diff --git a/engarde/checks.py b/engarde/checks.py
index 8819d3c..ab9c461 100644
--- a/engarde/checks.py
+++ b/engarde/checks.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 - Makes its assert on the result
 - Return the original DataFrame
 """
+
 import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
 import pandas.util.testing as tm
@@ -197,21 +198,48 @@ def within_n_std(df, n=3):
 
 def has_dtypes(df, items):
     """
-    Assert that a DataFrame has ``dtypes``
-
+    Assert that a DataFrame has ``dtypes`` as described in ``items``.
+    
     Parameters
     ==========
     df: DataFrame
     items: dict
-      mapping of columns to dtype.
-
+      A mapping of column names to:
+      - dtypes, and/or
+      - functions (but **not** other  callables!) that take a pandas.Series.dtype instance as input, and
+        return ``True`` if the ``dtype`` is of the correct dtype and ``False`` otherwise.
+    
     Returns
     =======
     df : DataFrame
+    
+    Examples
+    =========
+        
+    .. code:: python
+
+      import numpy as np
+      import pandas as pd
+      import engarde.checks as ck
+
+      df = pd.DataFrame({'A': np.random.randint(0, 10, 10),
+                         'B': np.random.randn(10)})
+      df = df.pipe(ck.has_dtypes, items={'A': np.int32,
+                                         'B': pd.api.types.is_float_dtype})
+
     """
+    from types import FunctionType
+    from pandas.api.types import is_dtype_equal
     dtypes = df.dtypes
     for k, v in items.items():
-        if not dtypes[k] == v:
+        if isinstance(v, FunctionType):
+            result = v(dtypes[k])  
+            if not isinstance(result, bool):
+                 raise AssertionError("The function for key  {!r}" 
+                    " must return a boolean, returned {!r}".format(k, type(result)))
+            if not result:
+                raise AssertionError("{} has the wrong dtype ({}) for function ({})".format(k, dtypes[k], v.__name__))    
+        elif not is_dtype_equal(dtypes[k], v):
             raise AssertionError("{} has the wrong dtype ({})".format(k, v))
     return df
 
diff --git a/tests/test_checks.py b/tests/test_checks.py
index b7450c8..8f9a5c5 100644
--- a/tests/test_checks.py
+++ b/tests/test_checks.py
@@ -219,6 +219,26 @@ def test_has_dtypes():
     with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
         dc.has_dtypes(items={'A': bool})(_noop)(df)
 
+def test_has_dtypes_funcs():
+    pat = pd.api.types
+
+    df = pd.DataFrame({'A': np.random.randint(0, 10, 10),
+                       'B': np.random.randn(10),
+                       'C': list('abcdefghij'),
+                       'D': pd.Categorical(np.random.choice(['a', 'b'], 10))})
+    dtypes = {'A': pat.is_integer_dtype,
+              'B': pat.is_float_dtype,
+              'C': pat.is_string_dtype,
+              'D':  pat.is_category_dtype}
+    tm.assert_frame_equal(df, ck.has_dtypes(df, dtypes))
+    tm.assert_frame_equal(df, dc.has_dtypes(items=dtypes)(_noop)(df))
+
+    with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
+        ck.has_dtypes(df, {'A': pat.is_float_dtype})
+
+    with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
+        dc.has_dtypes(items={'A': pat.is_bool_dtype})(_noop)(df)
+
 def test_one_to_many():
     df = pd.DataFrame({
         'parameter': ['Cu', 'Cu', 'Pb', 'Pb'],