diff --git a/src/Connection.php b/src/Connection.php
index d802e83f6..a859bfa63 100644
--- a/src/Connection.php
+++ b/src/Connection.php
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
 use InvalidArgumentException;
 use MongoDB\Client;
 use MongoDB\Database;
+use MongoDB\Driver\Exception\AuthenticationException;
+use MongoDB\Driver\Exception\ConnectionException;
+use MongoDB\Driver\Exception\RuntimeException;
+use MongoDB\Driver\ReadPreference;
 use MongoDB\Laravel\Concerns\ManagesTransactions;
 use Throwable;
 
@@ -189,6 +193,18 @@ protected function createConnection(string $dsn, array $config, array $options):
         return new Client($dsn, $options, $driverOptions);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Check the connection to the MongoDB server
+     *
+     * @throws ConnectionException if connection to the server fails (for reasons other than authentication).
+     * @throws AuthenticationException if authentication is needed and fails.
+     * @throws RuntimeException if a server matching the read preference could not be found.
+     */
+    public function ping(): void
+    {
+        $this->getMongoClient()->getManager()->selectServer(new ReadPreference(ReadPreference::PRIMARY_PREFERRED));
+    }
+
     /** @inheritdoc */
     public function disconnect()
     {
diff --git a/tests/ConnectionTest.php b/tests/ConnectionTest.php
index b46168df8..262c4cafc 100644
--- a/tests/ConnectionTest.php
+++ b/tests/ConnectionTest.php
@@ -9,11 +9,13 @@
 use InvalidArgumentException;
 use MongoDB\Client;
 use MongoDB\Database;
+use MongoDB\Driver\Exception\ConnectionTimeoutException;
 use MongoDB\Laravel\Collection;
 use MongoDB\Laravel\Connection;
 use MongoDB\Laravel\Query\Builder;
 use MongoDB\Laravel\Schema\Builder as SchemaBuilder;
 
+use function env;
 use function spl_object_hash;
 
 class ConnectionTest extends TestCase
@@ -231,4 +233,29 @@ public function testDriverName()
         $driver = DB::connection('mongodb')->getDriverName();
         $this->assertEquals('mongodb', $driver);
     }
+
+    public function testPingMethod()
+    {
+        $config = [
+            'name'     => 'mongodb',
+            'driver'   => 'mongodb',
+            'dsn'      => env('MONGODB_URI', 'mongodb://127.0.0.1/'),
+            'database' => 'unittest',
+            'options'  => [
+                'connectTimeoutMS'         => 100,
+                'serverSelectionTimeoutMS' => 250,
+            ],
+        ];
+
+        $instance = new Connection($config);
+        $instance->ping();
+
+        $this->expectException(ConnectionTimeoutException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage("No suitable servers found (`serverSelectionTryOnce` set): [Failed to resolve 'wrong-host']");
+
+        $config['dsn'] = 'mongodb://wrong-host/';
+
+        $instance = new Connection($config);
+        $instance->ping();
+    }
 }