diff --git a/src/matchers.ts b/src/matchers.ts
index 323fafc0..beee212b 100644
--- a/src/matchers.ts
+++ b/src/matchers.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 export * from './matchers/browser/toHaveClipboardText.js'
+export * from './matchers/browser/toHaveLocalStorageItem.js'
 export * from './matchers/browser/toHaveTitle.js'
 export * from './matchers/browser/toHaveUrl.js'
 export * from './matchers/element/toBeClickable.js'
diff --git a/src/matchers/browser/toHaveLocalStorageItem.ts b/src/matchers/browser/toHaveLocalStorageItem.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a05096d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/matchers/browser/toHaveLocalStorageItem.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import { waitUntil, enhanceError, compareText } from '../../utils.js'
+import { DEFAULT_OPTIONS } from '../../constants.js'
+
+export async function toHaveLocalStorageItem(
+    browser: WebdriverIO.Browser,
+    key: string,
+    expectedValue?: string | RegExp | ExpectWebdriverIO.PartialMatcher,
+    options: ExpectWebdriverIO.StringOptions = DEFAULT_OPTIONS
+) {
+    const isNot = this.isNot
+    const { expectation = 'localStorage item', verb = 'have' } = this
+
+    await options.beforeAssertion?.({
+        matcherName: 'toHaveLocalStorageItem',
+        expectedValue: expectedValue ? [key, expectedValue] : key,
+        options,
+    })
+    let actual
+    const pass = await waitUntil(async () => {
+        actual = await browser.execute((storageKey) => {
+            return localStorage.getItem(storageKey)
+        }, key)
+        // if no expected value is provided, we just check if the item exists
+        if (expectedValue === undefined) {
+            return actual !== null
+        }
+        // no localStorage item found
+        if (actual === null) {
+            return false
+        }
+        return compareText(actual, expectedValue, options).result
+    }, isNot, options)
+    const message = enhanceError(
+        'browser',
+        expectedValue !== undefined ? expectedValue : `localStorage item "${key}"`,
+        actual,
+        this,
+        verb,
+        expectation,
+        key,
+        options
+    )
+    const result: ExpectWebdriverIO.AssertionResult = {
+        pass,
+        message: () => message
+    }
+    await options.afterAssertion?.({
+        matcherName: 'toHaveLocalStorageItem',
+        expectedValue: expectedValue ? [key, expectedValue] : key,
+        options,
+        result
+    })
+    return result
+}
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diff --git a/test/matchers.test.ts b/test/matchers.test.ts
index 5e5f15ab..0bbee4eb 100644
--- a/test/matchers.test.ts
+++ b/test/matchers.test.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { matchers, expect as expectLib } from '../src/index.js'
 const ALL_MATCHERS = [
     // browser
     'toHaveClipboardText',
+    'toHaveLocalStorageItem',
     'toHaveTitle',
     'toHaveUrl',
 
diff --git a/test/matchers/browser/toHaveLocalStorageItem.test.ts b/test/matchers/browser/toHaveLocalStorageItem.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4499c998
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/matchers/browser/toHaveLocalStorageItem.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+import { vi, expect, describe, it, beforeEach } from 'vitest'
+import { browser } from '@wdio/globals'
+import { toHaveLocalStorageItem } from '../../../src/matchers/browser/toHaveLocalStorageItem.js'
+
+vi.mock('@wdio/globals')
+
+const beforeAssertion = vi.fn()
+const afterAssertion = vi.fn()
+
+describe('toHaveLocalStorageItem', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+        vi.clearAllMocks()
+    })
+
+    it('passes when localStorage item exists with correct value', async () => {
+        browser.execute = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue('someLocalStorageValue')
+
+        const result = await toHaveLocalStorageItem.call(
+            {}, // this context
+            browser,
+            'someLocalStorageKey',
+            'someLocalStorageValue',
+            { ignoreCase: true, beforeAssertion, afterAssertion }
+        )
+
+        expect(result.pass).toBe(true)
+
+        // Check that browser.execute was called with correct arguments
+        expect(browser.execute).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            expect.any(Function),
+            'someLocalStorageKey'
+        )
+
+        expect(beforeAssertion).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+            matcherName: 'toHaveLocalStorageItem',
+            expectedValue: ['someLocalStorageKey', 'someLocalStorageValue'],
+            options: { ignoreCase: true, beforeAssertion, afterAssertion }
+        })
+
+        expect(afterAssertion).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+            matcherName: 'toHaveLocalStorageItem',
+            expectedValue: ['someLocalStorageKey', 'someLocalStorageValue'],
+            options: { ignoreCase: true, beforeAssertion, afterAssertion },
+            result
+        })
+    })
+
+    it('fails when localStorage item has different value', async () => {
+        browser.execute = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue('actualValue')
+
+        const result = await toHaveLocalStorageItem.call(
+            {},
+            browser,
+            'someKey',
+            'expectedValue'
+        )
+
+        expect(result.pass).toBe(false)
+    })
+
+    it('fails when localStorage item does not exist', async () => {
+        // Mock browser.execute to return null (item doesn't exist)
+        browser.execute = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(null)
+
+        const result = await toHaveLocalStorageItem.call(
+            {},
+            browser,
+            'nonExistentKey',
+            'someValue'
+        )
+
+        expect(result.pass).toBe(false)
+        expect(browser.execute).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            expect.any(Function),
+            'nonExistentKey'
+        )
+    })
+
+    it('passes when only checking key existence', async () => {
+        // Mock browser.execute to return any non-null value
+        browser.execute = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue('anyValue')
+
+        const result = await toHaveLocalStorageItem.call(
+            {},
+            browser,
+            'existingKey'
+            // no expectedValue parameter
+        )
+
+        expect(result.pass).toBe(true)
+    })
+
+    it('ignores case when ignoreCase is true', async () => {
+        browser.execute = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue('UPPERCASE')
+
+        const result = await toHaveLocalStorageItem.call(
+            {},
+            browser,
+            'key',
+            'uppercase',
+            { ignoreCase: true }
+        )
+
+        expect(result.pass).toBe(true)
+    })
+
+    it('trims whitespace when trim is true', async () => {
+        browser.execute = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue('  value  ')
+
+        const result = await toHaveLocalStorageItem.call(
+            {},
+            browser,
+            'key',
+            'value',
+            { trim: true }
+        )
+
+        expect(result.pass).toBe(true)
+    })
+
+    it('checks containing when containing is true', async () => {
+        browser.execute = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue('this is a long value')
+
+        const result = await toHaveLocalStorageItem.call(
+            {},
+            browser,
+            'key',
+            'long',
+            { containing: true }
+        )
+
+        expect(result.pass).toBe(true)
+    })
+
+    it('passes when localStorage value matches regex', async () => {
+        browser.execute = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue('user_123')
+
+        const result = await toHaveLocalStorageItem.call(
+            {},
+            browser,
+            'userId',
+            /^user_\d+$/
+        )
+
+        expect(result.pass).toBe(true)
+    })
+})
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