diff --git a/pkg/nimble/netif/include/nimble_netif.h b/pkg/nimble/netif/include/nimble_netif.h
index 1859115b20..bb033e500c 100644
--- a/pkg/nimble/netif/include/nimble_netif.h
+++ b/pkg/nimble/netif/include/nimble_netif.h
@@ -241,6 +241,21 @@ int nimble_netif_accept_stop(void);
 int nimble_netif_update(int handle,
                         const struct ble_gap_upd_params *conn_params);
 
+/**
+ * @brief   Get the currently used channel map for the given connection as
+ *          bitmap
+ *
+ * @param[in] handle        connection handle
+ * @param[out] map          used channel map, map[0] denotes channels 0 to 7,
+ *                          map[1] chan 8-15, ..., map[5] channels 33 to 36.
+ *                          **must** be able to hold 5 bytes.
+ *
+ * @return  NIMBLE_NETIF_OK on success
+ * @return  NIMBLE_NETIF_NOTCONN if handle dos not point to a connection
+ * @return  NIMBLE_NETIF_DEVERR if reading the channel map failed otherwise
+ */
+int nimble_netif_used_chanmap(int handle, uint8_t map[5]);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/pkg/nimble/netif/nimble_netif.c b/pkg/nimble/netif/nimble_netif.c
index 9485cad1f8..eb7b5d5e76 100644
--- a/pkg/nimble/netif/nimble_netif.c
+++ b/pkg/nimble/netif/nimble_netif.c
@@ -660,3 +660,18 @@ int nimble_netif_update(int handle,
 
     return NIMBLE_NETIF_OK;
 }
+
+int nimble_netif_used_chanmap(int handle, uint8_t map[5])
+{
+    nimble_netif_conn_t *conn = nimble_netif_conn_get(handle);
+    if (conn == NULL) {
+        return NIMBLE_NETIF_NOTCONN;
+    }
+
+    int res = ble_hs_hci_read_chan_map(conn->gaphandle, map);
+    if (res != 0) {
+        return NIMBLE_NETIF_DEVERR;
+    }
+
+    return NIMBLE_NETIF_OK;
+}
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]);