diff --git a/crates/verifier/src/compressed/internal.rs b/crates/verifier/src/compressed/internal.rs
index eccfaa2d1..04b922722 100644
--- a/crates/verifier/src/compressed/internal.rs
+++ b/crates/verifier/src/compressed/internal.rs
@@ -57,13 +57,12 @@ pub const RECURSION_VK_SET: &[[u32; 8]] = &[
 /// Then, calls [`verify_sp1_reduce_proof`] and returns the result.
 pub fn verify_sp1_proof(
     sp1_proof: &SP1Proof,
-    sp1_public_inputs: &[u8],
     vkey_hash: &[BabyBear; 8],
 ) -> Result<(), CompressedError> {
     let SP1Proof::Compressed(reduce_proof) = sp1_proof else {
         return Err(CompressedError::Mode(sp1_proof.into()));
     };
-    verify_sp1_reduce_proof(reduce_proof.as_ref(), sp1_public_inputs, vkey_hash)
+    verify_sp1_reduce_proof(reduce_proof.as_ref(), vkey_hash)
 }
 
 // The rest of the functions in this file have been copied from elsewhere with slight modifications.
@@ -71,7 +70,6 @@ pub fn verify_sp1_proof(
 /// Verify a compressed proof.
 pub fn verify_sp1_reduce_proof(
     reduce_proof: &SP1ReduceProof<SC>,
-    sp1_public_inputs: &[u8],
     vkey_hash: &[BabyBear; 8],
 ) -> Result<(), CompressedError> {
     let SP1ReduceProof { vk: compress_vk, proof } = reduce_proof;
@@ -89,20 +87,6 @@ pub fn verify_sp1_reduce_proof(
     let machine_proof = MachineProof { shard_proofs: vec![proof.clone()] };
     compress_machine.verify(compress_vk, &machine_proof, &mut challenger)?;
 
-    // Validate the SP1 public values against the committed digest.
-    let committed_value_digest_bytes = public_values
-        .committed_value_digest
-        .iter()
-        .flat_map(|w| w.0.iter().map(|x| x.as_canonical_u32() as u8))
-        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
-
-    if committed_value_digest_bytes.as_slice() != hash_public_inputs(sp1_public_inputs).as_slice() &&
-        committed_value_digest_bytes.as_slice() !=
-            hash_public_inputs_with_fn(sp1_public_inputs, blake3_hash)
-    {
-        return Err(CompressedError::PublicValuesMismatch);
-    }
-
     // Validate recursion's public values.
     if !is_recursion_public_values_valid(compress_machine.config(), public_values) {
         return Err(MachineVerificationError::InvalidPublicValues(
@@ -134,6 +118,55 @@ pub fn verify_sp1_reduce_proof(
     Ok(())
 }
 
+/// Verify a compressed proof.
+pub fn verify_sp1_public_values(
+    reduce_proof: &SP1ReduceProof<SC>,
+    sp1_public_inputs: &[u8],
+) -> Result<(), CompressedError> {
+    let SP1ReduceProof { proof, .. } = reduce_proof;
+
+    let public_values: &RecursionPublicValues<_> = proof.public_values.as_slice().borrow();
+    // Validate the SP1 public values against the committed digest.
+    let committed_value_digest_bytes = public_values
+        .committed_value_digest
+        .iter()
+        .flat_map(|w| w.0.iter().map(|x| x.as_canonical_u32() as u8))
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+    if committed_value_digest_bytes.as_slice() != hash_public_inputs(sp1_public_inputs).as_slice()
+        && committed_value_digest_bytes.as_slice()
+            != hash_public_inputs_with_fn(sp1_public_inputs, blake3_hash)
+    {
+        return Err(CompressedError::PublicValuesMismatch);
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Verify a compressed proof with public values.
+pub fn verify_sp1_proof_with_public_values(
+    sp1_proof: &SP1Proof,
+    sp1_public_inputs: &[u8],
+    vkey_hash: &[BabyBear; 8],
+) -> Result<(), CompressedError> {
+    let SP1Proof::Compressed(reduce_proof) = sp1_proof else {
+        return Err(CompressedError::Mode(sp1_proof.into()));
+    };
+    verify_sp1_reduce_proof_with_public_values(reduce_proof, sp1_public_inputs, vkey_hash)
+}
+
+/// Verify a compressed proof.
+pub fn verify_sp1_reduce_proof_with_public_values(
+    reduce_proof: &SP1ReduceProof<SC>,
+    sp1_public_inputs: &[u8],
+    vkey_hash: &[BabyBear; 8],
+) -> Result<(), CompressedError> {
+    // Verify the proof
+    verify_sp1_reduce_proof(reduce_proof, vkey_hash)?;
+    // Verify the public values against the committed digest
+    verify_sp1_public_values(reduce_proof, sp1_public_inputs)
+}
+
 /// Compute the digest of the public values.
 fn recursion_public_values_digest(
     config: &SC,
diff --git a/crates/verifier/src/compressed/mod.rs b/crates/verifier/src/compressed/mod.rs
index 4a462a866..4c5412269 100644
--- a/crates/verifier/src/compressed/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/verifier/src/compressed/mod.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ use thiserror::Error;
 
 pub mod internal;
 
-use internal::{verify_sp1_proof, verify_sp1_reduce_proof, F, SC};
+use internal::{
+    verify_sp1_proof, verify_sp1_proof_with_public_values, verify_sp1_reduce_proof,
+    verify_sp1_reduce_proof_with_public_values, F, SC,
+};
 
 /// A reason why the verifier rejects a given proof.
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
@@ -51,7 +54,17 @@ impl CompressedVerifier {
     /// let sp1_vkey_hash = bincode::serialize(&vk.hash_babybear()).unwrap();
     /// let proof: SP1Proof = match client.prove(&pk, &stdin).compressed().run().unwrap().proof;
     /// ```
-    pub fn verify_sp1_proof(
+    pub fn verify_sp1_proof(sp1_proof: &[u8], sp1_vkey_hash: &[u8]) -> Result<(), CompressedError> {
+        let sp1_proof: SP1Proof =
+            bincode::deserialize(sp1_proof).map_err(CompressedError::DeserializeProof)?;
+        let vkey_hash: [F; 8] = deserialize_vkey(sp1_vkey_hash)?;
+
+        verify_sp1_proof(&sp1_proof, &vkey_hash)?;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    pub fn verify_sp1_proof_with_public_values(
         sp1_proof: &[u8],
         sp1_public_inputs: &[u8],
         sp1_vkey_hash: &[u8],
@@ -59,21 +72,37 @@ impl CompressedVerifier {
         let sp1_proof: SP1Proof =
             bincode::deserialize(sp1_proof).map_err(CompressedError::DeserializeProof)?;
         let vkey_hash: [F; 8] = deserialize_vkey(sp1_vkey_hash)?;
-
-        verify_sp1_proof(&sp1_proof, sp1_public_inputs, &vkey_hash)?;
+        verify_sp1_proof_with_public_values(&sp1_proof, sp1_public_inputs, &vkey_hash)?;
 
         Ok(())
     }
+
     pub fn verify_sp1_reduce_proof(
         sp1_reduce_proof: &[u8],
-        sp1_public_inputs: &[u8],
         sp1_vkey_hash: &[u8],
     ) -> Result<(), CompressedError> {
         let reduce_proof: Box<SP1ReduceProof<SC>> =
             bincode::deserialize(sp1_reduce_proof).map_err(CompressedError::DeserializeProof)?;
         let vkey_hash: [F; 8] = deserialize_vkey(sp1_vkey_hash)?;
 
-        verify_sp1_reduce_proof(reduce_proof.as_ref(), sp1_public_inputs, &vkey_hash)?;
+        verify_sp1_reduce_proof(reduce_proof.as_ref(), &vkey_hash)?;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    pub fn verify_sp1_reduce_proof_with_public_values(
+        sp1_reduce_proof: &[u8],
+        sp1_public_inputs: &[u8],
+        sp1_vkey_hash: &[u8],
+    ) -> Result<(), CompressedError> {
+        let reduce_proof: Box<SP1ReduceProof<SC>> =
+            bincode::deserialize(sp1_reduce_proof).map_err(CompressedError::DeserializeProof)?;
+        let vkey_hash: [F; 8] = deserialize_vkey(sp1_vkey_hash)?;
+        verify_sp1_reduce_proof_with_public_values(
+            reduce_proof.as_ref(),
+            sp1_public_inputs,
+            &vkey_hash,
+        )?;
 
         Ok(())
     }