diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am
index 61e182cd..9a032c32 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/Makefile.am
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ APIDOCS= \
 	nghttp2_option_set_no_closed_streams.rst \
 	nghttp2_option_set_no_http_messaging.rst \
 	nghttp2_option_set_no_recv_client_magic.rst \
+	nghttp2_option_set_no_rfc9113_leading_and_trailing_ws_validation.rst \
 	nghttp2_option_set_peer_max_concurrent_streams.rst \
 	nghttp2_option_set_server_fallback_rfc7540_priorities.rst \
 	nghttp2_option_set_user_recv_extension_type.rst \
diff --git a/lib/includes/nghttp2/nghttp2.h b/lib/includes/nghttp2/nghttp2.h
index bb8aa1d3..61a14d99 100644
--- a/lib/includes/nghttp2/nghttp2.h
+++ b/lib/includes/nghttp2/nghttp2.h
@@ -2750,6 +2750,18 @@ NGHTTP2_EXTERN void
 nghttp2_option_set_server_fallback_rfc7540_priorities(nghttp2_option *option,
                                                       int val);
 
+/**
+ * @function
+ *
+ * This option, if set to nonzero, turns off RFC 9113 leading and
+ * trailing white spaces validation against HTTP field value.  Some
+ * important fields, such as HTTP/2 pseudo header fields, are
+ * validated more strictly and this option does not apply to them.
+ */
+NGHTTP2_EXTERN void
+nghttp2_option_set_no_rfc9113_leading_and_trailing_ws_validation(
+    nghttp2_option *option, int val);
+
 /**
  * @function
  *
diff --git a/lib/nghttp2_http.c b/lib/nghttp2_http.c
index 2522472a..83e5e668 100644
--- a/lib/nghttp2_http.c
+++ b/lib/nghttp2_http.c
@@ -388,6 +388,10 @@ int nghttp2_http_on_header(nghttp2_session *session, nghttp2_stream *stream,
   case NGHTTP2_TOKEN_HOST:
     if (session->server || frame->hd.type == NGHTTP2_PUSH_PROMISE) {
       rv = nghttp2_check_authority(nv->value->base, nv->value->len);
+    } else if (
+        stream->flags &
+        NGHTTP2_STREAM_FLAG_NO_RFC9113_LEADING_AND_TRAILING_WS_VALIDATION) {
+      rv = nghttp2_check_header_value(nv->value->base, nv->value->len);
     } else {
       rv = nghttp2_check_header_value_rfc9113(nv->value->base, nv->value->len);
     }
@@ -399,13 +403,20 @@ int nghttp2_http_on_header(nghttp2_session *session, nghttp2_stream *stream,
     /* Check the value consists of just white spaces, which was done
        in check_pseudo_header before
        nghttp2_check_header_value_rfc9113 has been introduced. */
-    if (lws(nv->value->base, nv->value->len)) {
+    if ((stream->flags &
+         NGHTTP2_STREAM_FLAG_NO_RFC9113_LEADING_AND_TRAILING_WS_VALIDATION) &&
+        lws(nv->value->base, nv->value->len)) {
       rv = 0;
       break;
     }
     /* fall through */
   default:
-    rv = nghttp2_check_header_value_rfc9113(nv->value->base, nv->value->len);
+    if (stream->flags &
+        NGHTTP2_STREAM_FLAG_NO_RFC9113_LEADING_AND_TRAILING_WS_VALIDATION) {
+      rv = nghttp2_check_header_value(nv->value->base, nv->value->len);
+    } else {
+      rv = nghttp2_check_header_value_rfc9113(nv->value->base, nv->value->len);
+    }
   }
 
   if (rv == 0) {
diff --git a/lib/nghttp2_option.c b/lib/nghttp2_option.c
index ffd20322..ee0cd0f0 100644
--- a/lib/nghttp2_option.c
+++ b/lib/nghttp2_option.c
@@ -136,3 +136,10 @@ void nghttp2_option_set_server_fallback_rfc7540_priorities(
   option->opt_set_mask |= NGHTTP2_OPT_SERVER_FALLBACK_RFC7540_PRIORITIES;
   option->server_fallback_rfc7540_priorities = val;
 }
+
+void nghttp2_option_set_no_rfc9113_leading_and_trailing_ws_validation(
+    nghttp2_option *option, int val) {
+  option->opt_set_mask |=
+      NGHTTP2_OPT_NO_RFC9113_LEADING_AND_TRAILING_WS_VALIDATION;
+  option->no_rfc9113_leading_and_trailing_ws_validation = val;
+}
diff --git a/lib/nghttp2_option.h b/lib/nghttp2_option.h
index 0400d56d..b228a075 100644
--- a/lib/nghttp2_option.h
+++ b/lib/nghttp2_option.h
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ typedef enum {
   NGHTTP2_OPT_MAX_OUTBOUND_ACK = 1 << 11,
   NGHTTP2_OPT_MAX_SETTINGS = 1 << 12,
   NGHTTP2_OPT_SERVER_FALLBACK_RFC7540_PRIORITIES = 1 << 13,
+  NGHTTP2_OPT_NO_RFC9113_LEADING_AND_TRAILING_WS_VALIDATION = 1 << 14,
 } nghttp2_option_flag;
 
 /**
@@ -132,6 +133,10 @@ struct nghttp2_option {
    * NGHTTP2_OPT_SERVER_FALLBACK_RFC7540_PRIORITIES
    */
   int server_fallback_rfc7540_priorities;
+  /**
+   * NGHTTP2_OPT_NO_RFC9113_LEADING_AND_TRAILING_WS_VALIDATION
+   */
+  int no_rfc9113_leading_and_trailing_ws_validation;
   /**
    * NGHTTP2_OPT_USER_RECV_EXT_TYPES
    */
diff --git a/lib/nghttp2_session.c b/lib/nghttp2_session.c
index 134b0efb..93f3f07c 100644
--- a/lib/nghttp2_session.c
+++ b/lib/nghttp2_session.c
@@ -566,6 +566,13 @@ static int session_new(nghttp2_session **session_ptr,
       (*session_ptr)->opt_flags |=
           NGHTTP2_OPTMASK_SERVER_FALLBACK_RFC7540_PRIORITIES;
     }
+
+    if ((option->opt_set_mask &
+         NGHTTP2_OPT_NO_RFC9113_LEADING_AND_TRAILING_WS_VALIDATION) &&
+        option->no_rfc9113_leading_and_trailing_ws_validation) {
+      (*session_ptr)->opt_flags |=
+          NGHTTP2_OPTMASK_NO_RFC9113_LEADING_AND_TRAILING_WS_VALIDATION;
+    }
   }
 
   rv = nghttp2_hd_deflate_init2(&(*session_ptr)->hd_deflater,
@@ -1296,6 +1303,11 @@ nghttp2_stream *nghttp2_session_open_stream(nghttp2_session *session,
   mem = &session->mem;
   stream = nghttp2_session_get_stream_raw(session, stream_id);
 
+  if (session->opt_flags &
+      NGHTTP2_OPTMASK_NO_RFC9113_LEADING_AND_TRAILING_WS_VALIDATION) {
+    flags |= NGHTTP2_STREAM_FLAG_NO_RFC9113_LEADING_AND_TRAILING_WS_VALIDATION;
+  }
+
   if (stream) {
     assert(stream->state == NGHTTP2_STREAM_IDLE);
     assert((stream->flags & NGHTTP2_STREAM_FLAG_NO_RFC7540_PRIORITIES) ||
diff --git a/lib/nghttp2_session.h b/lib/nghttp2_session.h
index 164b5fd9..34d2d585 100644
--- a/lib/nghttp2_session.h
+++ b/lib/nghttp2_session.h
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ typedef enum {
   NGHTTP2_OPTMASK_NO_HTTP_MESSAGING = 1 << 2,
   NGHTTP2_OPTMASK_NO_AUTO_PING_ACK = 1 << 3,
   NGHTTP2_OPTMASK_NO_CLOSED_STREAMS = 1 << 4,
-  NGHTTP2_OPTMASK_SERVER_FALLBACK_RFC7540_PRIORITIES = 1 << 5
+  NGHTTP2_OPTMASK_SERVER_FALLBACK_RFC7540_PRIORITIES = 1 << 5,
+  NGHTTP2_OPTMASK_NO_RFC9113_LEADING_AND_TRAILING_WS_VALIDATION = 1 << 6,
 } nghttp2_optmask;
 
 /*
diff --git a/lib/nghttp2_stream.h b/lib/nghttp2_stream.h
index 0ec77bf0..7a8e4c6c 100644
--- a/lib/nghttp2_stream.h
+++ b/lib/nghttp2_stream.h
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ typedef enum {
   NGHTTP2_STREAM_FLAG_NO_RFC7540_PRIORITIES = 0x10,
   /* Ignore client RFC 9218 priority signal. */
   NGHTTP2_STREAM_FLAG_IGNORE_CLIENT_PRIORITIES = 0x20,
+  /* Indicates that RFC 9113 leading and trailing white spaces
+     validation against a field value is not performed. */
+  NGHTTP2_STREAM_FLAG_NO_RFC9113_LEADING_AND_TRAILING_WS_VALIDATION = 0x40,
 } nghttp2_stream_flag;
 
 /* HTTP related flags to enforce HTTP semantics */
diff --git a/tests/main.c b/tests/main.c
index bde299a5..6ff97d05 100644
--- a/tests/main.c
+++ b/tests/main.c
@@ -363,6 +363,9 @@ int main(void) {
                    test_nghttp2_http_push_promise) ||
       !CU_add_test(pSuite, "http_head_method_upgrade_workaround",
                    test_nghttp2_http_head_method_upgrade_workaround) ||
+      !CU_add_test(
+          pSuite, "http_no_rfc9113_leading_and_trailing_ws_validation",
+          test_nghttp2_http_no_rfc9113_leading_and_trailing_ws_validation) ||
       !CU_add_test(pSuite, "frame_pack_headers",
                    test_nghttp2_frame_pack_headers) ||
       !CU_add_test(pSuite, "frame_pack_headers_frame_too_large",
diff --git a/tests/nghttp2_session_test.c b/tests/nghttp2_session_test.c
index a1a969ba..08152d47 100644
--- a/tests/nghttp2_session_test.c
+++ b/tests/nghttp2_session_test.c
@@ -13224,3 +13224,83 @@ void test_nghttp2_http_head_method_upgrade_workaround(void) {
   nghttp2_session_del(session);
   nghttp2_bufs_free(&bufs);
 }
+
+void test_nghttp2_http_no_rfc9113_leading_and_trailing_ws_validation(void) {
+  nghttp2_session *session;
+  nghttp2_session_callbacks callbacks;
+  nghttp2_hd_deflater deflater;
+  nghttp2_mem *mem;
+  nghttp2_bufs bufs;
+  ssize_t rv;
+  const nghttp2_nv ws_reqnv[] = {
+      MAKE_NV(":path", "/"),
+      MAKE_NV(":method", "GET"),
+      MAKE_NV(":authority", "localhost"),
+      MAKE_NV(":scheme", "https"),
+      MAKE_NV("foo", "bar "),
+  };
+  nghttp2_outbound_item *item;
+  nghttp2_option *option;
+
+  mem = nghttp2_mem_default();
+  frame_pack_bufs_init(&bufs);
+
+  memset(&callbacks, 0, sizeof(nghttp2_session_callbacks));
+  callbacks.send_callback = null_send_callback;
+
+  /* By default, the leading and trailing white spaces validation is
+     enabled as per RFC 9113. */
+  nghttp2_session_server_new(&session, &callbacks, NULL);
+
+  nghttp2_hd_deflate_init(&deflater, mem);
+
+  rv = pack_headers(&bufs, &deflater, 1,
+                    NGHTTP2_FLAG_END_HEADERS | NGHTTP2_FLAG_END_STREAM,
+                    ws_reqnv, ARRLEN(ws_reqnv), mem);
+
+  CU_ASSERT(0 == rv);
+
+  rv = nghttp2_session_mem_recv(session, bufs.head->buf.pos,
+                                nghttp2_buf_len(&bufs.head->buf));
+
+  CU_ASSERT((ssize_t)nghttp2_buf_len(&bufs.head->buf) == rv);
+
+  item = nghttp2_session_get_next_ob_item(session);
+
+  CU_ASSERT(NGHTTP2_RST_STREAM == item->frame.hd.type);
+  CU_ASSERT(0 == nghttp2_session_send(session));
+
+  nghttp2_bufs_reset(&bufs);
+  nghttp2_hd_deflate_free(&deflater);
+  nghttp2_session_del(session);
+
+  /* Turn off the validation */
+  nghttp2_option_new(&option);
+  nghttp2_option_set_no_rfc9113_leading_and_trailing_ws_validation(option, 1);
+
+  nghttp2_session_server_new2(&session, &callbacks, NULL, option);
+
+  nghttp2_hd_deflate_init(&deflater, mem);
+
+  rv = pack_headers(&bufs, &deflater, 1,
+                    NGHTTP2_FLAG_END_HEADERS | NGHTTP2_FLAG_END_STREAM,
+                    ws_reqnv, ARRLEN(ws_reqnv), mem);
+
+  CU_ASSERT(0 == rv);
+
+  rv = nghttp2_session_mem_recv(session, bufs.head->buf.pos,
+                                nghttp2_buf_len(&bufs.head->buf));
+
+  CU_ASSERT((ssize_t)nghttp2_buf_len(&bufs.head->buf) == rv);
+
+  item = nghttp2_session_get_next_ob_item(session);
+
+  CU_ASSERT(NULL == item);
+
+  nghttp2_bufs_reset(&bufs);
+  nghttp2_hd_deflate_free(&deflater);
+  nghttp2_session_del(session);
+  nghttp2_option_del(option);
+
+  nghttp2_bufs_free(&bufs);
+}
diff --git a/tests/nghttp2_session_test.h b/tests/nghttp2_session_test.h
index e2710e34..e776813f 100644
--- a/tests/nghttp2_session_test.h
+++ b/tests/nghttp2_session_test.h
@@ -178,5 +178,6 @@ void test_nghttp2_http_ignore_content_length(void);
 void test_nghttp2_http_record_request_method(void);
 void test_nghttp2_http_push_promise(void);
 void test_nghttp2_http_head_method_upgrade_workaround(void);
+void test_nghttp2_http_no_rfc9113_leading_and_trailing_ws_validation(void);
 
 #endif /* NGHTTP2_SESSION_TEST_H */