diff --git a/git/repo/base.py b/git/repo/base.py
index 69e3e3136..a935cfa79 100644
--- a/git/repo/base.py
+++ b/git/repo/base.py
@@ -697,6 +697,19 @@ def _get_untracked_files(self, *args, **kwargs):
         finalize_process(proc)
         return untracked_files
 
+    def ignored(self, *paths):
+        """Checks if paths are ignored via .gitignore
+        Doing so using the "git check-ignore" method.
+
+        :param paths: List of paths to check whether they are ignored or not
+        :return: subset of those paths which are ignored
+        """
+        try:
+            proc = self.git.check_ignore(*paths)
+        except GitCommandError:
+            return []
+        return proc.replace("\\\\", "\\").replace('"', "").split("\n")
+
     @property
     def active_branch(self):
         """The name of the currently active branch.