diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 372b34e38..39ee6e97c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ Validator                               | Description
 **isHexColor(str)**                     | check if the string is a hexadecimal color.
 **isHSL(str)**                          | check if the string is an HSL (hue, saturation, lightness, optional alpha) color based on [CSS Colors Level 4 specification](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/color_value).<br/><br/>Comma-separated format supported. Space-separated format supported with the exception of a few edge cases (ex: `hsl(200grad+.1%62%/1)`).
 **isIBAN(str)**                         | check if a string is a IBAN (International Bank Account Number).
-**isIdentityCard(str [, locale])**      | check if the string is a valid identity card code.<br/><br/>`locale` is one of `['ES', 'IN', 'IT', 'NO', 'zh-TW', 'he-IL', 'ar-TN', 'zh-CN']` OR `'any'`. If 'any' is used, function will check if any of the locals match.<br/><br/>Defaults to 'any'.
+**isIdentityCard(str [, locale])**      | check if the string is a valid identity card code.<br/><br/>`locale` is one of `['ES', 'IN', 'IT', 'NO', 'zh-TW', 'he-IL', 'ar-LY', 'ar-TN', 'zh-CN']` OR `'any'`. If 'any' is used, function will check if any of the locals match.<br/><br/>Defaults to 'any'.
 **isIMEI(str [, options]))**                         | check if the string is a valid IMEI number. Imei should be of format `###############` or `##-######-######-#`.<br/><br/>`options` is an object which can contain the keys `allow_hyphens`. Defaults to first format . If allow_hyphens is set to true, the validator will validate the second format.
 **isIn(str, values)**                   | check if the string is in a array of allowed values.
 **isInt(str [, options])**              | check if the string is an integer.<br/><br/>`options` is an object which can contain the keys `min` and/or `max` to check the integer is within boundaries (e.g. `{ min: 10, max: 99 }`). `options` can also contain the key `allow_leading_zeroes`, which when set to false will disallow integer values with leading zeroes (e.g. `{ allow_leading_zeroes: false }`). Finally, `options` can contain the keys `gt` and/or `lt` which will enforce integers being greater than or less than, respectively, the value provided (e.g. `{gt: 1, lt: 4}` for a number between 1 and 4).
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ Validator                               | Description
 **isMultibyte(str)**                    | check if the string contains one or more multibyte chars.
 **isNumeric(str [, options])**                      | check if the string contains only numbers.<br/><br/>`options` is an object which defaults to `{no_symbols: false}` it also has locale as an option. If `no_symbols` is true, the validator will reject numeric strings that feature a symbol (e.g. `+`, `-`, or `.`).<br/><br/>`locale` determine the decimal separator and is one of `['ar', 'ar-AE', 'ar-BH', 'ar-DZ', 'ar-EG', 'ar-IQ', 'ar-JO', 'ar-KW', 'ar-LB', 'ar-LY', 'ar-MA', 'ar-QA', 'ar-QM', 'ar-SA', 'ar-SD', 'ar-SY', 'ar-TN', 'ar-YE', 'bg-BG', 'cs-CZ', 'da-DK', 'de-DE', 'en-AU', 'en-GB', 'en-HK', 'en-IN', 'en-NZ', 'en-US', 'en-ZA', 'en-ZM', 'es-ES', 'fr-FR', 'fr-CA', 'hu-HU', 'it-IT', 'nb-NO', 'nl-NL', 'nn-NO', 'pl-PL', 'pt-BR', 'pt-PT', 'ru-RU', 'sl-SI', 'sr-RS', 'sr-RS@latin', 'sv-SE', 'tr-TR', 'uk-UA']`.
 **isOctal(str)**                        | check if the string is a valid octal number.
-**isPassportNumber(str, countryCode)**    | check if the string is a valid passport number.<br/><br/>(countryCode is one of `[ 'AM', 'AR', 'AT', 'AU', 'BE', 'BG', 'BY', 'CA', 'CH', 'CN', 'CY', 'CZ', 'DE', 'DK', 'DZ', 'EE', 'ES', 'FI', 'FR', 'GB', 'GR', 'HR', 'HU', 'IE' 'IN', 'IS', 'IT', 'JP', 'KR', 'LT', 'LU', 'LV', 'MT', 'NL', 'PO', 'PT', 'RO', 'RU', 'SE', 'SL', 'SK', 'TR', 'UA', 'US' ]`.
+**isPassportNumber(str, countryCode)**    | check if the string is a valid passport number.<br/><br/>(countryCode is one of `[ 'AM', 'AR', 'AT', 'AU', 'BE', 'BG', 'BY', 'CA', 'CH', 'CN', 'CY', 'CZ', 'DE', 'DK', 'DZ', 'EE', 'ES', 'FI', 'FR', 'GB', 'GR', 'HR', 'HU', 'IE' 'IN', 'IS', 'IT', 'JP', 'KR', 'LT', 'LU', 'LV', 'LY', 'MT', 'NL', 'PO', 'PT', 'RO', 'RU', 'SE', 'SL', 'SK', 'TR', 'UA', 'US' ]`.
 **isPort(str)**                         | check if the string is a valid port number.
 **isPostalCode(str, locale)**           | check if the string is a postal code,<br/><br/>(locale is one of `[ 'AD', 'AT', 'AU', 'AZ', 'BE', 'BG', 'BR', 'BY', 'CA', 'CH', 'CN', 'CZ', 'DE', 'DK', 'DO', 'DZ', 'EE', 'ES', 'FI', 'FR', 'GB', 'GR', 'HR', 'HT', 'HU', 'ID', 'IE' 'IL', 'IN', 'IR', 'IS', 'IT', 'JP', 'KE', 'LI', 'LT', 'LU', 'LV', 'MT', 'MX', 'MY', 'NL', 'NO', 'NP', 'NZ', 'PL', 'PR', 'PT', 'RO', 'RU', 'SA', 'SE', 'SG', 'SI', 'TH', 'TN', 'TW', 'UA', 'US', 'ZA', 'ZM' ]` OR 'any'. If 'any' is used, function will check if any of the locals match. Locale list is `validator.isPostalCodeLocales`.).
 **isRFC3339(str)**                      | check if the string is a valid [RFC 3339](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3339) date.
diff --git a/src/lib/isIdentityCard.js b/src/lib/isIdentityCard.js
index 24f828ae8..c24054b68 100644
--- a/src/lib/isIdentityCard.js
+++ b/src/lib/isIdentityCard.js
@@ -119,6 +119,19 @@ const validators = {
     }
     return sum % 10 === 0;
   },
+  'ar-LY': (str) => {
+    // Libya National Identity Number NIN is 12 digits, the first digit is either 1 or 2
+    const NIN = /^(1|2)\d{11}$/;
+
+    // sanitize user input
+    const sanitized = str.trim();
+
+    // validate the data structure
+    if (!NIN.test(sanitized)) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+  },
   'ar-TN': (str) => {
     const DNI = /^\d{8}$/;
 
diff --git a/src/lib/isPassportNumber.js b/src/lib/isPassportNumber.js
index 8a7716f80..76fd0827e 100644
--- a/src/lib/isPassportNumber.js
+++ b/src/lib/isPassportNumber.js
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ const passportRegexByCountryCode = {
   LT: /^[A-Z0-9]{8}$/, // LITHUANIA
   LU: /^[A-Z0-9]{8}$/, // LUXEMBURG
   LV: /^[A-Z0-9]{2}\d{7}$/, // LATVIA
+  LY: /^[A-Z0-9]{8}$/, // LIBYA
   MT: /^\d{7}$/, // MALTA
   NL: /^[A-Z]{2}[A-Z0-9]{6}\d$/, // NETHERLANDS
   PO: /^[A-Z]{2}\d{7}$/, // POLAND
diff --git a/test/validators.js b/test/validators.js
index 97be2e9f8..94ebcbcb0 100644
--- a/test/validators.js
+++ b/test/validators.js
@@ -2593,6 +2593,20 @@ describe('Validators', () => {
       ],
     });
 
+    test({
+      validator: 'isPassportNumber',
+      args: ['LY'],
+      valid: [
+        'P79JF34X',
+        'RJ45H4V2',
+      ],
+      invalid: [
+        'P79JF34',
+        'RJ45H4V2C',
+        'RJ4-H4V2',
+      ],
+    });
+
     test({
       validator: 'isPassportNumber',
       args: ['MT'],
@@ -4463,6 +4477,24 @@ describe('Validators', () => {
           '336000842',
         ],
       },
+      {
+        locale: 'ar-LY',
+        valid: [
+          '119803455876',
+          '120024679875',
+          '219624876201',
+          '220103480657',
+        ],
+        invalid: [
+          '987654320123',
+          '123-456-7890',
+          '012345678912',
+          '1234567890',
+          'AFJBHUYTREWR',
+          'C4V6B1X0M5T6',
+          '9876543210123',
+        ],
+      },
       {
         locale: 'ar-TN',
         valid: [