diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/ChannelCredentials.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/ChannelCredentials.cs
index 3ce32f31b76..103a594bb06 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/ChannelCredentials.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/ChannelCredentials.cs
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 using Grpc.Core.Internal;
+using Grpc.Core.Logging;
 using Grpc.Core.Utils;
 
 namespace Grpc.Core
@@ -104,20 +106,36 @@ namespace Grpc.Core
         }
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Callback invoked with the expected targetHost and the peer's certificate.
+    /// If false is returned by this callback then it is treated as a
+    /// verification failure. Invocation of the callback is blocking, so any
+    /// implementation should be light-weight.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="context">The <see cref="T:Grpc.Core.VerifyPeerContext"/> associated with the callback</param>
+    /// <returns>true if verification succeeded, false otherwise.</returns>
+    /// Note: experimental API that can change or be removed without any prior notice.
+    public delegate bool VerifyPeerCallback(VerifyPeerContext context);
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Client-side SSL credentials.
     /// </summary>
     public sealed class SslCredentials : ChannelCredentials
     {
+        static readonly ILogger Logger = GrpcEnvironment.Logger.ForType<SslCredentials>();
+
         readonly string rootCertificates;
         readonly KeyCertificatePair keyCertificatePair;
+        readonly VerifyPeerCallback verifyPeerCallback;
+        readonly VerifyPeerCallbackInternal verifyPeerCallbackInternal;
+        readonly GCHandle gcHandle;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Creates client-side SSL credentials loaded from
         /// disk file pointed to by the GRPC_DEFAULT_SSL_ROOTS_FILE_PATH environment variable.
         /// If that fails, gets the roots certificates from a well known place on disk.
         /// </summary>
-        public SslCredentials() : this(null, null)
+        public SslCredentials() : this(null, null, null)
         {
         }
 
@@ -125,19 +143,37 @@ namespace Grpc.Core
         /// Creates client-side SSL credentials from
         /// a string containing PEM encoded root certificates.
         /// </summary>
-        public SslCredentials(string rootCertificates) : this(rootCertificates, null)
+        public SslCredentials(string rootCertificates) : this(rootCertificates, null, null)
         {
         }
-            
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Creates client-side SSL credentials.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="rootCertificates">string containing PEM encoded server root certificates.</param>
+        /// <param name="keyCertificatePair">a key certificate pair.</param>
+        public SslCredentials(string rootCertificates, KeyCertificatePair keyCertificatePair) :
+            this(rootCertificates, keyCertificatePair, null)
+        {
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Creates client-side SSL credentials.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="rootCertificates">string containing PEM encoded server root certificates.</param>
         /// <param name="keyCertificatePair">a key certificate pair.</param>
-        public SslCredentials(string rootCertificates, KeyCertificatePair keyCertificatePair)
+        /// <param name="verifyPeerCallback">a callback to verify peer's target name and certificate.</param>
+        /// Note: experimental API that can change or be removed without any prior notice.
+        public SslCredentials(string rootCertificates, KeyCertificatePair keyCertificatePair, VerifyPeerCallback verifyPeerCallback)
         {
             this.rootCertificates = rootCertificates;
             this.keyCertificatePair = keyCertificatePair;
+            if (verifyPeerCallback != null)
+            {
+                this.verifyPeerCallback = verifyPeerCallback;
+                this.verifyPeerCallbackInternal = this.VerifyPeerCallbackHandler;
+                gcHandle = GCHandle.Alloc(verifyPeerCallbackInternal);
+            }
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -171,7 +207,30 @@ namespace Grpc.Core
 
         internal override ChannelCredentialsSafeHandle CreateNativeCredentials()
         {
-            return ChannelCredentialsSafeHandle.CreateSslCredentials(rootCertificates, keyCertificatePair);
+            return ChannelCredentialsSafeHandle.CreateSslCredentials(rootCertificates, keyCertificatePair, this.verifyPeerCallbackInternal);
+        }
+
+        private int VerifyPeerCallbackHandler(IntPtr host, IntPtr pem, IntPtr userData, bool isDestroy)
+        {
+            if (isDestroy)
+            {
+                this.gcHandle.Free();
+                return 0;
+            }
+
+            try
+            {
+                var context = new VerifyPeerContext(Marshal.PtrToStringAnsi(host), Marshal.PtrToStringAnsi(pem));
+
+                return this.verifyPeerCallback(context) ? 0 : 1;
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                // eat the exception, we must not throw when inside callback from native code.
+                Logger.Error(e, "Exception occurred while invoking verify peer callback handler.");
+                // Return validation failure in case of exception.
+                return 1;
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Internal/ChannelCredentialsSafeHandle.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Internal/ChannelCredentialsSafeHandle.cs
index 11b5d2cc3f6..5e336673153 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Internal/ChannelCredentialsSafeHandle.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Internal/ChannelCredentialsSafeHandle.cs
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 namespace Grpc.Core.Internal
 {
+    internal delegate int VerifyPeerCallbackInternal(
+        IntPtr targetHost,
+        IntPtr targetPem,
+        IntPtr userData,
+        bool isDestroy);
+
     /// <summary>
     /// grpc_channel_credentials from <c>grpc/grpc_security.h</c>
     /// </summary>
@@ -38,15 +44,15 @@ namespace Grpc.Core.Internal
             return creds;
         }
 
-        public static ChannelCredentialsSafeHandle CreateSslCredentials(string pemRootCerts, KeyCertificatePair keyCertPair)
+        public static ChannelCredentialsSafeHandle CreateSslCredentials(string pemRootCerts, KeyCertificatePair keyCertPair, VerifyPeerCallbackInternal verifyPeerCallback)
         {
             if (keyCertPair != null)
             {
-                return Native.grpcsharp_ssl_credentials_create(pemRootCerts, keyCertPair.CertificateChain, keyCertPair.PrivateKey);
+                return Native.grpcsharp_ssl_credentials_create(pemRootCerts, keyCertPair.CertificateChain, keyCertPair.PrivateKey, verifyPeerCallback);
             }
             else
             {
-                return Native.grpcsharp_ssl_credentials_create(pemRootCerts, null, null);
+                return Native.grpcsharp_ssl_credentials_create(pemRootCerts, null, null, verifyPeerCallback);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Internal/NativeMethods.Generated.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Internal/NativeMethods.Generated.cs
index b7b9a12d8a3..e09b9813f79 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Internal/NativeMethods.Generated.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Internal/NativeMethods.Generated.cs
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ namespace Grpc.Core.Internal
             public delegate void grpcsharp_channel_args_set_integer_delegate(ChannelArgsSafeHandle args, UIntPtr index, string key, int value);
             public delegate void grpcsharp_channel_args_destroy_delegate(IntPtr args);
             public delegate void grpcsharp_override_default_ssl_roots_delegate(string pemRootCerts);
-            public delegate ChannelCredentialsSafeHandle grpcsharp_ssl_credentials_create_delegate(string pemRootCerts, string keyCertPairCertChain, string keyCertPairPrivateKey);
+            public delegate ChannelCredentialsSafeHandle grpcsharp_ssl_credentials_create_delegate(string pemRootCerts, string keyCertPairCertChain, string keyCertPairPrivateKey, VerifyPeerCallbackInternal verifyPeerCallback);
             public delegate ChannelCredentialsSafeHandle grpcsharp_composite_channel_credentials_create_delegate(ChannelCredentialsSafeHandle channelCreds, CallCredentialsSafeHandle callCreds);
             public delegate void grpcsharp_channel_credentials_release_delegate(IntPtr credentials);
             public delegate ChannelSafeHandle grpcsharp_insecure_channel_create_delegate(string target, ChannelArgsSafeHandle channelArgs);
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ namespace Grpc.Core.Internal
             public static extern void grpcsharp_override_default_ssl_roots(string pemRootCerts);
             
             [DllImport(ImportName)]
-            public static extern ChannelCredentialsSafeHandle grpcsharp_ssl_credentials_create(string pemRootCerts, string keyCertPairCertChain, string keyCertPairPrivateKey);
+            public static extern ChannelCredentialsSafeHandle grpcsharp_ssl_credentials_create(string pemRootCerts, string keyCertPairCertChain, string keyCertPairPrivateKey, VerifyPeerCallbackInternal verifyPeerCallback);
             
             [DllImport(ImportName)]
             public static extern ChannelCredentialsSafeHandle grpcsharp_composite_channel_credentials_create(ChannelCredentialsSafeHandle channelCreds, CallCredentialsSafeHandle callCreds);
@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@ namespace Grpc.Core.Internal
             public static extern void grpcsharp_override_default_ssl_roots(string pemRootCerts);
             
             [DllImport(ImportName)]
-            public static extern ChannelCredentialsSafeHandle grpcsharp_ssl_credentials_create(string pemRootCerts, string keyCertPairCertChain, string keyCertPairPrivateKey);
+            public static extern ChannelCredentialsSafeHandle grpcsharp_ssl_credentials_create(string pemRootCerts, string keyCertPairCertChain, string keyCertPairPrivateKey, VerifyPeerCallbackInternal verifyPeerCallback);
             
             [DllImport(ImportName)]
             public static extern ChannelCredentialsSafeHandle grpcsharp_composite_channel_credentials_create(ChannelCredentialsSafeHandle channelCreds, CallCredentialsSafeHandle callCreds);
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/VerifyPeerContext.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/VerifyPeerContext.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b48984b093c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/VerifyPeerContext.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+namespace Grpc.Core
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Verification context for VerifyPeerCallback.
+    /// Note: experimental API that can change or be removed without any prior notice.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class VerifyPeerContext
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="T:Grpc.Core.VerifyPeerContext"/> class.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="targetHost">string containing the host name of the peer.</param>
+        /// <param name="targetPem">string containing PEM encoded certificate of the peer.</param>
+        internal VerifyPeerContext(string targetHost, string targetPem)
+        {
+            this.TargetHost = targetHost;
+            this.TargetPem = targetPem;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// String containing the host name of the peer.
+        /// </summary>
+        public string TargetHost { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// string containing PEM encoded certificate of the peer.
+        /// </summary>
+        public string TargetPem { get; }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting/SslCredentialsTest.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting/SslCredentialsTest.cs
index b3c47c2d8d3..818ac6d1adc 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting/SslCredentialsTest.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting/SslCredentialsTest.cs
@@ -44,17 +44,23 @@ namespace Grpc.IntegrationTesting
 
         string rootCert;
         KeyCertificatePair keyCertPair;
+        string certChain;
+        List<ChannelOption> options;
+        bool isHostEqual;
+        bool isPemEqual;
 
         public void InitClientAndServer(bool clientAddKeyCertPair,
                 SslClientCertificateRequestType clientCertRequestType)
         {
             rootCert = File.ReadAllText(TestCredentials.ClientCertAuthorityPath);
+            certChain = File.ReadAllText(TestCredentials.ServerCertChainPath);
+            certChain = certChain.Replace("\r", string.Empty);
             keyCertPair = new KeyCertificatePair(
-                File.ReadAllText(TestCredentials.ServerCertChainPath),
+                certChain,
                 File.ReadAllText(TestCredentials.ServerPrivateKeyPath));
 
             var serverCredentials = new SslServerCredentials(new[] { keyCertPair }, rootCert, clientCertRequestType);
-            var clientCredentials = clientAddKeyCertPair ? new SslCredentials(rootCert, keyCertPair) : new SslCredentials(rootCert);
+            var clientCredentials = clientAddKeyCertPair ? new SslCredentials(rootCert, keyCertPair, context => this.VerifyPeerCallback(context, true)) : new SslCredentials(rootCert);
 
             // Disable SO_REUSEPORT to prevent https://github.com/grpc/grpc/issues/10755
             server = new Server(new[] { new ChannelOption(ChannelOptions.SoReuseport, 0) })
@@ -64,7 +70,7 @@ namespace Grpc.IntegrationTesting
             };
             server.Start();
 
-            var options = new List<ChannelOption>
+            options = new List<ChannelOption>
             {
                 new ChannelOption(ChannelOptions.SslTargetNameOverride, TestCredentials.DefaultHostOverride)
             };
@@ -210,6 +216,37 @@ namespace Grpc.IntegrationTesting
             Assert.AreEqual(12345, response.AggregatedPayloadSize);
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void VerifyPeerCallbackTest()
+        {
+            InitClientAndServer(true, SslClientCertificateRequestType.RequestAndRequireAndVerify);
+
+            // Force GC collection to verify that the VerifyPeerCallback is not collected. If
+            // it gets collected, this test will hang.
+            GC.Collect();
+
+            client.UnaryCall(new SimpleRequest { ResponseSize = 10 });
+            Assert.IsTrue(isHostEqual);
+            Assert.IsTrue(isPemEqual);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void VerifyPeerCallbackFailTest()
+        {
+            InitClientAndServer(true, SslClientCertificateRequestType.RequestAndRequireAndVerify);
+            var clientCredentials = new SslCredentials(rootCert, keyCertPair, context => this.VerifyPeerCallback(context, false));
+            var failingChannel = new Channel(Host, server.Ports.Single().BoundPort, clientCredentials, options);
+            var failingClient = new TestService.TestServiceClient(failingChannel);
+            Assert.Throws<RpcException>(() => failingClient.UnaryCall(new SimpleRequest { ResponseSize = 10 }));
+        }
+
+        private bool VerifyPeerCallback(VerifyPeerContext context, bool returnValue)
+        {
+            isHostEqual = TestCredentials.DefaultHostOverride == context.TargetHost;
+            isPemEqual = certChain == context.TargetPem;
+            return returnValue;
+        }
+
         private class SslCredentialsTestServiceImpl : TestService.TestServiceBase
         {
             public override Task<SimpleResponse> UnaryCall(SimpleRequest request, ServerCallContext context)
diff --git a/src/csharp/ext/grpc_csharp_ext.c b/src/csharp/ext/grpc_csharp_ext.c
index dc690a6a608..5f80d3417a5 100644
--- a/src/csharp/ext/grpc_csharp_ext.c
+++ b/src/csharp/ext/grpc_csharp_ext.c
@@ -927,20 +927,53 @@ grpcsharp_override_default_ssl_roots(const char* pem_root_certs) {
   grpc_set_ssl_roots_override_callback(override_ssl_roots_handler);
 }
 
+typedef int(GPR_CALLTYPE* grpcsharp_verify_peer_func)(const char* target_host,
+                                                      const char* target_pem,
+                                                      void* userdata,
+                                                      int32_t isDestroy);
+
+static void grpcsharp_verify_peer_destroy_handler(void* userdata) {
+  grpcsharp_verify_peer_func callback =
+      (grpcsharp_verify_peer_func)(intptr_t)userdata;
+  callback(NULL, NULL, NULL, 1);
+}
+
+static int grpcsharp_verify_peer_handler(const char* target_host,
+                                         const char* target_pem,
+                                         void* userdata) {
+  grpcsharp_verify_peer_func callback =
+      (grpcsharp_verify_peer_func)(intptr_t)userdata;
+  return callback(target_host, target_pem, NULL, 0);
+}
+
+
 GPR_EXPORT grpc_channel_credentials* GPR_CALLTYPE
 grpcsharp_ssl_credentials_create(const char* pem_root_certs,
                                  const char* key_cert_pair_cert_chain,
-                                 const char* key_cert_pair_private_key) {
+                                 const char* key_cert_pair_private_key,
+                                 grpcsharp_verify_peer_func verify_peer_func) {
   grpc_ssl_pem_key_cert_pair key_cert_pair;
+  verify_peer_options verify_options;
+  verify_peer_options* p_verify_options = NULL;
+  if (verify_peer_func != NULL) {
+    verify_options.verify_peer_callback_userdata =
+            (void*)(intptr_t)verify_peer_func;
+    verify_options.verify_peer_destruct =
+            grpcsharp_verify_peer_destroy_handler;
+    verify_options.verify_peer_callback = grpcsharp_verify_peer_handler;
+    p_verify_options = &verify_options;
+  }
+
   if (key_cert_pair_cert_chain || key_cert_pair_private_key) {
     key_cert_pair.cert_chain = key_cert_pair_cert_chain;
     key_cert_pair.private_key = key_cert_pair_private_key;
-    return grpc_ssl_credentials_create(pem_root_certs, &key_cert_pair, NULL,
-                                       NULL);
+    return grpc_ssl_credentials_create(pem_root_certs, &key_cert_pair,
+                                       p_verify_options, NULL);
   } else {
     GPR_ASSERT(!key_cert_pair_cert_chain);
     GPR_ASSERT(!key_cert_pair_private_key);
-    return grpc_ssl_credentials_create(pem_root_certs, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+    return grpc_ssl_credentials_create(pem_root_certs, NULL, p_verify_options,
+                                       NULL);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/templates/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Internal/native_methods.include b/templates/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Internal/native_methods.include
index b7a8e285488..4cb71730529 100644
--- a/templates/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Internal/native_methods.include
+++ b/templates/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Internal/native_methods.include
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ native_method_signatures = [
     'void grpcsharp_channel_args_set_integer(ChannelArgsSafeHandle args, UIntPtr index, string key, int value)',
     'void grpcsharp_channel_args_destroy(IntPtr args)',
     'void grpcsharp_override_default_ssl_roots(string pemRootCerts)',
-    'ChannelCredentialsSafeHandle grpcsharp_ssl_credentials_create(string pemRootCerts, string keyCertPairCertChain, string keyCertPairPrivateKey)',
+    'ChannelCredentialsSafeHandle grpcsharp_ssl_credentials_create(string pemRootCerts, string keyCertPairCertChain, string keyCertPairPrivateKey, VerifyPeerCallbackInternal verifyPeerCallback)',
     'ChannelCredentialsSafeHandle grpcsharp_composite_channel_credentials_create(ChannelCredentialsSafeHandle channelCreds, CallCredentialsSafeHandle callCreds)',
     'void grpcsharp_channel_credentials_release(IntPtr credentials)',
     'ChannelSafeHandle grpcsharp_insecure_channel_create(string target, ChannelArgsSafeHandle channelArgs)',