diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d994a356f..b2354616a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -8699,6 +8699,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "reth-payload-builder-primitives",
  "reth-payload-primitives",
  "reth-payload-util",
+ "reth-payload-validator",
  "reth-primitives",
  "reth-primitives-traits",
  "reth-provider",
diff --git a/crates/optimism/payload/Cargo.toml b/crates/optimism/payload/Cargo.toml
index a6daa9769..8b95b5e79 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/payload/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/optimism/payload/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ reth-payload-util.workspace = true
 reth-payload-primitives = { workspace = true, features = ["op"] }
 reth-basic-payload-builder.workspace = true
 reth-chain-state.workspace = true
+reth-payload-validator.workspace = true
 
 # op-reth
 reth-optimism-consensus.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/optimism/payload/src/lib.rs b/crates/optimism/payload/src/lib.rs
index 659dc2350..61e7d10f5 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/payload/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/optimism/payload/src/lib.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 #![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_cfg, doc_auto_cfg))]
 #![allow(clippy::useless_let_if_seq)]
 
+extern crate alloc;
+
 pub mod builder;
 pub use builder::OpPayloadBuilder;
 pub mod error;
@@ -16,5 +18,7 @@ pub mod payload;
 pub use payload::{OpBuiltPayload, OpPayloadAttributes, OpPayloadBuilderAttributes};
 mod traits;
 pub use traits::*;
+pub mod validator;
+pub use validator::OpExecutionPayloadValidator;
 
 pub mod config;
diff --git a/crates/optimism/payload/src/validator.rs b/crates/optimism/payload/src/validator.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..94928ce6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/optimism/payload/src/validator.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+//! Validates execution payload wrt Optimism consensus rules
+
+use alloc::sync::Arc;
+use alloy_rpc_types_engine::PayloadError;
+use derive_more::{Constructor, Deref};
+use op_alloy_rpc_types_engine::{OpExecutionData, OpPayloadError};
+use reth_optimism_forks::OpHardforks;
+use reth_payload_validator::{cancun, prague, shanghai};
+use reth_primitives::{Block, SealedBlock};
+use reth_primitives_traits::{Block as _, SignedTransaction};
+
+/// Execution payload validator.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deref, Constructor)]
+pub struct OpExecutionPayloadValidator<ChainSpec> {
+    /// Chain spec to validate against.
+    #[deref]
+    inner: Arc<ChainSpec>,
+}
+
+impl<ChainSpec> OpExecutionPayloadValidator<ChainSpec>
+where
+    ChainSpec: OpHardforks,
+{
+    /// Returns reference to chain spec.
+    pub fn chain_spec(&self) -> &ChainSpec {
+        &self.inner
+    }
+
+    /// Ensures that the given payload does not violate any consensus rules that concern the block's
+    /// layout, like:
+    ///    - missing or invalid base fee
+    ///    - invalid extra data
+    ///    - invalid transactions
+    ///    - incorrect hash
+    ///    - block contains blob transactions or blob versioned hashes
+    ///    - block contains l1 withdrawals
+    ///
+    /// The checks are done in the order that conforms with the engine-API specification.
+    ///
+    /// This is intended to be invoked after receiving the payload from the CLI.
+    /// The additional fields, starting with [`MaybeCancunPayloadFields`](alloy_rpc_types_engine::MaybeCancunPayloadFields), are not part of the payload, but are additional fields starting in the `engine_newPayloadV3` RPC call, See also <https://specs.optimism.io/protocol/exec-engine.html#engine_newpayloadv3>
+    ///
+    /// If the cancun fields are provided this also validates that the versioned hashes in the block
+    /// are empty as well as those passed in the sidecar. If the payload fields are not provided.
+    ///
+    /// Validation according to specs <https://specs.optimism.io/protocol/exec-engine.html#engine-api>.
+    pub fn ensure_well_formed_payload<T: SignedTransaction>(
+        &self,
+        payload: OpExecutionData,
+    ) -> Result<SealedBlock<Block<T>>, OpPayloadError> {
+        let OpExecutionData { payload, sidecar } = payload;
+
+        let expected_hash = payload.block_hash();
+
+        // First parse the block
+        let sealed_block = payload.try_into_block_with_sidecar(&sidecar)?.seal_slow();
+
+        // Ensure the hash included in the payload matches the block hash
+        if expected_hash != sealed_block.hash() {
+            return Err(PayloadError::BlockHash {
+                execution: sealed_block.hash(),
+                consensus: expected_hash,
+            })?
+        }
+
+        shanghai::ensure_well_formed_fields(
+            sealed_block.body(),
+            self.is_shanghai_active_at_timestamp(sealed_block.timestamp),
+        )?;
+
+        cancun::ensure_well_formed_header_and_sidecar_fields(
+            &sealed_block,
+            sidecar.canyon(),
+            self.is_cancun_active_at_timestamp(sealed_block.timestamp),
+        )?;
+
+        prague::ensure_well_formed_fields(
+            sealed_block.body(),
+            sidecar.isthmus(),
+            self.is_prague_active_at_timestamp(sealed_block.timestamp),
+        )?;
+
+        Ok(sealed_block)
+    }
+}