diff --git a/mapstructure.go b/mapstructure.go
index 60311d6b..52c58575 100644
--- a/mapstructure.go
+++ b/mapstructure.go
@@ -218,6 +218,11 @@ type DecodeHookFuncKind func(reflect.Kind, reflect.Kind, interface{}) (interface
 // values.
 type DecodeHookFuncValue func(from reflect.Value, to reflect.Value) (interface{}, error)
 
+// ValidateHookFunc is the callback function that can be used for
+// post-decoding transformations. See "ValidateHook" in the DecoderConfig
+// struct.
+type ValidateHookFunc func(reflect.Value) error
+
 // DecoderConfig is the configuration that is used to create a new decoder
 // and allows customization of various aspects of decoding.
 type DecoderConfig struct {
@@ -232,6 +237,16 @@ type DecoderConfig struct {
 	// If an error is returned, the entire decode will fail with that error.
 	DecodeHook DecodeHookFunc
 
+	// ValidateHook, if set, will be called after decoding is complete.
+	// This is useful for types that need a finalization step or validation.
+	// The ValidateHook is called for every map and value in the input. This
+	// means that if a struct has embedded fields with squash tags the post
+	// decode hook is called only once with all of the input data, not once
+	// for each embedded struct.
+	//
+	// If an error is returned, the entire decode will fail with that error.
+	ValidateHook ValidateHookFunc
+
 	// If ErrorUnused is true, then it is an error for there to exist
 	// keys in the original map that were unused in the decoding process
 	// (extra keys).
@@ -572,6 +587,13 @@ func (d *Decoder) decode(name string, input interface{}, outVal reflect.Value) e
 		d.config.Metadata.Keys = append(d.config.Metadata.Keys, name)
 	}
 
+	// If we have a post-decode hook, then we call it now.
+	if d.config.ValidateHook != nil {
+		if err := d.config.ValidateHook(outVal); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error validating '%s': %w", name, err)
+		}
+	}
+
 	return err
 }
 
diff --git a/mapstructure_test.go b/mapstructure_test.go
index 248afaa8..1cf9f3e2 100644
--- a/mapstructure_test.go
+++ b/mapstructure_test.go
@@ -1334,6 +1334,51 @@ func TestDecode_DecodeHookType(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestDecode_ValidateHook(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	input1 := map[string]interface{}{
+		"Vint": 42,
+	}
+	input2 := map[string]interface{}{
+		"Vint": 43,
+	}
+
+	validateHook := func(val reflect.Value) error {
+		iface, ok := val.Interface().(Basic)
+		if !ok {
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		if iface.Vint != 42 {
+			return errors.New("vint should not be 42")
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	var result Basic
+	config := &DecoderConfig{
+		ValidateHook: validateHook,
+		Result:       &result,
+	}
+
+	decoder, err := NewDecoder(config)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	err = decoder.Decode(input1)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("got an err: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	err = decoder.Decode(input2)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected an error")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestDecode_Nil(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()