diff --git a/crates/ibc-cosmos-components/Cargo.toml b/crates/ibc-cosmos-components/Cargo.toml
index c77f500ac..3c3219796 100644
--- a/crates/ibc-cosmos-components/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/ibc-cosmos-components/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,3 +21,9 @@ all-features = true
 
 [dependencies]
 cgp-core = { version = "0.1.0" }
+ibc = { path = "../ibc" }
+
+[dependencies.tendermint-light-client-verifier]
+version = "0.34"
+default-features = false
+features = ["rust-crypto"]
diff --git a/crates/ibc-cosmos-components/src/client/mod.rs b/crates/ibc-cosmos-components/src/client/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a8118c56a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/ibc-cosmos-components/src/client/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub mod verify;
diff --git a/crates/ibc-cosmos-components/src/client/verify.rs b/crates/ibc-cosmos-components/src/client/verify.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f94228dc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/ibc-cosmos-components/src/client/verify.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+use alloc::format;
+
+use ibc::clients::ics07_tendermint::consensus_state::ConsensusState as TmConsensusState;
+use ibc::clients::ics07_tendermint::error::{Error, IntoResult};
+use ibc::clients::ics07_tendermint::header::Header as TmHeader;
+use ibc::clients::ics07_tendermint::ValidationContext as TmValidationContext;
+use ibc::core::ics02_client::error::ClientError;
+use ibc::core::ics24_host::identifier::{ChainId, ClientId};
+use ibc::core::ics24_host::path::ClientConsensusStatePath;
+use ibc::prelude::ToString;
+use tendermint_light_client_verifier::options::Options;
+use tendermint_light_client_verifier::types::{TrustedBlockState, UntrustedBlockState};
+use tendermint_light_client_verifier::{ProdVerifier, Verifier};
+
+pub trait HasClientStateMethods {
+    fn chain_id(&self) -> &ChainId;
+
+    fn light_client_options(&self) -> Options;
+
+    fn verifier(&self) -> &ProdVerifier;
+}
+
+pub fn verify_header<ClientValidationContext, ClientState>(
+    client_state: &ClientState,
+    ctx: &ClientValidationContext,
+    client_id: &ClientId,
+    header: TmHeader,
+) -> Result<(), ClientError>
+where
+    ClientState: HasClientStateMethods,
+    ClientValidationContext: TmValidationContext,
+{
+    // Checks that the header fields are valid.
+    header.validate_basic()?;
+
+    // The tendermint-light-client crate though works on heights that are assumed
+    // to have the same revision number. We ensure this here.
+    header.verify_chain_id_version_matches_height(client_state.chain_id())?;
+
+    // Delegate to tendermint-light-client, which contains the required checks
+    // of the new header against the trusted consensus state.
+    {
+        let trusted_state = {
+            let trusted_client_cons_state_path =
+                ClientConsensusStatePath::new(client_id, &header.trusted_height);
+            let trusted_consensus_state: TmConsensusState = ctx
+                .consensus_state(&trusted_client_cons_state_path)?
+                .try_into()
+                .map_err(|err| ClientError::Other {
+                    description: err.to_string(),
+                })?;
+
+            check_header_trusted_next_validator_set(&header, &trusted_consensus_state)?;
+
+            TrustedBlockState {
+                chain_id: &client_state
+                    .chain_id()
+                    .to_string()
+                    .try_into()
+                    .map_err(|e| ClientError::Other {
+                        description: format!("failed to parse chain id: {}", e),
+                    })?,
+                header_time: trusted_consensus_state.timestamp,
+                height: header
+                    .trusted_height
+                    .revision_height()
+                    .try_into()
+                    .map_err(|_| ClientError::ClientSpecific {
+                        description: Error::InvalidHeaderHeight {
+                            height: header.trusted_height.revision_height(),
+                        }
+                        .to_string(),
+                    })?,
+                next_validators: &header.trusted_next_validator_set,
+                next_validators_hash: trusted_consensus_state.next_validators_hash,
+            }
+        };
+
+        let untrusted_state = UntrustedBlockState {
+            signed_header: &header.signed_header,
+            validators: &header.validator_set,
+            // NB: This will skip the
+            // VerificationPredicates::next_validators_match check for the
+            // untrusted state.
+            next_validators: None,
+        };
+
+        let options = client_state.light_client_options();
+        let now =
+            ctx.host_timestamp()?
+                .into_tm_time()
+                .ok_or_else(|| ClientError::ClientSpecific {
+                    description: "host timestamp is not a valid TM timestamp".to_string(),
+                })?;
+
+        // main header verification, delegated to the tendermint-light-client crate.
+        client_state
+            .verifier()
+            .verify_update_header(untrusted_state, trusted_state, &options, now)
+            .into_result()?;
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn check_header_trusted_next_validator_set(
+    header: &TmHeader,
+    trusted_consensus_state: &TmConsensusState,
+) -> Result<(), ClientError> {
+    if header.trusted_next_validator_set.hash() == trusted_consensus_state.next_validators_hash {
+        Ok(())
+    } else {
+        Err(ClientError::HeaderVerificationFailure {
+            reason: "header trusted next validator set hash does not match hash stored on chain"
+                .to_string(),
+        })
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/ibc-cosmos-components/src/lib.rs b/crates/ibc-cosmos-components/src/lib.rs
index 0c9ac1ac8..2e3846a0b 100644
--- a/crates/ibc-cosmos-components/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ibc-cosmos-components/src/lib.rs
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
 #![no_std]
+
+extern crate alloc;
+
+pub mod client;
diff --git a/crates/ibc/src/clients/ics07_tendermint/error.rs b/crates/ibc/src/clients/ics07_tendermint/error.rs
index 135cb1948..53e925995 100644
--- a/crates/ibc/src/clients/ics07_tendermint/error.rs
+++ b/crates/ibc/src/clients/ics07_tendermint/error.rs
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ impl From<IdentifierError> for Error {
     }
 }
 
-pub(crate) trait IntoResult<T, E> {
+pub trait IntoResult<T, E> {
     fn into_result(self) -> Result<T, E>;
 }