diff --git a/p2p/exchange.go b/p2p/exchange.go
index 607bfb0f..503d7494 100644
--- a/p2p/exchange.go
+++ b/p2p/exchange.go
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ type Exchange[H header.Header[H]] struct {
 	peerTracker  *peerTracker
 	metrics      *exchangeMetrics
 
-	Params ClientParameters
+	Params         ClientParameters
+	CustomValidate func(H) error
 }
 
 func NewExchange[H header.Header[H]](
@@ -253,6 +254,7 @@ func (ex *Exchange[H]) GetRangeByHeight(
 ) ([]H, error) {
 	session := newSession[H](
 		ex.ctx, ex.host, ex.peerTracker, ex.protocolID, ex.Params.RangeRequestTimeout, ex.metrics, withValidation(from),
+		func(s *session[H]) { s.customValidate = ex.CustomValidate },
 	)
 	defer session.close()
 	// we request the next header height that we don't have: `fromHead`+1
@@ -335,7 +337,7 @@ func (ex *Exchange[H]) request(
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	hdrs, err := processResponses[H](responses)
+	hdrs, err := processResponses[H](responses, ex.CustomValidate)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/p2p/session.go b/p2p/session.go
index 37f1e258..276c9d84 100644
--- a/p2p/session.go
+++ b/p2p/session.go
@@ -41,9 +41,10 @@ type session[H header.Header[H]] struct {
 	from           H
 	requestTimeout time.Duration
 
-	ctx    context.Context
-	cancel context.CancelFunc
-	reqCh  chan *p2p_pb.HeaderRequest
+	ctx            context.Context
+	cancel         context.CancelFunc
+	reqCh          chan *p2p_pb.HeaderRequest
+	customValidate func(H) error
 }
 
 func newSession[H header.Header[H]](
@@ -222,7 +223,7 @@ func (s *session[H]) doRequest(
 
 // processResponses converts HeaderResponse to Header.
 func (s *session[H]) processResponses(responses []*p2p_pb.HeaderResponse) ([]H, error) {
-	hdrs, err := processResponses[H](responses)
+	hdrs, err := processResponses[H](responses, s.customValidate)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -288,7 +289,7 @@ func prepareRequests(from, amount, headersPerPeer uint64) []*p2p_pb.HeaderReques
 }
 
 // processResponses converts HeaderResponses to Headers
-func processResponses[H header.Header[H]](resps []*p2p_pb.HeaderResponse) ([]H, error) {
+func processResponses[H header.Header[H]](resps []*p2p_pb.HeaderResponse, customValidate func(H) error) ([]H, error) {
 	if len(resps) == 0 {
 		return nil, errEmptyResponse
 	}
@@ -311,6 +312,13 @@ func processResponses[H header.Header[H]](resps []*p2p_pb.HeaderResponse) ([]H,
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
+		if customValidate != nil {
+			err = customValidate(hdr)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		}
+
 		hdrs = append(hdrs, hdr)
 	}
 
diff --git a/p2p/subscriber.go b/p2p/subscriber.go
index c5f70dcc..99781267 100644
--- a/p2p/subscriber.go
+++ b/p2p/subscriber.go
@@ -26,10 +26,11 @@ type SubscriberParams struct {
 type Subscriber[H header.Header[H]] struct {
 	pubsubTopicID string
 
-	metrics *subscriberMetrics
-	pubsub  *pubsub.PubSub
-	topic   *pubsub.Topic
-	msgID   pubsub.MsgIdFunction
+	metrics        *subscriberMetrics
+	pubsub         *pubsub.PubSub
+	topic          *pubsub.Topic
+	msgID          pubsub.MsgIdFunction
+	CustomValidate func(H) error
 }
 
 // WithSubscriberMetrics enables metrics collection for the Subscriber.
@@ -118,6 +119,17 @@ func (s *Subscriber[H]) SetVerifier(val func(context.Context, H) error) error {
 			return pubsub.ValidationReject
 		}
 
+		if s.CustomValidate != nil {
+			err = s.CustomValidate(hdr)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Errorw("invalid header",
+					"from", p.ShortString(),
+					"err", err)
+				s.metrics.reject(ctx)
+				return pubsub.ValidationReject
+			}
+		}
+
 		var verErr *header.VerifyError
 		err = val(ctx, hdr)
 		switch {