diff --git a/include/spirv-tools/libspirv.hpp b/include/spirv-tools/libspirv.hpp
index fc9531054..dcd85a574 100644
--- a/include/spirv-tools/libspirv.hpp
+++ b/include/spirv-tools/libspirv.hpp
@@ -31,6 +31,23 @@ using MessageConsumer = std::function<void(
     const spv_position_t& /* position */, const char* /* message */
     )>;
 
+// A RAII wrapper around a validator options object.
+class ValidatorOptions {
+ public:
+  ValidatorOptions() : options_(spvValidatorOptionsCreate()) {}
+  ~ValidatorOptions() { spvValidatorOptionsDestroy(options_); }
+  // Allow implicit conversion to the underlying object.
+  operator spv_validator_options() const { return options_; }
+
+  // Sets a limit.
+  void SetUniversalLimit(spv_validator_limit limit_type, uint32_t limit) {
+    spvValidatorOptionsSetUniversalLimit(options_, limit_type, limit);
+  }
+
+ private:
+  spv_validator_options options_;
+};
+
 // C++ interface for SPIRV-Tools functionalities. It wraps the context
 // (including target environment and the corresponding SPIR-V grammar) and
 // provides methods for assembling, disassembling, and validating.
@@ -91,6 +108,8 @@ class SpirvTools {
   bool Validate(const std::vector<uint32_t>& binary) const;
   // |binary_size| specifies the number of words in |binary|.
   bool Validate(const uint32_t* binary, size_t binary_size) const;
+  // Like the previous overload, but takes an options object.
+  bool Validate(const uint32_t* binary, size_t binary_size, const ValidatorOptions& options) const;
 
  private:
   struct Impl;  // Opaque struct for holding the data fields used by this class.
diff --git a/source/libspirv.cpp b/source/libspirv.cpp
index 02e87ea5e..e390ffe88 100644
--- a/source/libspirv.cpp
+++ b/source/libspirv.cpp
@@ -82,4 +82,11 @@ bool SpirvTools::Validate(const uint32_t* binary,
          SPV_SUCCESS;
 }
 
+bool SpirvTools::Validate(const uint32_t* binary, const size_t binary_size,
+                          const spvtools::ValidatorOptions& options) const {
+  spv_const_binary_t the_binary{binary, binary_size};
+  return spvValidateWithOptions(impl_->context, options, &the_binary,
+                                nullptr) == SPV_SUCCESS;
+}
+
 }  // namespace spvtools
diff --git a/test/cpp_interface_test.cpp b/test/cpp_interface_test.cpp
index 307ee93b3..2bab430b2 100644
--- a/test/cpp_interface_test.cpp
+++ b/test/cpp_interface_test.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ namespace {
 
 using namespace spvtools;
 using ::testing::ContainerEq;
+using ::testing::HasSubstr;
 
 TEST(CppInterface, SuccessfulRoundTrip) {
   const std::string input_text = "%2 = OpSizeOf %1 %3\n";
@@ -221,6 +222,46 @@ TEST(CppInterface, ValidateEmptyModule) {
   EXPECT_EQ(1, invocation_count);
 }
 
+// Returns the assembly for a SPIR-V module with a struct declaration
+// with the given number of members.
+std::string MakeModuleHavingStruct(int num_members) {
+  std::stringstream os;
+  os << R"(OpCapability Shader
+           OpCapability Linkage
+           OpMemoryModel Logical GLSL450
+      %1 = OpTypeInt 32 0
+      %2 = OpTypeStruct)";
+  for (int i = 0; i < num_members; i++) os << " %1";
+  return os.str();
+}
+
+TEST(CppInterface, ValidateWithOptionsPass) {
+  SpirvTools t(SPV_ENV_UNIVERSAL_1_1);
+  std::vector<uint32_t> binary;
+  EXPECT_TRUE(t.Assemble(MakeModuleHavingStruct(10), &binary));
+  const spvtools::ValidatorOptions opts;
+
+  EXPECT_TRUE(t.Validate(binary.data(), binary.size(), opts));
+}
+
+TEST(CppInterface, ValidateWithOptionsFail) {
+  SpirvTools t(SPV_ENV_UNIVERSAL_1_1);
+  std::vector<uint32_t> binary;
+  EXPECT_TRUE(t.Assemble(MakeModuleHavingStruct(10), &binary));
+  spvtools::ValidatorOptions opts;
+  opts.SetUniversalLimit(spv_validator_limit_max_struct_members, 9);
+  std::stringstream os;
+  t.SetMessageConsumer([&os](spv_message_level_t, const char*,
+                             const spv_position_t&,
+                             const char* message) { os << message; });
+
+  EXPECT_FALSE(t.Validate(binary.data(), binary.size(), opts));
+  EXPECT_THAT(
+      os.str(),
+      HasSubstr(
+          "Number of OpTypeStruct members (10) has exceeded the limit (9)"));
+}
+
 // Checks that after running the given optimizer |opt| on the given |original|
 // source code, we can get the given |optimized| source code.
 void CheckOptimization(const char* original, const char* optimized,