diff --git a/projects/ngx-speculoos/src/lib/matchers.spec.ts b/projects/ngx-speculoos/src/lib/matchers.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3147c11e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/ngx-speculoos/src/lib/matchers.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+import { Component } from '@angular/core';
+import { ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+
+import { ComponentTester } from './component-tester';
+import { elementMatchers } from './matchers';
+
+@Component({
+  template: `
+    <div id="classes" class="foo bar">Hello</div>
+    <div id="none">Hello</div>
+  `
+})
+class TestComponent {
+}
+
+class TestComponentTester extends ComponentTester<TestComponent> {
+  constructor() {
+    super(TestComponent);
+  }
+
+  get div() {
+    return this.element('#classes');
+  }
+
+  get none() {
+    return this.element('#none');
+  }
+}
+
+describe('Custom matchers', () => {
+
+  let tester: TestComponentTester;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({ declarations: [TestComponent] });
+    tester = new TestComponentTester();
+    tester.detectChanges();
+    jasmine.addMatchers(elementMatchers);
+  });
+
+  it('should check for a class', () => {
+    expect(tester.div).toHaveClass('foo');
+    expect(tester.div).not.toHaveClass('baz');
+
+    const matcher = elementMatchers.toHaveClass(undefined, undefined);
+
+    // missing class
+    let result = matcher.compare(tester.div, 'baz');
+    expect(result.pass).toBeFalsy();
+    expect(result.message).toBe(`Expected element to have class 'baz', but had 'foo, bar'`);
+
+    // no class
+    result = matcher.compare(tester.none, 'baz');
+    expect(result.pass).toBeFalsy();
+    expect(result.message).toBe(`Expected element to have class 'baz', but had none`);
+
+    // null element
+    result = matcher.compare(null, 'baz');
+    expect(result.pass).toBeFalsy();
+    expect(result.message).toBe(`Expected element to have class 'baz', but element was falsy`);
+
+    // not a TestElement
+    result = matcher.compare('hello', 'baz');
+    expect(result.pass).toBeFalsy();
+    expect(result.message).toBe(`Expected element to have class 'baz', but element was not a TestElement`);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/projects/ngx-speculoos/src/lib/matchers.ts b/projects/ngx-speculoos/src/lib/matchers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f6baad60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/ngx-speculoos/src/lib/matchers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { TestElement } from './test-element';
+const elementMatchers: jasmine.CustomMatcherFactories = {
+
+  /**
+   * Checks that an element has the specified class
+   */
+  toHaveClass: (util: jasmine.MatchersUtil, customEqualityTesters: Array<jasmine.CustomEqualityTester>): jasmine.CustomMatcher => {
+    return {
+      compare: (el: any, expected: string): jasmine.CustomMatcherResult => {
+        if (!el) {
+          return { pass: false, message: `Expected element to have class '${expected}', but element was falsy` };
+        }
+        if (!(el instanceof TestElement)) {
+          return { pass: false, message: `Expected element to have class '${expected}', but element was not a TestElement` };
+        }
+        const actual = el.classes;
+        const pass = actual.includes(expected);
+        const message = `Expected element to have class '${expected}', but had ${actual.length ? '\'' + actual.join(', ') + '\'' : 'none'}`;
+        return { pass, message };
+      }
+    };
+  }
+};
+
+export { elementMatchers };
diff --git a/projects/ngx-speculoos/src/matchers-types.d.ts b/projects/ngx-speculoos/src/matchers-types.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ecc1a626
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/ngx-speculoos/src/matchers-types.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+declare namespace jasmine {
+  interface Matchers<T> {
+    toHaveClass(className: string): boolean;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/projects/ngx-speculoos/src/public_api.ts b/projects/ngx-speculoos/src/public_api.ts
index f1f56d98..009425bf 100644
--- a/projects/ngx-speculoos/src/public_api.ts
+++ b/projects/ngx-speculoos/src/public_api.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * Public API Surface of ngx-speculoos
  */
+/// <reference path="./matchers-types.d.ts" />
 
 export * from './lib/component-tester';
 export * from './lib/test-element';
@@ -9,3 +10,4 @@ export * from './lib/test-input';
 export * from './lib/test-button';
 export * from './lib/test-select';
 export * from './lib/route';
+export * from './lib/matchers';
diff --git a/projects/ngx-speculoos/tsconfig.lib.json b/projects/ngx-speculoos/tsconfig.lib.json
index 19338590..9f4f6dc1 100644
--- a/projects/ngx-speculoos/tsconfig.lib.json
+++ b/projects/ngx-speculoos/tsconfig.lib.json
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
     "experimentalDecorators": true,
     "importHelpers": true,
     "strict": true,
-    "types": [],
+    "types": [
+      "@types/jasmine"
+    ],
     "lib": [
       "dom",
       "es2015"