diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index da1e27cd1..0531b7cf8 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ allprojects {
 		h2databaseVersion = '1.4.196'
 		hibernateVersion = '5.2.12.Final'
 		hibernateValidatorVersion = '6.0.4.Final'
+		javaxElVersion = '3.0.0'
 		hsqldbVersion = '2.4.0'
 		jackson2Version = '2.9.2'
 		gsonVersion = '2.8.5'
@@ -322,7 +323,8 @@ project('spring-batch-infrastructure') {
 		testRuntime "com.sun.mail:javax.mail:$javaMailVersion"
 		testRuntime "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-jsr223:$groovyVersion"
 		testRuntime "org.jruby:jruby:$jrubyVersion"
-
+		testRuntime "org.hibernate.validator:hibernate-validator:$hibernateValidatorVersion"
+		testRuntime "org.glassfish:javax.el:$javaxElVersion"
 		testRuntime "org.beanshell:bsh:$beanshellVersion"
 
 		optional "javax.jms:javax.jms-api:$jmsVersion"
@@ -604,6 +606,8 @@ project('spring-batch-samples') {
 		testCompile "org.apache.activemq:activemq-kahadb-store:$activemqVersion"
 
 		testRuntime "com.sun.mail:javax.mail:$javaMailVersion"
+		testRuntime "org.hibernate.validator:hibernate-validator:$hibernateValidatorVersion"
+		testRuntime "org.glassfish:javax.el:$javaxElVersion"
 
 		provided "mysql:mysql-connector-java:$mysqlVersion"
 		provided "com.h2database:h2:$h2databaseVersion"
diff --git a/spring-batch-docs/asciidoc/readersAndWriters.adoc b/spring-batch-docs/asciidoc/readersAndWriters.adoc
index 1de61cf51..1dd3ecd31 100644
--- a/spring-batch-docs/asciidoc/readersAndWriters.adoc
+++ b/spring-batch-docs/asciidoc/readersAndWriters.adoc
@@ -2659,6 +2659,45 @@ public SpringValidator validator() {
 }
 ----
 
+You can also use the `BeanValidatingItemProcessor` to validate items annotated with
+the Bean Validation API (JSR-303) annotations. For example, given the following type `Person`:
+
+[source, java]
+----
+class Person {
+
+    @NotEmpty
+    private String name;
+
+    public Person(String name) {
+     this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+     return name;
+    }
+
+    public void setName(String name) {
+     this.name = name;
+    }
+
+}
+----
+
+you can validate items by declaring a `BeanValidatingItemProcessor` bean in your
+application context and register it as a processor in your chunk-oriented step:
+
+[source, java]
+----
+@Bean
+public BeanValidatingItemProcessor<Person> beanValidatingItemProcessor() throws Exception {
+    BeanValidatingItemProcessor<Person> beanValidatingItemProcessor = new BeanValidatingItemProcessor<>();
+    beanValidatingItemProcessor.setFilter(true);
+
+    return beanValidatingItemProcessor;
+}
+----
+
 [[process-indicator]]
 === Preventing State Persistence
 
diff --git a/spring-batch-docs/asciidoc/whatsnew.adoc b/spring-batch-docs/asciidoc/whatsnew.adoc
index 2ca1acd60..655138f17 100644
--- a/spring-batch-docs/asciidoc/whatsnew.adoc
+++ b/spring-batch-docs/asciidoc/whatsnew.adoc
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ The Spring Batch 4.1 release adds the following features:
 * A new `@SpringBatchTest` annotation to simplify testing batch components
 * A new `@EnableBatchIntegration` annotation to simplify remote chunking configuration
 * A new `JsonItemReader` and `JsonFileItemWriter` to support the JSON format
+* Add support for validating items with the Bean Validation API
 
 [[whatsNewTesting]]
 === `@SpringBatchTest` Annotation
@@ -160,3 +161,47 @@ Writing JSON data is also supported through the `JsonFileItemWriter`.
 For more details about JSON support, see the
 <<readersAndWriters.adoc#jsonReadingWriting,ItemReaders and ItemWriters>> chapter.
 
+[[whatsNewBeanValidationApi]]
+=== Bean Validation API support
+
+This release brings a new `ValidatingItemProcessor` implementation called
+`BeanValidatingItemProcessor` which allows you to validate items annotated with
+the Bean Validation API (JSR-303) annotations. For example, given the following
+type `Person`:
+
+[source, java]
+----
+class Person {
+
+    @NotEmpty
+    private String name;
+
+    public Person(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public void setName(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+}
+----
+
+you can validate items by declaring a `BeanValidatingItemProcessor` bean in your
+application context and register it as a processor in your chunk-oriented step:
+
+[source, java]
+----
+@Bean
+public BeanValidatingItemProcessor<Person> beanValidatingItemProcessor() throws Exception {
+	BeanValidatingItemProcessor<Person> beanValidatingItemProcessor = new BeanValidatingItemProcessor<>();
+	beanValidatingItemProcessor.setFilter(true);
+
+	return beanValidatingItemProcessor;
+}
+----
+
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/validator/BeanValidatingItemProcessor.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/validator/BeanValidatingItemProcessor.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0181c8778
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/validator/BeanValidatingItemProcessor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.batch.item.validator;
+
+import javax.validation.Validator;
+
+import org.apache.shiro.util.Assert;
+
+import org.springframework.validation.beanvalidation.LocalValidatorFactoryBean;
+import org.springframework.validation.beanvalidation.SpringValidatorAdapter;
+
+/**
+ * A {@link ValidatingItemProcessor} that uses the Bean Validation API (JSR-303)
+ * to validate items.
+ *
+ * @param <T> type of items to validate
+ * @author Mahmoud Ben Hassine
+ * @since 4.1
+ */
+public class BeanValidatingItemProcessor<T> extends ValidatingItemProcessor<T> {
+
+	private Validator validator;
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a new instance of {@link BeanValidatingItemProcessor} with the
+	 * default configuration.
+	 */
+	public BeanValidatingItemProcessor() {
+		LocalValidatorFactoryBean localValidatorFactoryBean = new LocalValidatorFactoryBean();
+		localValidatorFactoryBean.afterPropertiesSet();
+		this.validator = localValidatorFactoryBean.getValidator();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a new instance of {@link BeanValidatingItemProcessor}.
+	 * @param localValidatorFactoryBean used to configure the Bean Validation validator
+	 */
+	public BeanValidatingItemProcessor(LocalValidatorFactoryBean localValidatorFactoryBean) {
+		Assert.notNull(localValidatorFactoryBean, "localValidatorFactoryBean must not be null");
+		this.validator = localValidatorFactoryBean.getValidator();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void afterPropertiesSet() throws Exception {
+		SpringValidatorAdapter springValidatorAdapter = new SpringValidatorAdapter(this.validator);
+		SpringValidator<T> springValidator = new SpringValidator<>();
+		springValidator.setValidator(springValidatorAdapter);
+		springValidator.afterPropertiesSet();
+		setValidator(springValidator);
+		super.afterPropertiesSet();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/validator/BeanValidatingItemProcessorTest.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/validator/BeanValidatingItemProcessorTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec2c1a510
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/validator/BeanValidatingItemProcessorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.batch.item.validator;
+
+import javax.validation.constraints.NotEmpty;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * @author Mahmoud Ben Hassine
+ */
+public class BeanValidatingItemProcessorTest {
+
+	@Test
+	public void testValidObjectValidation() throws Exception {
+		// given
+		BeanValidatingItemProcessor<Foo> validatingItemProcessor = new BeanValidatingItemProcessor<>();
+		validatingItemProcessor.afterPropertiesSet();
+		Foo foo = new Foo("foo");
+
+		// when
+		Foo processed = validatingItemProcessor.process(foo);
+
+		// then
+		Assert.assertNotNull(processed);
+	}
+
+	@Test(expected = ValidationException.class)
+	public void testInvalidObjectValidation() throws Exception {
+		// given
+		BeanValidatingItemProcessor<Foo> validatingItemProcessor = new BeanValidatingItemProcessor<>();
+		validatingItemProcessor.afterPropertiesSet();
+		Foo foo = new Foo("");
+
+		// when
+		validatingItemProcessor.process(foo);
+
+		// then
+		// expected exception
+	}
+
+	private static class Foo {
+
+		@NotEmpty
+		private String name;
+
+		public Foo(String name) {
+			this.name = name;
+		}
+
+		public String getName() {
+			return name;
+		}
+
+		public void setName(String name) {
+			this.name = name;
+		}
+
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/validation/ValidationSampleConfiguration.java b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/validation/ValidationSampleConfiguration.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..64ab51122
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/validation/ValidationSampleConfiguration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.batch.sample.validation;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+import org.springframework.batch.core.Job;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.Step;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.annotation.EnableBatchProcessing;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.annotation.JobBuilderFactory;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.annotation.StepBuilderFactory;
+import org.springframework.batch.item.support.ListItemReader;
+import org.springframework.batch.item.support.ListItemWriter;
+import org.springframework.batch.item.validator.BeanValidatingItemProcessor;
+import org.springframework.batch.sample.validation.domain.Person;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+
+/**
+ * @author Mahmoud Ben Hassine
+ */
+@Configuration
+@EnableBatchProcessing
+public class ValidationSampleConfiguration {
+
+	@Autowired
+	private JobBuilderFactory jobs;
+
+	@Autowired
+	private StepBuilderFactory steps;
+
+	@Bean
+	public ListItemReader<Person> itemReader() {
+		Person person1 = new Person(1, "foo");
+		Person person2 = new Person(2, "");
+		return new ListItemReader<>(Arrays.asList(person1, person2));
+	}
+
+	@Bean
+	public ListItemWriter<Person> itemWriter() {
+		return new ListItemWriter<>();
+	}
+
+	@Bean
+	public BeanValidatingItemProcessor<Person> itemValidator() throws Exception {
+		BeanValidatingItemProcessor<Person> validator = new BeanValidatingItemProcessor<>();
+		validator.setFilter(true);
+		validator.afterPropertiesSet();
+
+		return validator;
+	}
+
+	@Bean
+	public Step step() throws Exception {
+		return this.steps.get("step")
+				.<Person, Person>chunk(1)
+				.reader(itemReader())
+				.processor(itemValidator())
+				.writer(itemWriter())
+				.build();
+	}
+
+	@Bean
+	public Job job() throws Exception {
+		return this.jobs.get("job")
+				.start(step())
+				.build();
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/validation/domain/Person.java b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/validation/domain/Person.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..52fc57989
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/validation/domain/Person.java
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.batch.sample.validation.domain;
+
+import javax.validation.constraints.NotEmpty;
+
+/**
+ * @author Mahmoud Ben Hassine
+ */
+public class Person {
+
+	private int id;
+
+	@NotEmpty
+	private String name;
+
+	public Person() {
+	}
+
+	public Person(int id, String name) {
+		this.id = id;
+		this.name = name;
+	}
+
+	public int getId() {
+		return id;
+	}
+
+	public void setId(int id) {
+		this.id = id;
+	}
+
+	public String getName() {
+		return name;
+	}
+
+	public void setName(String name) {
+		this.name = name;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return "Person{" +
+				"id=" + id +
+				", name='" + name + '\'' +
+				'}';
+	}
+}
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/validation/ValidationSampleFunctionalTests.java b/spring-batch-samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/validation/ValidationSampleFunctionalTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f53cef1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/validation/ValidationSampleFunctionalTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.batch.sample.validation;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+
+import org.springframework.batch.core.ExitStatus;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.Job;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.JobExecution;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.JobParameters;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.launch.JobLauncher;
+import org.springframework.batch.item.support.ListItemWriter;
+import org.springframework.batch.sample.validation.domain.Person;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner;
+
+/**
+ * @author Mahmoud Ben Hassine
+ */
+@RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
+@ContextConfiguration(classes = {ValidationSampleConfiguration.class})
+public class ValidationSampleFunctionalTests {
+
+	@Autowired
+	private Job job;
+
+	@Autowired
+	private JobLauncher jobLauncher;
+
+	@Autowired
+	private ListItemWriter<Person> listItemWriter;
+
+	@Test
+	public void testItemValidation() throws Exception {
+		// given
+		JobParameters jobParameters = new JobParameters();
+
+		// when
+		JobExecution jobExecution = this.jobLauncher.run(this.job, jobParameters);
+
+		// then
+		Assert.assertEquals(ExitStatus.COMPLETED.getExitCode(), jobExecution.getExitStatus().getExitCode());
+		List<? extends Person> writtenItems = this.listItemWriter.getWrittenItems();
+		Assert.assertEquals(1, writtenItems.size());
+		Assert.assertEquals("foo", writtenItems.get(0).getName());
+	}
+}