diff --git a/tendermint/src/lite/types.rs b/tendermint/src/lite/types.rs
index a8f95bc5f..fc604a85e 100644
--- a/tendermint/src/lite/types.rs
+++ b/tendermint/src/lite/types.rs
@@ -102,6 +102,19 @@ pub trait Vote {
     fn signature(&self) -> &[u8];
 }
 
+/// TrustLevel defines what fraction of the total voting power of a known
+/// and trusted validator set is sufficient for a commit to be
+/// accepted going forward.
+/// The default implementation returns true, iff at least a third of the trusted
+/// voting power signed (in other words at least one "trusted" validator signed).
+/// Some clients might require more than +1/3 and can implement their own
+/// TrustLevel which can be passed into all relevant methods.
+pub trait TrustLevel {
+    fn is_enough_power(&self, signed_voting_power: u64, total_voting_power: u64) -> bool {
+        signed_voting_power * 3 > total_voting_power
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum Error {
     Expired,
diff --git a/tendermint/src/lite/verifier.rs b/tendermint/src/lite/verifier.rs
index 4579a68cd..0e8056e94 100644
--- a/tendermint/src/lite/verifier.rs
+++ b/tendermint/src/lite/verifier.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #[allow(clippy::all)]
-use crate::lite::{Commit, Error, Header, Validator, ValidatorSet, ValidatorSetLookup, Vote};
+use crate::lite::{
+    Commit, Error, Header, TrustLevel, Validator, ValidatorSet, ValidatorSetLookup, Vote,
+};
 use crate::Time;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
@@ -71,23 +73,25 @@ where
 
 /// Verify the commit is trusted according to the last validators and is valid
 /// from the current validators for the header.
-pub fn verify_trusting<H, V, C>(
+pub fn verify_trusting<H, V, C, L>(
     header: H,
     commit: C,
     last_validators: V,
     validators: V,
+    trust_level: L,
 ) -> Result<(), Error>
 where
     H: Header,
     V: ValidatorSetLookup,
     C: Commit,
+    L: TrustLevel,
 {
     // NOTE it might be more prudent to do the cheap validations first
     // before we even call verify_commit_trusting, but not doing that
     // makes the code cleaner and allows us to just call verify directly.
 
     // ensure that +1/3 of last trusted validators signed correctly
-    if let Err(e) = verify_commit_trusting(&last_validators, &commit) {
+    if let Err(e) = verify_commit_trusting(&last_validators, &commit, trust_level) {
         return Err(e);
     }
 
@@ -144,14 +148,13 @@ where
 
 /// Verify that +1/3 of the given validator set signed this commit.
 /// NOTE the given validators do not necessarily correspond to the validator set for this commit,
-/// but there may be some intersection.
-/// TODO: this should take a "trust_level" param to allow clients to require more
-/// than +1/3. How should this be defined semantically? Probably shouldn't be a float, maybe
-/// and enum of options, eg. 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, 1 ?
-fn verify_commit_trusting<V, C>(validators: &V, commit: &C) -> Result<(), Error>
+/// but there may be some intersection. The trust_level parameter allows clients to require more
+/// than +1/3 by implementing the TrustLevel trait accordingly.
+fn verify_commit_trusting<V, C, L>(validators: &V, commit: &C, trust_level: L) -> Result<(), Error>
 where
     V: ValidatorSetLookup,
     C: Commit,
+    L: TrustLevel,
 {
     let total_power = validators.total_power();
     let mut signed_power: u64 = 0;
@@ -188,7 +191,8 @@ where
     // check the signers account for +1/3 of the voting power
     // TODO: incorporate "trust_level" in here to possibly increase
     // beyond 1/3.
-    if signed_power * 3 <= total_power {
+
+    if !trust_level.is_enough_power(signed_power, total_power) {
         return Err(Error::InsufficientVotingPower);
     }
 
diff --git a/tendermint/tests/lite.rs b/tendermint/tests/lite.rs
index 251a8f916..d00ca6d71 100644
--- a/tendermint/tests/lite.rs
+++ b/tendermint/tests/lite.rs
@@ -17,12 +17,16 @@ fn read_json_fixture(name: &str) -> String {
 
 #[test]
 fn check_verifier_with_mock_data() {
+    pub struct DefaultTrustLevel {}
+    impl lite::TrustLevel for DefaultTrustLevel {}
+
     let suite: TestSuite = serde_json::from_str(&read_json_fixture("basic")).unwrap();
     lite::verify_trusting(
         suite.signed_header.header.clone(),
         suite.signed_header,
         validator::Set::new(suite.last_validators),
         validator::Set::new(suite.validators),
+        DefaultTrustLevel {},
     )
     .expect("verify_trusting failed");
 }