diff --git a/lib/adyen-ruby-api-library.rb b/lib/adyen-ruby-api-library.rb
index 846ccc8e..0f6a4a2c 100644
--- a/lib/adyen-ruby-api-library.rb
+++ b/lib/adyen-ruby-api-library.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 require_relative "adyen/services/recurring"
 require_relative "adyen/services/marketpay"
 require_relative "adyen/services/service"
+require_relative "adyen/utils/hmac_validator"
 
 # add snake case to camel case converter to String
 # to convert rubinic method names to Adyen API methods
diff --git a/lib/adyen/utils/hmac_validator.rb b/lib/adyen/utils/hmac_validator.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..75a02702
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/adyen/utils/hmac_validator.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+module Adyen
+  module Utils
+    class HmacValidator
+      HMAC_ALGORITHM = 'sha256'.freeze
+      DATA_SEPARATOR = ':'.freeze
+      NOTIFICATION_VALIDATION_KEYS = %w[
+        pspReference originalReference merchantAccountCode merchantReference
+        amount.value amount.currency eventCode success
+      ].freeze
+
+      def valid_notification_hmac?(notification_request_item, hmac_key)
+        expected_sign = calculate_notification_hmac(notification_request_item, hmac_key)
+        merchant_sign = fetch(notification_request_item, 'additionalData.hmacSignature')
+
+        expected_sign == merchant_sign
+      end
+
+      def calculate_notification_hmac(notification_request_item, hmac_key)
+        data = data_to_sign(notification_request_item)
+
+        Base64.strict_encode64(OpenSSL::HMAC.digest(HMAC_ALGORITHM, [hmac_key].pack('H*'), data))
+      end
+
+      def data_to_sign(notification_request_item)
+        NOTIFICATION_VALIDATION_KEYS.map { |key| fetch(notification_request_item, key).to_s }
+                                    .map { |value| value.gsub('\\', '\\\\').gsub(':', '\\:') }
+                                    .join(DATA_SEPARATOR)
+      end
+
+      private
+
+      def fetch(hash, keys)
+        value = hash
+
+        keys.to_s.split('.').each do |key|
+          value = if key.to_i.to_s == key
+                    value[key.to_i]
+                  else
+                    value[key].nil? ? value[key.to_sym] : value[key]
+                  end
+          break if value.nil?
+        end
+
+        value
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/utils/hmac_validator_spec.rb b/spec/utils/hmac_validator_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9fcb258e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/utils/hmac_validator_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe Adyen::Utils::HmacValidator do
+  let(:validator) { described_class.new }
+  let(:key) { '44782DEF547AAA06C910C43932B1EB0C71FC68D9D0C057550C48EC2ACF6BA056' }
+  let(:expected_sign) { 'coqCmt/IZ4E3CzPvMY8zTjQVL5hYJUiBRg8UU+iCWo0=' }
+  let(:notification_request_item) do
+    {
+      additionalData: {
+        hmacSignature: expected_sign
+      },
+      amount: {
+        value: 1130,
+        currency: 'EUR'
+      },
+      pspReference: '7914073381342284',
+      eventCode: 'AUTHORISATION',
+      merchantAccountCode: 'TestMerchant',
+      merchantReference: 'TestPayment-1407325143704',
+      paymentMethod: 'visa',
+      success: 'true'
+    }
+  end
+
+  describe 'HMAC Validator' do
+    it 'should get correct data' do
+      data_to_sign = validator.data_to_sign(notification_request_item)
+      expect(data_to_sign).to eq '7914073381342284::TestMerchant:TestPayment-1407325143704:1130:EUR:AUTHORISATION:true'
+    end
+
+    it 'should get correct data with escaped characters' do
+      notification_request_item['merchantAccountCode'] = 'Test:\\Merchant'
+      data_to_sign = validator.data_to_sign(notification_request_item)
+      expect(data_to_sign).to eq '7914073381342284::Test\\:\\Merchant:TestPayment-1407325143704:1130:EUR:AUTHORISATION:true'
+    end
+
+    it 'should encrypt properly' do
+      encrypted = validator.calculate_notification_hmac(notification_request_item, key)
+      expect(encrypted).to eq expected_sign
+    end
+
+    it 'should have a valid hmac' do
+      expect(validator.valid_notification_hmac?(notification_request_item, key)).to be true
+    end
+
+    it 'should have an invalid hmac' do
+      notification_request_item['additionalData'] = { 'hmacSignature' => 'invalidHMACsign' }
+
+      expect(validator.valid_notification_hmac?(notification_request_item, key)).to be false
+    end
+  end
+end