurrent connections to Git repository server and disconnect afterwards to initialize new connections. This prevents from being cut out of SSH server when you use `fail2ban` or similar software for limiting connections to server.
 
+* `:verify_commit`
+  * **default:** `false`
+  * Whether to check if a valid signature exists on the commit to be deployed.
+  * Currently only implemented for Git.
+
 Capistrano plugins can provide their own configuration variables. Please refer
 to the plugin documentation for the specifics. Plugins are allowed to add or
 manipulate default values as well as already user-defined values after the
diff --git a/lib/capistrano/scm/git.rb b/lib/capistrano/scm/git.rb
index 9a95cb8c..0c08ab7d 100644
--- a/lib/capistrano/scm/git.rb
+++ b/lib/capistrano/scm/git.rb
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ class Capistrano::SCM::Git < Capistrano::SCM::Plugin
     end
   end
 
+  def verify_commit
+    git :"verify-commit", fetch_revision
+  end
+
   def archive_to_release_path
     if (tree = fetch(:repo_tree))
       tree = tree.slice %r#^/?(.*?)/?$#, 1
diff --git a/lib/capistrano/scm/tasks/git.rake b/lib/capistrano/scm/tasks/git.rake
index acf729c0..52cd76d1 100644
--- a/lib/capistrano/scm/tasks/git.rake
+++ b/lib/capistrano/scm/tasks/git.rake
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ namespace :git do
       within repo_path do
         with fetch(:git_environmental_variables) do
           git_plugin.update_mirror
+          git_plugin.verify_commit if fetch(:verify_commit)
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/spec/lib/capistrano/scm/git_spec.rb b/spec/lib/capistrano/scm/git_spec.rb
index 6dbdb250..df3528b4 100644
--- a/spec/lib/capistrano/scm/git_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/capistrano/scm/git_spec.rb
@@ -169,5 +169,16 @@ module Capistrano
         expect(revision).to eq("81cec13b777ff46348693d327fc8e7832f79bf43")
       end
     end
+
+    describe "#verify_commit" do
+      it "should run git verify-commit" do
+        env.set(:branch, "branch")
+
+        backend.expects(:capture).with(:git, "rev-list --max-count=1 branch").returns("81cec13b777ff46348693d327fc8e7832f79bf43")
+        backend.expects(:execute).with(:git, :"verify-commit", "81cec13b777ff46348693d327fc8e7832f79bf43")
+
+        subject.verify_commit
+      end
+    end
   end
 end