diff --git a/locator/abstract_replication_strategy.cc b/locator/abstract_replication_strategy.cc
index 475771a863..39621b48cb 100644
--- a/locator/abstract_replication_strategy.cc
+++ b/locator/abstract_replication_strategy.cc
@@ -120,6 +120,10 @@ inet_address_vector_replica_set vnode_effective_replication_map::get_endpoints_f
     return inet_address_vector_replica_set(endpoints->begin(), endpoints->end());
 }
 
+std::optional<tablet_routing_info> vnode_effective_replication_map::check_locality(const token& token) const {
+    return {};
+}
+
 bool vnode_effective_replication_map::has_pending_ranges(inet_address endpoint) const {
     for (const auto& item : _pending_endpoints) {
         const auto& nodes = item.second;
diff --git a/locator/abstract_replication_strategy.hh b/locator/abstract_replication_strategy.hh
index 6df2e36ff3..b9a0419fb0 100644
--- a/locator/abstract_replication_strategy.hh
+++ b/locator/abstract_replication_strategy.hh
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "utils/maybe_yield.hh"
 #include "utils/sequenced_set.hh"
 #include "utils/simple_hashers.hh"
+#include "tablets.hh"
 
 // forward declaration since replica/database.hh includes this file
 namespace replica {
@@ -215,6 +216,9 @@ public:
     /// Returns a list of nodes to which a read request should be directed.
     virtual inet_address_vector_replica_set get_endpoints_for_reading(const token& search_token) const = 0;
 
+    virtual std::optional<tablet_routing_info> check_locality(const token& token) const = 0;
+
+
     /// Returns true if there are any pending ranges for this endpoint.
     /// This operation is expensive, for vnode_erm it iterates
     /// over all pending ranges which is O(number of tokens).
@@ -290,6 +294,7 @@ public: // effective_replication_map
     inet_address_vector_replica_set get_natural_endpoints_without_node_being_replaced(const token& search_token) const override;
     inet_address_vector_topology_change get_pending_endpoints(const token& search_token) const override;
     inet_address_vector_replica_set get_endpoints_for_reading(const token& search_token) const override;
+    std::optional<tablet_routing_info> check_locality(const token& token) const override;
     bool has_pending_ranges(inet_address endpoint) const override;
     std::unique_ptr<token_range_splitter> make_splitter() const override;
     const dht::sharder& get_sharder(const schema& s) const override;
diff --git a/locator/tablets.cc b/locator/tablets.cc
index d016639570..9a31bd8180 100644
--- a/locator/tablets.cc
+++ b/locator/tablets.cc
@@ -430,6 +430,42 @@ public:
         return result;
     }
 
+    std::optional<tablet_routing_info> check_locality(const token& search_token) const override {
+        auto&& tablets = get_tablet_map();
+        auto tid = tablets.get_tablet_id(search_token);
+        auto&& info = tablets.get_tablet_info(tid);
+        auto host = get_token_metadata().get_my_id();
+        auto shard = this_shard_id();
+
+        auto make_tablet_routing_info = [&] {
+            dht::token first_token;
+            if (tid == tablets.first_tablet()) {
+                first_token = dht::minimum_token();
+            } else {
+                first_token = tablets.get_last_token(tablet_id(size_t(tid) - 1));
+            }
+            auto token_range = std::make_pair(first_token, tablets.get_last_token(tid));
+            return tablet_routing_info{info.replicas, token_range};
+        };
+
+        for (auto&& r : info.replicas) {
+            if (r.host == host) {
+                if (r.shard == shard) {
+                    return std::nullopt; // routed correctly
+                } else {
+                    return make_tablet_routing_info();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        auto tinfo = tablets.get_tablet_transition_info(tid);
+        if (tinfo && tinfo->pending_replica.host == host && tinfo->pending_replica.shard == shard) {
+            return std::nullopt; // routed correctly
+        }
+
+        return make_tablet_routing_info();
+    }
+
     virtual bool has_pending_ranges(inet_address endpoint) const override {
         const auto host_id = _tmptr->get_host_id_if_known(endpoint);
         if (!host_id.has_value()) {
diff --git a/locator/tablets.hh b/locator/tablets.hh
index b04225ee2f..260aa5a983 100644
--- a/locator/tablets.hh
+++ b/locator/tablets.hh
@@ -349,6 +349,11 @@ public:
     friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream&, const tablet_metadata&);
 };
 
+struct tablet_routing_info {
+    tablet_replica_set tablet_replicas;
+    std::pair<dht::token, dht::token> token_range;
+};
+
 }
 
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