diff --git a/src/Rfc4122/Validator.php b/src/Rfc4122/Validator.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2df2c68b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Rfc4122/Validator.php
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * This file is part of the ramsey/uuid library
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ *
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) Ben Ramsey <ben@benramsey.com>
+ * @license http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT MIT
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Ramsey\Uuid\Rfc4122;
+
+use Ramsey\Uuid\Uuid;
+use Ramsey\Uuid\Validator\ValidatorInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Rfc4122\Validator validates strings as UUIDs of the RFC 4122 variant
+ */
+class Validator implements ValidatorInterface
+{
+    /**
+     * Regular expression pattern for matching an RFC 4122 UUID
+     */
+    public const VALID_PATTERN = '^[0-9A-Fa-f]{8}-[0-9A-Fa-f]{4}-'
+        . '[1-5]{1}[0-9A-Fa-f]{3}-[ABab89]{1}[0-9A-Fa-f]{3}-[0-9A-Fa-f]{12}$';
+
+    /**
+     * @psalm-pure
+     */
+    public function validate(string $uuid): bool
+    {
+        $uuid = str_replace(['urn:', 'uuid:', 'URN:', 'UUID:', '{', '}'], '', $uuid);
+
+        return $uuid === Uuid::NIL || preg_match('/' . self::VALID_PATTERN . '/D', $uuid);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Rfc4122/ValidatorTest.php b/tests/Rfc4122/ValidatorTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..54c943e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Rfc4122/ValidatorTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Ramsey\Uuid\Test\Rfc4122;
+
+use Ramsey\Uuid\Rfc4122\Validator;
+use Ramsey\Uuid\Test\TestCase;
+
+class ValidatorTest extends TestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider provideValuesForValidation
+     */
+    public function testValidate(string $value, bool $expected): void
+    {
+        $variations = [];
+        $variations[] = $value;
+        $variations[] = 'urn:uuid:' . $value;
+        $variations[] = '{' . $value . '}';
+
+        foreach ($variations as $variation) {
+            $variations[] = strtoupper($variation);
+        }
+
+        $validator = new Validator();
+
+        foreach ($variations as $variation) {
+            $this->assertSame($expected, $validator->validate($variation));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @phpcsSuppress SlevomatCodingStandard.TypeHints.ReturnTypeHint.MissingTraversableTypeHintSpecification
+     */
+    public function provideValuesForValidation(): array
+    {
+        $hexMutations = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f'];
+        $trueVersions = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
+        $trueVariants = [8, 9, 'a', 'b'];
+
+        $testValues = [];
+
+        foreach ($hexMutations as $version) {
+            foreach ($hexMutations as $variant) {
+                $testValues[] = [
+                    'value' => "ff6f8cb0-c57d-{$version}1e1-{$variant}b21-0800200c9a66",
+                    'expected' => in_array($variant, $trueVariants, true) && in_array($version, $trueVersions, true),
+                ];
+            }
+        }
+
+        return array_merge($testValues, [
+            [
+                'value' => 'zf6f8cb0-c57d-11e1-9b21-0800200c9a66',
+                'expected' => false,
+            ],
+            [
+                'value' => '3f6f8cb0-c57d-11e1-9b21-0800200c9a6',
+                'expected' => false,
+            ],
+            [
+                'value' => 'af6f8cb-c57d-11e1-9b21-0800200c9a66',
+                'expected' => false,
+            ],
+            [
+                'value' => 'af6f8cb0c57d11e19b210800200c9a66',
+                'expected' => false,
+            ],
+            [
+                'value' => 'ff6f8cb0-c57da-51e1-9b21-0800200c9a66',
+                'expected' => false,
+            ],
+        ]);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Validator/GenericValidatorTest.php b/tests/Validator/GenericValidatorTest.php
index 38e7b8f4..8e18860b 100644
--- a/tests/Validator/GenericValidatorTest.php
+++ b/tests/Validator/GenericValidatorTest.php
@@ -14,9 +14,20 @@ class GenericValidatorTest extends TestCase
      */
     public function testValidate(string $value, bool $expected): void
     {
+        $variations = [];
+        $variations[] = $value;
+        $variations[] = 'urn:uuid:' . $value;
+        $variations[] = '{' . $value . '}';
+
+        foreach ($variations as $variation) {
+            $variations[] = strtoupper($variation);
+        }
+
         $validator = new GenericValidator();
 
-        $this->assertSame($expected, $validator->validate($value));
+        foreach ($variations as $variation) {
+            $this->assertSame($expected, $validator->validate($variation));
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -24,51 +35,40 @@ public function testValidate(string $value, bool $expected): void
      */
     public function provideValuesForValidation(): array
     {
-        return [
-            'good version 1' => [
-                'value' => 'ff6f8cb0-c57d-11e1-9b21-0800200c9a66',
-                'expected' => true,
-            ],
-            'good version 2' => [
-                'value' => 'ff6f8cb0-c57d-21e1-9b21-0800200c9a66',
-                'expected' => true,
-            ],
-            'good version 3' => [
-                'value' => 'ff6f8cb0-c57d-31e1-9b21-0800200c9a66',
-                'expected' => true,
-            ],
-            'good version 4' => [
-                'value' => 'ff6f8cb0-c57d-41e1-9b21-0800200c9a66',
-                'expected' => true,
-            ],
-            'good version 5' => [
-                'value' => 'ff6f8cb0-c57d-51e1-9b21-0800200c9a66',
-                'expected' => true,
-            ],
-            'good upper case' => [
-                'value' => 'FF6F8CB0-C57D-11E1-9B21-0800200C9A66',
-                'expected' => true,
-            ],
-            'bad hex' => [
+        $hexMutations = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f'];
+
+        $testValues = [];
+
+        foreach ($hexMutations as $version) {
+            foreach ($hexMutations as $variant) {
+                $testValues[] = [
+                    'value' => "ff6f8cb0-c57d-{$version}1e1-{$variant}b21-0800200c9a66",
+                    'expected' => true,
+                ];
+            }
+        }
+
+        return array_merge($testValues, [
+            [
                 'value' => 'zf6f8cb0-c57d-11e1-9b21-0800200c9a66',
                 'expected' => false,
             ],
-            'too short 1' => [
+            [
                 'value' => '3f6f8cb0-c57d-11e1-9b21-0800200c9a6',
                 'expected' => false,
             ],
-            'too short 2' => [
+            [
                 'value' => 'af6f8cb-c57d-11e1-9b21-0800200c9a66',
                 'expected' => false,
             ],
-            'no dashes' => [
+            [
                 'value' => 'af6f8cb0c57d11e19b210800200c9a66',
                 'expected' => false,
             ],
-            'too long' => [
+            [
                 'value' => 'ff6f8cb0-c57da-51e1-9b21-0800200c9a66',
                 'expected' => false,
             ],
-        ];
+        ]);
     }
 }