diff --git a/src/main/java/de/mlessmann/certassist/ExecutableResolver.java b/src/main/java/de/mlessmann/certassist/ExecutableResolver.java
index baba454..b6322c4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/mlessmann/certassist/ExecutableResolver.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/mlessmann/certassist/ExecutableResolver.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.SystemUtils;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
@@ -16,6 +17,8 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 @Slf4j
 public class ExecutableResolver {
 
+    private static final AtomicBoolean loggedPath = new AtomicBoolean(false);
+
     @Value("${openssl.path:#{null}}")
     private String opensslPath;
 
@@ -39,6 +42,13 @@ public class ExecutableResolver {
         Objects.requireNonNull(envPath, "Environment variable 'PATH' is not set?!");
         String[] pathEntries = envPath.split(File.pathSeparator);
 
+        if (!loggedPath.get()) {
+            loggedPath.set(true);
+            for (String pathEntry : pathEntries) {
+                log.atError().log("Path entry: {}", pathEntry);
+            }
+        }
+
         for (String pathEntry : pathEntries) {
             for (String fileExtension : getAllowedExtensions()) {
                 Path executablePath = Path.of(pathEntry, executableName + fileExtension);
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/mlessmann/certassist/openssl/OpenSSLCertificateCreator.java b/src/main/java/de/mlessmann/certassist/openssl/OpenSSLCertificateCreator.java
index 55f6cae..85025d7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/mlessmann/certassist/openssl/OpenSSLCertificateCreator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/mlessmann/certassist/openssl/OpenSSLCertificateCreator.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package de.mlessmann.certassist.openssl;
 
 import static de.mlessmann.certassist.Constants.CERTASSIST_TMP_PREFIX;
 
+import de.mlessmann.certassist.DeleteRecursiveFileVisitor;
 import de.mlessmann.certassist.ExecutableResolver;
 import de.mlessmann.certassist.except.CommandLineOperationException;
 import de.mlessmann.certassist.except.UnresolvableCLIDependency;
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.springframework.lang.NonNull;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+import org.springframework.util.CollectionUtils;
 import org.zeroturnaround.exec.ProcessExecutor;
 import org.zeroturnaround.exec.StartedProcess;
 import org.zeroturnaround.exec.stream.slf4j.Slf4jStream;
@@ -211,17 +213,56 @@ public class OpenSSLCertificateCreator {
         return outFile;
     }
 
-    public boolean verifyCertificate(Path certFile) throws CommandLineOperationException {
+    public boolean verifyCertificate(@NonNull Path fullChainFile, @NonNull Path trustedCA)
+        throws CommandLineOperationException {
+        return verifyCertificate(fullChainFile, List.of(trustedCA));
+    }
+
+    public boolean verifyCertificate(@NonNull Path fullChainFile, @NonNull List<Path> trustedCAs)
+        throws CommandLineOperationException {
+        if (CollectionUtils.isEmpty(trustedCAs)) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+                "At least one trusted CA certificate must be provided to run the verification command."
+            );
+        }
+
+        Path tmpDir = null;
         try {
+            Path tempTrustedBundle;
+            if (trustedCAs.size() == 1) {
+                tempTrustedBundle = trustedCAs.getFirst();
+            } else {
+                tmpDir = Files.createTempDirectory(CERTASSIST_TMP_PREFIX);
+                tempTrustedBundle = tmpDir.resolve("trusted_bundle.pem");
+                for (Path ca : trustedCAs) {
+                    Files.writeString(
+                        tempTrustedBundle,
+                        Files.readString(ca),
+                        StandardCharsets.UTF_8,
+                        StandardOpenOption.CREATE,
+                        StandardOpenOption.APPEND
+                    );
+                }
+            }
+
             StartedProcess verifyCommand = new ProcessExecutor()
-                .command(resolveOpenSSL(), "x509", "-in", certFile.toString(), "-text", "-noout")
-                .redirectOutput(Slf4jStream.ofCaller().asDebug())
+                .command(resolveOpenSSL(), "verify", "-CAfile", tempTrustedBundle.toString(), fullChainFile.toString())
+                .redirectOutput(Slf4jStream.ofCaller().asError())
                 .redirectError(Slf4jStream.ofCaller().asError())
                 .start();
             var verifyResult = verifyCommand.getFuture().get();
             return verifyResult.getExitValue() == 0;
         } catch (IOException | InterruptedException | ExecutionException e) {
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        } finally {
+            if (tmpDir != null) {
+                try {
+                    Files.walkFileTree(tmpDir, new DeleteRecursiveFileVisitor());
+                    Files.deleteIfExists(tmpDir);
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    log.error("Failed to clean up temporary verification directory: {}", tmpDir, e);
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/de/mlessmann/certassist/TestOpenSSLCertificateCreator.java b/src/test/java/de/mlessmann/certassist/TestOpenSSLCertificateCreator.java
index 224be51..eb076ad 100644
--- a/src/test/java/de/mlessmann/certassist/TestOpenSSLCertificateCreator.java
+++ b/src/test/java/de/mlessmann/certassist/TestOpenSSLCertificateCreator.java
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
 
 import de.mlessmann.certassist.openssl.*;
 import de.mlessmann.certassist.openssl.CertificateRequest.RequestType;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.StandardOpenOption;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
@@ -37,7 +40,8 @@ class TestOpenSSLCertificateCreator {
             .build();
 
         try (var cert = certificateCreator.createCertificate(certRequest)) {
-            assertThat(certificateCreator.verifyCertificate(cert.certificatePath())).isEqualTo(true);
+            assertThat(certificateCreator.verifyCertificate(cert.certificatePath(), cert.certificatePath()))
+                .isEqualTo(true);
             System.out.println("Certificate created: " + cert);
 
             CertificateRequest childRequest = CertificateRequest
@@ -55,7 +59,11 @@ class TestOpenSSLCertificateCreator {
             when(certificateProvider.requestCertificateUsage(cert.fingerprint())).thenReturn(spiedCert);
             try (var childCert = certificateCreator.createCertificate(childRequest)) {
                 System.out.println("Child certificate created: " + childCert);
-                assertThat(certificateCreator.verifyCertificate(childCert.certificatePath())).isEqualTo(true);
+                Path fullchain = childCert.certificatePath().getParent().resolve("fullchain.pem");
+                Files.write(fullchain, Files.readAllBytes(childCert.certificatePath()), StandardOpenOption.CREATE);
+                Files.write(fullchain, Files.readAllBytes(cert.certificatePath()), StandardOpenOption.APPEND);
+
+                assertThat(certificateCreator.verifyCertificate(cert.certificatePath(), fullchain)).isEqualTo(true);
             }
         }
     }