diff --git a/share/mk/bsd.man.mk b/share/mk/bsd.man.mk
--- a/share/mk/bsd.man.mk
+++ b/share/mk/bsd.man.mk
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
 .endif
 .endfor
 
-manlint:
+manlint: checkmanlinks
 .if defined(${__group}) && !empty(${__group})
 .for __page in ${${__group}}
 manlint: ${__page:S/:/\:/g}lint
@@ -301,4 +301,21 @@
 .endfor
 .endif
 
+checkmanlinks:
+.if defined(${__group}LINKS)
+checkmanlinks: checkmlinks-${__group}
+checkmanlinks-${__group}:
+	@(cd ${.CURDIR}; set ${${__group}LINKS}; err=0; \
+	while [ $$# -ge 2 ]; do \
+		page="$$1"; shift; link="$$1"; shift; \
+		if ! [ -f "$${page}" ]; then \
+			echo "$${page} does not exist"; \
+		elif ! egrep -q "^\.Nm $${link%.[0-9]}\>" "$${page}"; then \
+			echo "$${page} does not mention" \
+			    "$${link%.[0-9]}($${link##*.})"; \
+			err=1; \
+		fi \
+	done >&2; exit $$((err)))
+.endif # defined(${__group}LINKS)
+
 .endfor	# __group in ${MANGROUPS}