diff --git a/framework/controller/controller.gotext b/framework/controller/controller.gotext
index bbab6348..d6d662a8 100644
--- a/framework/controller/controller.gotext
+++ b/framework/controller/controller.gotext
@@ -69,6 +69,19 @@ func ({{$action.Short}} *{{ $.Pascal }}{{$action.Pascal}}Action) handler(httpRes
 			JSON: response.Status(400).Set("Content-Type", "application/json").JSON(map[string]string{"error": err.Error()}),
 		}
 	}
+	// validate input
+	{{- if $action.HasCustomValidation }}
+	// single input struct has validate method
+	if err := in.Valid(); err != nil {
+		return &response.Format{
+			{{- if ne $action.Method "GET" }}
+			HTML: response.Status(http.StatusSeeOther).RedirectBack(httpRequest.URL.Path),
+			{{- end }}
+			JSON: response.Status(400).Set("Content-Type", "application/json").JSON(map[string]string{"error": err.Error()}),
+		}
+	}
+	{{- end }}
+	
 	{{- end }}
 	{{- with $provider := $action.Provider }}
 	controller, err := {{ $provider.Name }}(
diff --git a/framework/controller/controller_test.go b/framework/controller/controller_test.go
index 37f4a84e..f2a434a5 100644
--- a/framework/controller/controller_test.go
+++ b/framework/controller/controller_test.go
@@ -2792,3 +2792,36 @@ func TestIndexControllerWithRootIndexAction(t *testing.T) {
 	`))
 	is.NoErr(app.Close())
 }
+
+// Asserts the Validate() method is called on single input
+// structs.
+func TestInputValidateMethod(t *testing.T) {
+	is := is.New(t)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	td := testdir.New(dir)
+	// root controller with input struct to validate
+	td.Files["controller/controller.go"] = `
+		package controller
+		import "errors"
+		type Controller struct{}
+		type Input struct{}
+		func (in *Input) Valid() error {
+			return errors.New("")
+		}
+		func (c *Controller) Index(in *Input) []string {
+			return []string{}
+		}
+	`
+	is.NoErr(td.Write(ctx))
+	cli := testcli.New(dir)
+	app, err := cli.Start(ctx, "run")
+	is.NoErr(err)
+	defer app.Close()
+	res, err := app.GetJSON("/")
+	is.NoErr(err)
+	is.NoErr(res.DiffHeaders(`
+		HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
+		Content-Type: application/json
+	`))
+}
diff --git a/framework/controller/loader.go b/framework/controller/loader.go
index f936540e..d64a5999 100644
--- a/framework/controller/loader.go
+++ b/framework/controller/loader.go
@@ -300,6 +300,13 @@ func (l *loader) loadActionParam(param *parser.Param, nth, numParams int) *Actio
 	switch {
 	// Single struct input
 	case numParams == 1 && dec.Kind() == parser.KindStruct:
+		// this should always work because kind is KindStruct
+		stct := dec.Package().Struct(dec.Name())
+		validateMethod := stct.Method("Valid")
+		if validateMethod != nil && len(validateMethod.Results()) == 1 && validateMethod.Results()[0].IsError() {
+			// mark that the action param has Valid() error
+			ap.HasValidMethod = true
+		}
 		ap.Variable = "in"
 	// Handle context.Context
 	case ap.IsContext():
@@ -342,6 +349,7 @@ func (l *loader) loadType(dt parser.Type, dec parser.Declaration) string {
 
 func (l *loader) loadActionInput(params []*ActionParam) string {
 	if len(params) == 1 && params[0].Kind == string(parser.KindStruct) {
+		// single struct input
 		return params[0].Type
 	}
 	return l.loadActionInputStruct(params)
diff --git a/framework/controller/state.go b/framework/controller/state.go
index 47cf284b..2b620679 100644
--- a/framework/controller/state.go
+++ b/framework/controller/state.go
@@ -60,6 +60,18 @@ type Action struct {
 	PropsKey    string
 }
 
+func (a *Action) HasSingleInput() bool {
+	return len(a.Params) == 1
+}
+
+func (a *Action) HasCustomValidation() bool {
+	if a.HasSingleInput() && a.Params[0].HasValidMethod {
+		return true
+	} else {
+		return false
+	}
+}
+
 // View struct
 type View struct {
 	Route string
@@ -67,13 +79,14 @@ type View struct {
 
 // ActionParam struct
 type ActionParam struct {
-	Name     string
-	Pascal   string
-	Snake    string
-	Type     string
-	Kind     string
-	Variable string
-	Tag      string
+	Name           string
+	Pascal         string
+	Snake          string
+	Type           string
+	Kind           string
+	Variable       string
+	Tag            string
+	HasValidMethod bool
 }
 
 func (ap *ActionParam) IsContext() bool {