diff --git a/osc-staging.py b/osc-staging.py
index fb2ccf4e..752fbe10 100644
--- a/osc-staging.py
+++ b/osc-staging.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def _full_project_name(self, project):
 
 def lock_needed(cmd, opts):
     return not(
-        cmd in ('check', 'check_duplicate_binaries', 'frozenage', 'rebuild', 'unlock') or
+        cmd in ('check', 'check_duplicate_binaries', 'check_local_links', 'frozenage', 'rebuild', 'unlock') or
         (cmd == 'list' and not opts.supersede)
     )
 
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ def do_staging(self, subcmd, opts, *args):
 
     "check" will check if all packages are links without changes
 
+    "check_local_links" lists local links that don't match multispec package
+
     "check_duplicate_binaries" list binaries provided by multiple packages
 
     "cleanup_rings" will try to cleanup rings content and print
@@ -297,6 +299,7 @@ def do_staging(self, subcmd, opts, *args):
         osc staging adi [--move] [--by-develproject] [--split] [REQUEST...]
         osc staging check [STAGING...]
         osc staging check_duplicate_binaries
+        osc staging check_local_links
         osc staging cleanup_rings
         osc staging freeze [--no-bootstrap] STAGING...
         osc staging frozenage [STAGING...]
@@ -346,6 +349,7 @@ def do_staging(self, subcmd, opts, *args):
         min_args, max_args = 1, None
     elif cmd in (
         'check_duplicate_binaries',
+        'check_local_links',
         'cleanup_rings',
         'list',
         'lock',
@@ -405,6 +409,8 @@ def do_staging(self, subcmd, opts, *args):
                     print()
         elif cmd == 'check_duplicate_binaries':
             CheckDuplicateBinariesCommand(api).perform(opts.save)
+        elif cmd == 'check_local_links':
+            AcceptCommand(api).check_local_links()
         elif cmd == 'freeze':
             for prj in args[1:]:
                 prj = api.prj_from_short(prj)
diff --git a/osclib/accept_command.py b/osclib/accept_command.py
index a0652485..602677db 100644
--- a/osclib/accept_command.py
+++ b/osclib/accept_command.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from xml.etree import cElementTree as ET
 
 from osc.core import change_request_state, show_package_meta, wipebinaries
 from osc.core import http_GET, http_PUT, http_DELETE, http_POST
-from osc.core import delete_package, search
+from osc.core import delete_package, search, meta_get_packagelist
 from osc.core import Request
 from osc.util.helper import decode_it
 from osclib.core import attribute_value_save
@@ -146,7 +146,11 @@ class AcceptCommand(object):
 
         return
 
-    def fix_linking_packages(self, package):
+    def check_local_links(self):
+        for package in meta_get_packagelist(self.api.apiurl, self.api.project):
+            self.fix_linking_packages(package, True)
+
+    def fix_linking_packages(self, package, dry=False):
         project = self.api.project
         file_list = self.api.get_filelist_for_package(package, project)
         # ignore
@@ -164,6 +168,8 @@ class AcceptCommand(object):
         # Deleting all the packages that no longer have a .spec file
         for link in local_links - needed_links:
             print(f"Deleting package {project}/{link}")
+            if dry:
+                continue
             try:
                 delete_package(self.api.apiurl, project, link, msg=f"No longer linking to {package}")
             except HTTPError as err:
@@ -182,6 +188,8 @@ class AcceptCommand(object):
             # There is more than one .spec file in the package; link package containers as needed
             meta = ET.fromstring(source_file_load(self.api.apiurl, project, package, '_meta'))
             print(f"Creating new link {link}->{package}")
+            if dry:
+                continue
 
             meta.attrib['name'] = link
             bcnt = meta.find('bcntsynctag')