diff --git a/news/11054.feature.rst b/news/11054.feature.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..335468c12f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/11054.feature.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Check unsupported packages for the current platform.
diff --git a/src/pip/_internal/commands/check.py b/src/pip/_internal/commands/check.py
index 4a0297edd97..f54a16dc0a1 100644
--- a/src/pip/_internal/commands/check.py
+++ b/src/pip/_internal/commands/check.py
@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@
 
 from pip._internal.cli.base_command import Command
 from pip._internal.cli.status_codes import ERROR, SUCCESS
+from pip._internal.metadata import get_default_environment
 from pip._internal.operations.check import (
     check_package_set,
+    check_unsupported,
     create_package_set_from_installed,
 )
+from pip._internal.utils.compatibility_tags import get_supported
 from pip._internal.utils.misc import write_output
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -23,6 +26,12 @@ class CheckCommand(Command):
     def run(self, options: Values, args: List[str]) -> int:
         package_set, parsing_probs = create_package_set_from_installed()
         missing, conflicting = check_package_set(package_set)
+        unsupported = list(
+            check_unsupported(
+                get_default_environment().iter_installed_distributions(),
+                get_supported(),
+            )
+        )
 
         for project_name in missing:
             version = package_set[project_name].version
@@ -45,8 +54,13 @@ def run(self, options: Values, args: List[str]) -> int:
                     dep_name,
                     dep_version,
                 )
-
-        if missing or conflicting or parsing_probs:
+        for package in unsupported:
+            write_output(
+                "%s %s is not supported on this platform",
+                package.raw_name,
+                package.version,
+            )
+        if missing or conflicting or parsing_probs or unsupported:
             return ERROR
         else:
             write_output("No broken requirements found.")
diff --git a/src/pip/_internal/operations/check.py b/src/pip/_internal/operations/check.py
index 623db76e229..4b6fbc4c375 100644
--- a/src/pip/_internal/operations/check.py
+++ b/src/pip/_internal/operations/check.py
@@ -2,14 +2,30 @@
 """
 
 import logging
-from typing import Callable, Dict, List, NamedTuple, Optional, Set, Tuple
+from contextlib import suppress
+from email.parser import Parser
+from functools import reduce
+from typing import (
+    Callable,
+    Dict,
+    FrozenSet,
+    Generator,
+    Iterable,
+    List,
+    NamedTuple,
+    Optional,
+    Set,
+    Tuple,
+)
 
 from pip._vendor.packaging.requirements import Requirement
+from pip._vendor.packaging.tags import Tag, parse_tag
 from pip._vendor.packaging.utils import NormalizedName, canonicalize_name
 from pip._vendor.packaging.version import Version
 
 from pip._internal.distributions import make_distribution_for_install_requirement
 from pip._internal.metadata import get_default_environment
+from pip._internal.metadata.base import BaseDistribution
 from pip._internal.req.req_install import InstallRequirement
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -113,6 +129,22 @@ def check_install_conflicts(to_install: List[InstallRequirement]) -> ConflictDet
     )
 
 
+def check_unsupported(
+    packages: Iterable[BaseDistribution],
+    supported_tags: Iterable[Tag],
+) -> Generator[BaseDistribution, None, None]:
+    for p in packages:
+        with suppress(FileNotFoundError):
+            wheel_file = p.read_text("WHEEL")
+            wheel_tags: FrozenSet[Tag] = reduce(
+                frozenset.union,
+                map(parse_tag, Parser().parsestr(wheel_file).get_all("Tag", [])),
+                frozenset(),
+            )
+            if wheel_tags.isdisjoint(supported_tags):
+                yield p
+
+
 def _simulate_installation_of(
     to_install: List[InstallRequirement], package_set: PackageSet
 ) -> Set[NormalizedName]:
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_check.py b/tests/functional/test_check.py
index 46ecdcc6457..f50f5593e5c 100644
--- a/tests/functional/test_check.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_check.py
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 from typing import Collection
 
-from tests.lib import PipTestEnvironment, create_test_package_with_setup
+from tests.lib import (
+    PipTestEnvironment,
+    create_really_basic_wheel,
+    create_test_package_with_setup,
+)
 
 
 def matches_expected_lines(string: str, expected_lines: Collection[str]) -> bool:
@@ -321,3 +325,26 @@ def test_check_include_work_dir_pkg(script: PipTestEnvironment) -> None:
     expected_lines = ("simple 1.0 requires missing, which is not installed.",)
     assert matches_expected_lines(result.stdout, expected_lines)
     assert result.returncode == 1
+
+
+def test_check_unsupported(
+    script: PipTestEnvironment,
+) -> None:
+    script.scratch_path.joinpath("base-0.1.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl").write_bytes(
+        create_really_basic_wheel("base", "0.1.0")
+    )
+    script.pip(
+        "install",
+        "--no-cache-dir",
+        "--no-index",
+        "--find-links",
+        script.scratch_path,
+        "base==0.1.0",
+    )
+    with open(
+        script.site_packages_path.joinpath("base-0.1.0.dist-info/WHEEL"), "a"
+    ) as f:
+        f.write("\nTag: cp310-cp310-musllinux_1_1_x86_64\n")
+    result = script.pip("check", expect_error=True)
+    assert "base 0.1.0 is not supported on this platform" in result.stdout
+    assert result.returncode == 1