diff --git a/src/event/event.ts b/src/event/event.ts
index 18526346..557922af 100644
--- a/src/event/event.ts
+++ b/src/event/event.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export interface WebEventContext {
 
 export class H3Event<
   _RequestT extends EventHandlerRequest = EventHandlerRequest,
+  Context = unknown,
 > implements Pick<FetchEvent, "respondWith">
 {
   "__is_event__" = true;
@@ -23,7 +24,9 @@ export class H3Event<
   // Context
   node: NodeEventContext; // Node
   web?: WebEventContext; // Web
-  context: H3EventContext = {}; // Shared
+  context = {} as unknown extends Context
+    ? H3EventContext
+    : H3EventContext & Context; // Shared
 
   // Request
   _method?: HTTPMethod;
@@ -74,7 +77,7 @@ export class H3Event<
 
   respondWith(response: Response | PromiseLike<Response>): Promise<void> {
     return Promise.resolve(response).then((_response) =>
-      sendWebResponse(this, _response),
+      sendWebResponse(this as H3Event<EventHandlerRequest, unknown>, _response),
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/src/event/utils.ts b/src/event/utils.ts
index 4ec7fb57..4172a2ff 100644
--- a/src/event/utils.ts
+++ b/src/event/utils.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import type {
   EventHandlerObject,
   _RequestMiddleware,
   _ResponseMiddleware,
+  EventValidateFunction,
+  ValidatedRequest,
 } from "../types";
 import { hasProp } from "../utils/internal/object";
 import type { H3Event } from "./event";
@@ -18,11 +20,15 @@ type _EventHandlerHooks = {
 export function defineEventHandler<
   Request extends EventHandlerRequest = EventHandlerRequest,
   Response = EventHandlerResponse,
+  _ValidateFunction extends
+    EventValidateFunction<Request> = EventValidateFunction<Request>,
+  _Request extends
+    ValidatedRequest<_ValidateFunction> = ValidatedRequest<_ValidateFunction>,
 >(
   handler:
     | EventHandler<Request, Response>
-    | EventHandlerObject<Request, Response>,
-): EventHandler<Request, Response>;
+    | EventHandlerObject<Request, Response, _ValidateFunction, _Request>,
+): EventHandler<_Request, Response>;
 // TODO: remove when appropriate
 // This signature provides backwards compatibility with previous signature where first generic was return type
 export function defineEventHandler<
@@ -40,11 +46,15 @@ export function defineEventHandler<
 export function defineEventHandler<
   Request extends EventHandlerRequest,
   Response = EventHandlerResponse,
+  _ValidateFunction extends
+    EventValidateFunction<Request> = EventValidateFunction<Request>,
+  _Request extends
+    ValidatedRequest<_ValidateFunction> = ValidatedRequest<_ValidateFunction>,
 >(
   handler:
     | EventHandler<Request, Response>
-    | EventHandlerObject<Request, Response>,
-): EventHandler<Request, Response> {
+    | EventHandlerObject<Request, Response, _ValidateFunction, _Request>,
+): EventHandler<_Request, Response> {
   // Function Syntax
   if (typeof handler === "function") {
     handler.__is_handler__ = true;
@@ -56,7 +66,7 @@ export function defineEventHandler<
     onBeforeResponse: _normalizeArray(handler.onBeforeResponse),
   };
   const _handler: EventHandler<Request, any> = (event) => {
-    return _callHandler(event, handler.handler, _hooks);
+    return _callObjectHandler(event, handler as EventHandlerObject, _hooks);
   };
   _handler.__is_handler__ = true;
   _handler.__resolve__ = handler.handler.__resolve__;
@@ -68,9 +78,9 @@ function _normalizeArray<T>(input?: T | T[]): T[] | undefined {
   return input ? (Array.isArray(input) ? input : [input]) : undefined;
 }
 
-async function _callHandler(
-  event: H3Event,
-  handler: EventHandler,
+async function _callObjectHandler(
+  event: H3Event<any, any>,
+  handlerObj: EventHandlerObject,
   hooks: _EventHandlerHooks,
 ) {
   if (hooks.onRequest) {
@@ -81,7 +91,10 @@ async function _callHandler(
       }
     }
   }
-  const body = await handler(event);
+  if (handlerObj.validate) {
+    await validateEvent(event, handlerObj.validate);
+  }
+  const body = await handlerObj.handler(event);
   const response = { body };
   if (hooks.onBeforeResponse) {
     for (const hook of hooks.onBeforeResponse) {
@@ -186,3 +199,26 @@ export function defineLazyEventHandler<T extends LazyEventHandler>(
   return handler;
 }
 export const lazyEventHandler = defineLazyEventHandler;
+
+export async function validateEvent<
+  Request extends EventHandlerRequest = EventHandlerRequest,
+  _ValidateFunction extends
+    EventValidateFunction<Request> = EventValidateFunction<Request>,
+  _Request extends
+    ValidatedRequest<_ValidateFunction> = ValidatedRequest<_ValidateFunction>,
+>(
+  event: H3Event<Request>,
+  validate: _ValidateFunction,
+): Promise<H3Event<_Request>> {
+  const validatedContext = await validate(event);
+  if (validatedContext && typeof validatedContext === "object") {
+    Object.assign(event.context, validatedContext);
+  }
+  return event as H3Event<_Request>;
+}
+
+export function defineEventValidator<
+  _ValidateFunction extends EventValidateFunction = EventValidateFunction,
+>(validate: _ValidateFunction): _ValidateFunction {
+  return validate;
+}
diff --git a/src/types/_validate.ts b/src/types/_validate.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..81d4296c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/types/_validate.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import type { EventHandlerRequest } from "./index";
+import type { H3Event } from "../event";
+
+export type EventValidateFunction<
+  Request extends EventHandlerRequest = EventHandlerRequest,
+> = (
+  event: H3Event<Request>,
+) => H3Event<Request> | Promise<H3Event<Request>> | Record<string, any>;
+
+export type ValidatedRequest<ValidateFunction extends EventValidateFunction> =
+  Awaited<ReturnType<ValidateFunction>> extends H3Event<infer R>
+    ? R
+    : Awaited<ReturnType<ValidateFunction>> extends EventHandlerRequest
+      ? Awaited<ReturnType<ValidateFunction>>
+      : EventHandlerRequest;
+
+type Simplify<TType> = TType extends any[] | Date
+  ? TType
+  : { [K in keyof TType]: TType[K] };
+
+export type EventFromValidatedRequest<Request extends EventHandlerRequest> =
+  keyof Request extends "body" | "query"
+    ? H3Event<Request>
+    : H3Event<
+        Simplify<Pick<Request, keyof Request & ("body" | "query")>>,
+        Simplify<Omit<Request, "body" | "query">>
+      >;
diff --git a/src/types/index.ts b/src/types/index.ts
index cda2d2b1..e35a7664 100644
--- a/src/types/index.ts
+++ b/src/types/index.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import type { H3Event } from "../event";
 import type { Session } from "../utils/session";
 import type { RouteNode } from "../router";
 import type { AnyNumber } from "./_utils";
+import type { EventValidateFunction, ValidatedRequest } from "./_validate";
 
 export type {
   ValidateFunction,
@@ -46,9 +47,13 @@ export interface EventHandlerRequest {
 
 export type InferEventInput<
   Key extends keyof EventHandlerRequest,
-  Event extends H3Event,
+  Event extends H3Event<any, any>,
   T,
-> = void extends T ? (Event extends H3Event<infer E> ? E[Key] : never) : T;
+> = unknown extends T
+  ? Event extends H3Event<infer E, any>
+    ? E[Key]
+    : never
+  : T;
 
 type MaybePromise<T> = T | Promise<T>;
 
@@ -81,17 +86,28 @@ export type _ResponseMiddleware<
 export type EventHandlerObject<
   Request extends EventHandlerRequest = EventHandlerRequest,
   Response extends EventHandlerResponse = EventHandlerResponse,
+  _ValidateFunction extends
+    EventValidateFunction<Request> = EventValidateFunction<Request>,
+  _Request extends
+    ValidatedRequest<_ValidateFunction> = ValidatedRequest<_ValidateFunction>,
 > = {
-  onRequest?: _RequestMiddleware<Request> | _RequestMiddleware<Request>[];
+  validate?: _ValidateFunction;
+  onRequest?: _RequestMiddleware<_Request> | _RequestMiddleware<Request>[];
   onBeforeResponse?:
-    | _ResponseMiddleware<Request, Response>
-    | _ResponseMiddleware<Request, Response>[];
+    | _ResponseMiddleware<_Request, Response>
+    | _ResponseMiddleware<_Request, Response>[];
   /** @experimental */
   websocket?: Partial<WSHooks>;
-  handler: EventHandler<Request, Response>;
+  handler: EventHandler<_Request, Response>;
 };
 
 export type LazyEventHandler = () => EventHandler | Promise<EventHandler>;
 
 export type { MimeType } from "./_mimes";
 export type { TypedHeaders, RequestHeaders, HTTPHeaderName } from "./_headers";
+
+export type {
+  EventFromValidatedRequest,
+  EventValidateFunction,
+  ValidatedRequest,
+} from "./_validate";
diff --git a/src/utils/body.ts b/src/utils/body.ts
index c89aacb4..11c01d25 100644
--- a/src/utils/body.ts
+++ b/src/utils/body.ts
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ export function readRawBody<E extends Encoding = "utf8">(
 
 export async function readBody<
   T,
-  Event extends H3Event = H3Event,
+  Event extends H3Event<any, any> = H3Event<any, any>,
   _T = InferEventInput<"body", Event, T>,
 >(event: Event, options: { strict?: boolean } = {}): Promise<_T> {
   const request = event.node.req as InternalRequest<T>;
diff --git a/test/types.test-d.ts b/test/types.test-d.ts
index 9160b0ef..e4497b8a 100644
--- a/test/types.test-d.ts
+++ b/test/types.test-d.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import {
   readBody,
   readValidatedBody,
   getValidatedQuery,
+  validateEvent,
+  EventHandlerRequest,
 } from "../src";
 
 describe("types", () => {
@@ -15,11 +17,11 @@ describe("types", () => {
       const handler = eventHandler({
         onRequest: [
           (event) => {
-            expectTypeOf(event).toEqualTypeOf<H3Event>();
+            expectTypeOf(event).toEqualTypeOf<H3Event<EventHandlerRequest>>();
           },
         ],
         async handler(event) {
-          expectTypeOf(event).toEqualTypeOf<H3Event>();
+          expectTypeOf(event).toEqualTypeOf<H3Event<EventHandlerRequest>>();
 
           const body = await readBody(event);
           // TODO: Default to unknown in next major version
@@ -34,6 +36,7 @@ describe("types", () => {
         foo: string;
       }>();
     });
+
     it("return type (inferred)", () => {
       const handler = eventHandler(() => {
         return {
@@ -51,6 +54,75 @@ describe("types", () => {
       const response = handler({} as H3Event);
       expectTypeOf(response).toEqualTypeOf<string>();
     });
+
+    it("inferred validation", async () => {
+      const handler = eventHandler({
+        async validate(event) {
+          await Promise.resolve();
+          expectTypeOf(event).toEqualTypeOf<H3Event<EventHandlerRequest>>();
+          return event as H3Event<{ body: { id: string } }>;
+        },
+        onBeforeResponse: [
+          (event) => {
+            expectTypeOf(event).toEqualTypeOf<H3Event<EventHandlerRequest>>();
+          },
+        ],
+        async handler(event) {
+          expectTypeOf(event).toEqualTypeOf<
+            H3Event<{ body: { id: string } }>
+          >();
+
+          const body = await readBody(event);
+          expectTypeOf(body).toEqualTypeOf<{ id: string }>();
+
+          return { foo: "bar" };
+        },
+      });
+      expectTypeOf(await handler({} as H3Event)).toEqualTypeOf<{
+        foo: string;
+      }>();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("validateEvent", () => {
+    it("inferred validation", () => {
+      eventHandler(async (_event) => {
+        const event = await validateEvent(_event, async (event) => {
+          await Promise.resolve();
+          expectTypeOf(event).toEqualTypeOf<H3Event>();
+          return event as H3Event<{ body: { id: string } }>;
+        });
+        expectTypeOf(event).toEqualTypeOf<H3Event<{ body: { id: string } }>>();
+      });
+    });
+
+    it("inferred validation without H3Event type requirement", async () => {
+      const handler = eventHandler({
+        async validate(event) {
+          await Promise.resolve();
+          expectTypeOf(event).toEqualTypeOf<H3Event>();
+          return {} as { body: { id: string } };
+        },
+        async handler(event) {
+          expectTypeOf(event).toEqualTypeOf<
+            H3Event<{ body: { id: string } }>
+          >();
+
+          // expectTypeOf(event.context.other).toEqualTypeOf<true>();
+          // TODO: should be unknown in future version of h3
+          expectTypeOf(event.context.body).toBeAny();
+
+          const body = await readBody(event);
+          expectTypeOf(body).toEqualTypeOf<{ id: string }>();
+          expectTypeOf(await readBody<string>(event)).toEqualTypeOf<string>();
+
+          return { foo: "bar" };
+        },
+      });
+      expectTypeOf(await handler({} as H3Event)).toEqualTypeOf<{
+        foo: string;
+      }>();
+    });
   });
 
   describe("readBody", () => {
diff --git a/test/validate.test.ts b/test/validate.test.ts
index 6afbc84e..12a61765 100644
--- a/test/validate.test.ts
+++ b/test/validate.test.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ import {
   readValidatedBody,
   getValidatedQuery,
   ValidateFunction,
+  createError,
+  validateEvent,
+  defineEventValidator,
 } from "../src";
 
 // Custom validator
@@ -143,4 +146,41 @@ describe("Validate", () => {
       });
     });
   });
+
+  describe("event validation", () => {
+    const eventValidator = defineEventValidator((event) => {
+      if (event.path === "/invalid") {
+        throw createError({ message: "Invalid path", status: 400 });
+      }
+      return undefined as any;
+    });
+
+    it("object syntax validate", async () => {
+      app.use(
+        eventHandler({
+          validate: eventValidator,
+          handler: () => {
+            return "ok";
+          },
+        }),
+      );
+      const res = await request.get("/invalid");
+      expect(res.text).include("Invalid path");
+      expect(res.status).toEqual(400);
+      expect((await request.get("/")).text).toBe("ok");
+    });
+
+    it("validateEvent", async () => {
+      app.use(
+        eventHandler(async (_event) => {
+          await validateEvent(_event, eventValidator);
+          return "ok";
+        }),
+      );
+      const res = await request.get("/invalid");
+      expect(res.text).include("Invalid path");
+      expect(res.status).toEqual(400);
+      expect((await request.get("/")).text).toBe("ok");
+    });
+  });
 });