diff --git a/client/request_validator.go b/client/request_validator.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d4d75de38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/request_validator.go
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+package client
+
+import (
+	"crypto/hmac"
+	"crypto/sha1"
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"crypto/subtle"
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"fmt"
+	urllib "net/url"
+	"sort"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// RequestValidator is used to verify the Twilio Signature included with Twilio requests to webhooks.
+// This ensures the request is actually coming from Twilio and helps with securing your webhooks.
+type RequestValidator struct {
+	signingKey []byte
+}
+
+// NewRequestValidator returns a new RequestValidator which uses the specified auth token when verifying
+// Twilio signatures.
+func NewRequestValidator(authToken string) RequestValidator {
+	return RequestValidator{
+		signingKey: []byte(authToken),
+	}
+}
+
+// Validate can be used for Twilio Signatures sent with webhooks configured for GET calls. It returns true
+// if the computed signature matches the expectedSignature. Params are a map of string to string containing
+// all the query params Twilio added to the configured webhook URL.
+func (rv *RequestValidator) Validate(url string, params map[string]string, expectedSignature string) bool {
+	// turn the keys and values of the query params into a concatenated string which we will then sort
+	var paramSlc []string
+	for k, v := range params {
+		paramSlc = append(paramSlc, fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", k, v))
+	}
+	sort.Strings(paramSlc)
+
+	// check signature of testURL with and without port, since sig generation on back-end is inconsistent
+	signatureWithPort := rv.getValidationSignature(addPort(url), paramSlc)
+	signatureWithoutPort := rv.getValidationSignature(removePort(url), paramSlc)
+	return compare(signatureWithPort, expectedSignature) ||
+		compare(signatureWithoutPort, expectedSignature)
+}
+
+// ValidateBody can be used for Twilio Signatures sent with webhooks configured for POST calls. It returns true
+// if the computed signature matches the expectedSignature. Body is the HTTP request body from the webhook call
+// as a slice of bytes.
+func (rv *RequestValidator) ValidateBody(url string, body []byte, expectedSignature string) bool {
+	parsed, err := urllib.Parse(url)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	bodySHA256 := parsed.Query().Get("bodySHA256")
+	if len(bodySHA256) == 0 {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return rv.Validate(url, map[string]string{}, expectedSignature) &&
+		rv.validateBody(body, bodySHA256)
+}
+
+func compare(x, y string) bool {
+	return subtle.ConstantTimeCompare([]byte(x), []byte(y)) == 1
+}
+
+func (rv *RequestValidator) validateBody(body []byte, expectedSHA string) bool {
+	if len(expectedSHA) == 0 {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	hasher := sha256.New()
+	_, err := hasher.Write(body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	sum := hasher.Sum(nil)
+	return compare(fmt.Sprintf("%x", sum), expectedSHA)
+}
+
+func (rv *RequestValidator) getValidationSignature(url string, sortedConcatenatedParams []string) string {
+	for _, param := range sortedConcatenatedParams {
+		url += param
+	}
+
+	h := hmac.New(sha1.New, rv.signingKey)
+	_, err := h.Write([]byte(url))
+	if err != nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	sum := h.Sum(nil)
+	return base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(sum)
+}
+
+func addPort(url string) string {
+	parsed, err := urllib.Parse(url)
+	if err != nil {
+		return url
+	}
+
+	port := parsed.Port()
+	if len(port) != 0 {
+		return url // url already has port
+	}
+
+	if parsed.Scheme == "https" {
+		return updatePort(url, 443)
+	}
+	return updatePort(url, 80)
+}
+
+func updatePort(url string, newPort int) string {
+	parsed, err := urllib.Parse(url)
+	if err != nil {
+		return url
+	}
+
+	var newHost string
+	if len(parsed.Port()) == 0 {
+		// url didn't already have port, add it
+		newHost = fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", parsed.Host, newPort)
+	} else {
+		// url already had port, grab just the host and add new port
+		oldHost := strings.Split(parsed.Host, ":")[0]
+		newHost = fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", oldHost, newPort)
+	}
+
+	parsed.Host = newHost
+	return parsed.String()
+}
+
+func removePort(url string) string {
+	parsed, err := urllib.Parse(url)
+	if err != nil {
+		return url
+	}
+
+	if len(parsed.Port()) == 0 {
+		return url
+	}
+
+	newHost := strings.Split(parsed.Host, ":")[0]
+	parsed.Host = newHost
+	return parsed.String()
+}
diff --git a/client/request_validator_test.go b/client/request_validator_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6efacd940
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/request_validator_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+package client
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+const (
+	testURL   = "https://mycompany.com/myapp.php?foo=1&bar=2"
+	signature = "RSOYDt4T1cUTdK1PDd93/VVr8B8=" // of the testURL above with the params below
+	bodyHash  = "0a1ff7634d9ab3b95db5c9a2dfe9416e41502b283a80c7cf19632632f96e6620"
+)
+
+var (
+	validator = NewRequestValidator("12345")
+	params    = map[string]string{
+		"Digits":  "1234",
+		"CallSid": "CA1234567890ABCDE",
+		"To":      "+18005551212",
+		"Caller":  "+14158675309",
+		"From":    "+14158675309",
+	}
+	body = []byte(`{"property": "value", "boolean": true}`)
+)
+
+func TestRequestValidator_Validate(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	t.Run("returns true when validation succeeds", func(t *testing.T) {
+		assert.True(t, validator.Validate(testURL, params, signature))
+	})
+
+	t.Run("returns false when validation fails", func(t *testing.T) {
+		assert.False(t, validator.Validate(testURL, params, "WRONG SIGNATURE"))
+	})
+
+	t.Run("returns true when https and port is specified but signature is generated without it", func(t *testing.T) {
+		theURL := strings.Replace(testURL, ".com", ".com:1234", 1)
+		assert.True(t, validator.Validate(theURL, params, signature))
+	})
+
+	t.Run("returns true when https and port is specified and signature is generated with it", func(t *testing.T) {
+		expectedSignature := "kvajT1Ptam85bY51eRf/AJRuM3w=" // hash of https uri without port
+		assert.True(t, validator.Validate(testURL, params, expectedSignature))
+	})
+
+	t.Run("returns true when http and port port is specified but signature is generated without it", func(t *testing.T) {
+		theURL := strings.Replace(testURL, ".com", ".com", 1)
+		theURL = strings.Replace(theURL, "https", "http", 1)
+		expectedSignature := "0ZXoZLH/DfblKGATFgpif+LLRf4=" // hash of http uri without port
+		assert.True(t, validator.Validate(theURL, params, expectedSignature))
+	})
+
+	t.Run("returns true when http and port is specified and signature is generated with it", func(t *testing.T) {
+		theURL := strings.Replace(testURL, ".com", ".com:1234", 1)
+		theURL = strings.Replace(theURL, "https", "http", 1)
+		expectedSignature := "Zmvh+3yNM1Phv2jhDCwEM3q5ebU=" // hash of http uri with port 1234
+		assert.True(t, validator.Validate(theURL, params, expectedSignature))
+	})
+}
+
+func TestRequestValidator_ValidateBody(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	t.Run("returns true when validation succeeds", func(t *testing.T) {
+		theURL := testURL + "&bodySHA256=" + bodyHash
+		signatureWithBodyHash := "a9nBmqA0ju/hNViExpshrM61xv4="
+		assert.True(t, validator.ValidateBody(theURL, body, signatureWithBodyHash))
+	})
+
+	t.Run("returns false when validation fails", func(t *testing.T) {
+		assert.False(t, validator.ValidateBody(testURL, body, signature))
+	})
+
+	t.Run("returns true when there's no other parameters and the signature is right", func(t *testing.T) {
+		theURL := "https://mycompany.com/myapp.php?bodySHA256=" + bodyHash
+		signatureForURL := "y77kIzt2vzLz71DgmJGsen2scGs="
+		assert.True(t, validator.ValidateBody(theURL, body, signatureForURL))
+	})
+}