diff --git a/sys/shell/commands/sc_nimble_netif.c b/sys/shell/commands/sc_nimble_netif.c
index f6e85a8c6e..7beb6522c3 100644
--- a/sys/shell/commands/sc_nimble_netif.c
+++ b/sys/shell/commands/sc_nimble_netif.c
@@ -380,9 +380,9 @@ int _nimble_netif_handler(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     if ((argc == 1) || _ishelp(argv[1])) {
 #if !IS_USED(MODULE_NIMBLE_AUTOCONN) && !IS_USED(MODULE_NIMBLE_STATCONN)
-        printf("usage: %s [help|info|adv|scan|connect|close|update]\n", argv[0]);
+        printf("usage: %s [help|info|adv|scan|connect|close|update|chanmap]\n", argv[0]);
 #else
-        printf("usage: %s [help|info|close|update]\n", argv[0]);
+        printf("usage: %s [help|info|close|update|chanmap]\n", argv[0]);
 #endif
         return 0;
     }
@@ -474,6 +474,28 @@ int _nimble_netif_handler(int argc, char **argv)
         int timeout = atoi(argv[4]);
         _cmd_update(handle, itvl, timeout);
     }
+    else if ((memcmp(argv[1], "chanmap", 7) == 0)) {
+        int handle = nimble_netif_conn_get_next(NIMBLE_NETIF_CONN_INVALID,
+                                                NIMBLE_NETIF_GAP_CONNECTED);
+        if (handle == NIMBLE_NETIF_CONN_INVALID) {
+            printf("err: no BLE connection(s) found\n");
+            return 0;
+        }
+        puts("Used channels per Slot\n"
+             "Bitmap denotes channels in ascending order: CH36, ..., CH0\n"
+             "e.g. '1f ff ff ff ff' shows that all 37 data channels in use");
+        while (handle != NIMBLE_NETIF_CONN_INVALID) {
+            uint8_t map[5];
+            nimble_netif_used_chanmap(handle, map);
+            printf("[%02i] %02x %02x %02x %02x %02x\n", handle,
+                    (int)map[4], (int)map[3], (int)map[2],
+                    (int)map[1], (int)map[0]);
+            handle = nimble_netif_conn_get_next(handle,
+                                                NIMBLE_NETIF_GAP_CONNECTED);
+        }
+        return 0;
+    }
+
     else {
         printf("unable to parse the command. Use '%s help' for more help\n",
                argv[0]);