diff --git a/baked_in.go b/baked_in.go
index 4151926..c5729a7 100644
--- a/baked_in.go
+++ b/baked_in.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"crypto/sha256"
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
@@ -16,6 +17,8 @@ import (
 	"time"
 	"unicode/utf8"
 
+	"golang.org/x/crypto/sha3"
+
 	urn "github.com/leodido/go-urn"
 )
 
@@ -532,7 +535,7 @@ func isISBN10(fl FieldLevel) bool {
 	return checksum%11 == 0
 }
 
-// IsEthereumAddress is the validation function for validating if the field's value is a valid ethereum address based currently only on the format
+// IsEthereumAddress is the validation function for validating if the field's value is a valid Ethereum address.
 func isEthereumAddress(fl FieldLevel) bool {
 	address := fl.Field().String()
 
@@ -544,7 +547,21 @@ func isEthereumAddress(fl FieldLevel) bool {
 		return true
 	}
 
-	// checksum validation is blocked by https://github.com/golang/crypto/pull/28
+	// Checksum validation. Reference: https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/blob/master/EIPS/eip-55.md
+	address = address[2:] // Skip "0x" prefix.
+	h := sha3.NewLegacyKeccak256()
+	// hash.Hash's io.Writer implementation says it never returns an error. https://golang.org/pkg/hash/#Hash
+	_, _ = h.Write([]byte(strings.ToLower(address)))
+	hash := hex.EncodeToString(h.Sum(nil))
+
+	for i := 0; i < len(address); i++ {
+		if address[i] <= '9' { // Skip 0-9 digits: they don't have upper/lower-case.
+			continue
+		}
+		if hash[i] > '7' && address[i] >= 'a' || hash[i] <= '7' && address[i] <= 'F' {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
 
 	return true
 }
diff --git a/doc.go b/doc.go
index 1b1957e..0ab483b 100644
--- a/doc.go
+++ b/doc.go
@@ -879,8 +879,7 @@ Special thanks to Pieter Wuille for providng reference implementations.
 Ethereum Address
 
 This validates that a string value contains a valid ethereum address.
-The format of the string is checked to ensure it matches the standard Ethereum address format
-Full validation is blocked by https://github.com/golang/crypto/pull/28
+The format of the string is checked to ensure it matches the standard Ethereum address format.
 
 	Usage: eth_addr
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 21316b3..d457100 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-playground/locales v0.13.0
 	github.com/go-playground/universal-translator v0.17.0
 	github.com/leodido/go-urn v1.2.0
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index dc7dec4..0152642 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZN
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0 h1:2E4SXV/wtOkTonXsotYi4li6zVWxYlZuYNCXe9XRJyk=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81PSLYec5m4=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9 h1:psW17arqaxU48Z5kZ0CQnkZWQJsqcURM6tKiBApRjXI=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190404232315-eb5bcb51f2a3/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190412213103-97732733099d/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.2/go.mod h1:bEr9sfX3Q8Zfm5fL9x+3itogRgK3+ptLWKqgva+5dAk=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
diff --git a/validator_test.go b/validator_test.go
index 23ee021..f9202cd 100644
--- a/validator_test.go
+++ b/validator_test.go
@@ -5207,11 +5207,29 @@ func TestEthereumAddressValidation(t *testing.T) {
 		param    string
 		expected bool
 	}{
-		{"", false},
-		{"0x02F9AE5f22EA3fA88F05780B30385bEC", false},
-		{"123f681646d4a755815f9cb19e1acc8565a0c2ac", false},
-		{"0x02F9AE5f22EA3fA88F05780B30385bECFacbf130", true},
+		// All caps.
+		{"0x52908400098527886E0F7030069857D2E4169EE7", true},
+		{"0x8617E340B3D01FA5F11F306F4090FD50E238070D", true},
+
+		// All lower.
+		{"0xde709f2102306220921060314715629080e2fb77", true},
+		{"0x27b1fdb04752bbc536007a920d24acb045561c26", true},
 		{"0x123f681646d4a755815f9cb19e1acc8565a0c2ac", true},
+
+		// Mixed case: runs checksum validation.
+		{"0x02F9AE5f22EA3fA88F05780B30385bECFacbf130", true},
+		{"0x5aAeb6053F3E94C9b9A09f33669435E7Ef1BeAed", true},
+		{"0xfB6916095ca1df60bB79Ce92cE3Ea74c37c5d359", true},
+		{"0xdbF03B407c01E7cD3CBea99509d93f8DDDC8C6FB", true},
+		{"0xD1220A0cf47c7B9Be7A2E6BA89F429762e7b9aDb", true},
+		{"0xD1220A0cf47c7B9Be7A2E6BA89F429762e7b9aDB", false}, // Invalid checksum.
+
+		// Other.
+		{"", false},
+		{"D1220A0cf47c7B9Be7A2E6BA89F429762e7b9aDb", false},    // Missing "0x" prefix.
+		{"0xD1220A0cf47c7B9Be7A2E6BA89F429762e7b9aDbc", false}, // More than 40 hex digits.
+		{"0xD1220A0cf47c7B9Be7A2E6BA89F429762e7b9aD", false},   // Less than 40 hex digits.
+		{"0xD1220A0cf47c7B9Be7A2E6BA89F429762e7b9aDw", false},  // Invalid hex digit "w".
 	}
 
 	for i, test := range tests {