diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index d7800d264..1a75d8920 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ The <action> type attribute can be add,update,fix,remove.
     <action type="fix" dev="ggregory" due-to="Johannes Weberhofer">InetAddressValidator does not need its instance variable, so uses a touch less memory.</action>
     <action type="fix" dev="ggregory" due-to="Gary Gregory">Pick up maven-antrun-plugin version from parent POM org.apache:apache.</action>
     <!-- ADD -->
+    <action type="add" issue="VALIDATOR-497" dev="sjaranowski" due-to="Slawomir Jaranowski">IBANValidator: add method validate with validation status</action>
     <action type="add" dev="sebb">DomainValidatorTest: added Maven profile to simplfy execution.</action>
     <action type="add" dev="sebb">IBANValidator: add Honduras from v99.</action>
     <action type="add" dev="sjaranowski" due-to="Slawomir Jaranowski">Improve IBANValidatorTest by using registry from swift.</action>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/validator/routines/IBANValidator.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/validator/routines/IBANValidator.java
index 3d6d4b8b6..f76636b2d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/validator/routines/IBANValidator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/validator/routines/IBANValidator.java
@@ -343,11 +343,31 @@ public boolean hasValidator(final String code) {
      * @return {@code true} if the value is valid
      */
     public boolean isValid(final String code) {
+        return validate(code) == IBANValidatorStatus.VALID;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Validate an IBAN Code
+     *
+     * @param code The value validation is being performed on
+     * @return {@link IBANValidatorStatus} for validation
+     * @since 1.10.0
+     */
+    public IBANValidatorStatus validate(String code) {
         final Validator formatValidator = getValidator(code);
-        if (formatValidator == null || code.length() != formatValidator.ibanLength || !formatValidator.regexValidator.isValid(code)) {
-            return false;
+        if (formatValidator == null) {
+            return IBANValidatorStatus.UNKNOWN_COUNTRY;
+        }
+
+        if (code.length() != formatValidator.ibanLength) {
+            return IBANValidatorStatus.INVALID_LENGTH;
         }
-        return IBANCheckDigit.IBAN_CHECK_DIGIT.isValid(code);
+
+        if (!formatValidator.regexValidator.isValid(code)) {
+            return IBANValidatorStatus.INVALID_PATTERN;
+        }
+
+        return IBANCheckDigit.IBAN_CHECK_DIGIT.isValid(code) ? IBANValidatorStatus.VALID : IBANValidatorStatus.INVALID_CHECKSUM;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/validator/routines/IBANValidatorStatus.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/validator/routines/IBANValidatorStatus.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..037f6e457
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/validator/routines/IBANValidatorStatus.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.commons.validator.routines;
+
+/**
+ * Statuses of IBAN validation.
+ *
+ * @since 1.10.0
+ */
+public enum IBANValidatorStatus {
+    /**
+     * IBAN is valid
+     */
+    VALID,
+
+    /**
+     * IBAN validator for given country is not registered
+     */
+    UNKNOWN_COUNTRY,
+
+    /**
+     * Length for given  IBAN is wrong
+     */
+    INVALID_LENGTH,
+
+    /**
+     * Pattern for given IBAN is not match
+     */
+    INVALID_PATTERN,
+
+    /**
+     * Checksum for given IBAN is invalid
+     */
+    INVALID_CHECKSUM
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/validator/routines/IBANValidatorTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/validator/routines/IBANValidatorTest.java
index 8b848fac7..a748a0739 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/validator/routines/IBANValidatorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/validator/routines/IBANValidatorTest.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import org.apache.commons.csv.CSVFormat;
 import org.apache.commons.csv.CSVParser;
@@ -479,4 +480,20 @@ public void validatorShouldExistWithProperConfiguration(final String countryName
         }
         assertTrue(allPatterns.isEmpty(), "Unrecognized patterns: " + allPatterns + " for" + countryInfo);
     }
+
+    public static Stream<Arguments> validateIbanStatuses() {
+        return Stream.of(
+                Arguments.of("XX", IBANValidatorStatus.UNKNOWN_COUNTRY),
+                Arguments.of("AD0101", IBANValidatorStatus.INVALID_LENGTH),
+                Arguments.of("AD12XX012030200359100100", IBANValidatorStatus.INVALID_PATTERN),
+                Arguments.of("AD9900012030200359100100", IBANValidatorStatus.INVALID_CHECKSUM),
+                Arguments.of("AD1200012030200359100100", IBANValidatorStatus.VALID)
+        );
+    }
+
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @MethodSource
+    public void validateIbanStatuses(String iban, IBANValidatorStatus expectedStatus) {
+        assertEquals(expectedStatus, IBANValidator.getInstance().validate(iban));
+    }
 }