diff --git a/.rubocop_todo.yml b/.rubocop_todo.yml
index e7701734..b40094c7 100644
--- a/.rubocop_todo.yml
+++ b/.rubocop_todo.yml
@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@ Style/EachWithObject:
 # Once we drop Rubies that lack support for __dir__ we can turn this on.
 Style/ExpandPathArguments:
   Enabled: false
+
+Metrics/ClassLength:
+  Max: 105
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0b673445..52def80b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Change Log
+
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ## [unreleased]
@@ -12,6 +13,9 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 - _Dependency_: Upgrade Faraday to 0.13.x (@zacharywelch)
 - _Dependency_: Upgrade jwt to 2.x.x (@travisofthenorth)
 - Fix logging to `$stdout` of request and response bodies via Faraday's logger and `ENV["OAUTH_DEBUG"] == 'true'`
+- Read issued_at and expires_at from the token instead of using Time.now [#391]
+- Take clock skew into consideration when checking expired? [#391]
+- Take minimum validity into consideration when checking expired? [#391]
 
 ## [1.4.0] - 2017-06-09
 
@@ -49,14 +53,17 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 ## [1.0.0] - 2014-07-09
 
 ### Added
+
 - Add an implementation of the MAC token spec.
 
 ### Fixed
+
 - Fix Base64.strict_encode64 incompatibility with Ruby 1.8.7.
 
 ## [0.5.0] - 2011-07-29
 
 ### Changed
+
 - [breaking] `oauth_token` renamed to `oauth_bearer`.
 - [breaking] `authorize_path` Client option renamed to `authorize_url`.
 - [breaking] `access_token_path` Client option renamed to `token_url`.
@@ -89,7 +96,6 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ## [0.0.4] + [0.0.3] + [0.0.2] + [0.0.1] - 2010-04-22
 
-
 [0.0.1]: https://github.com/oauth-xx/oauth2/compare/311d9f4...v0.0.1
 [0.0.2]: https://github.com/oauth-xx/oauth2/compare/v0.0.1...v0.0.2
 [0.0.3]: https://github.com/oauth-xx/oauth2/compare/v0.0.2...v0.0.3
diff --git a/lib/oauth2/access_token.rb b/lib/oauth2/access_token.rb
index 2c152b89..aba9f345 100644
--- a/lib/oauth2/access_token.rb
+++ b/lib/oauth2/access_token.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 module OAuth2
   class AccessToken
-    attr_reader :client, :token, :expires_in, :expires_at, :params
+    MIN_VALIDITY = 30
+
+    attr_reader :client, :token, :expires_in, :issued_at, :expires_at, :params, :time_skew
     attr_accessor :options, :refresh_token, :response
 
     class << self
@@ -37,17 +39,26 @@ def from_kvform(client, kvform)
     # @option opts [String] :header_format ('Bearer %s') the string format to use for the Authorization header
     # @option opts [String] :param_name ('access_token') the parameter name to use for transmission of the
     #    Access Token value in :body or :query transmission mode
-    def initialize(client, token, opts = {}) # rubocop:disable Metrics/AbcSize
+    def initialize(client, token, opts = {}) # rubocop:disable Metrics/AbcSize, Metrics/MethodLength
+      local_now = Time.now.to_i
       @client = client
       @token = token.to_s
       opts = opts.dup
+
       [:refresh_token, :expires_in, :expires_at].each do |arg|
         instance_variable_set("@#{arg}", opts.delete(arg) || opts.delete(arg.to_s))
       end
+
       @expires_in ||= opts.delete('expires')
       @expires_in &&= @expires_in.to_i
+
+      @issued_at = token_payload.fetch('iat', local_now)
+      @expires_at ||= token_payload.fetch('exp', nil)
+
       @expires_at &&= @expires_at.to_i
-      @expires_at ||= Time.now.to_i + @expires_in if @expires_in
+      @expires_at ||= @issued_at + @expires_in if @expires_in
+      @time_skew = local_now - @issued_at
+
       @options = {:mode          => opts.delete(:mode) || :header,
                   :header_format => opts.delete(:header_format) || 'Bearer %s',
                   :param_name    => opts.delete(:param_name) || 'access_token'}
@@ -72,7 +83,7 @@ def expires?
     #
     # @return [Boolean]
     def expired?
-      expires? && (expires_at <= Time.now.to_i)
+      expires? && (expires_at + time_skew - MIN_VALIDITY <= Time.now.to_i)
     end
 
     # Refreshes the current Access Token
@@ -150,6 +161,39 @@ def headers
       {'Authorization' => options[:header_format] % token}
     end
 
+    # For JWT tokens, this will store a Hash on the form
+    # {
+    #   "exp": exp,
+    #   "nbf": 0,
+    #   "iat": now.to_i,
+    #   "iss": "https://example.com/auth/realms/issuer",
+    #   "aud": "client-identifier",
+    #   "sub": "subject-identifier",
+    #   "typ": "Bearer",
+    #   "azp": "client-identifier"
+    # }
+    #
+    #
+    # @return [Hash] a hash of token property values
+    def token_payload
+      @token_payload ||= decoded_payload
+    end
+
+    # A JWT token consists of three dot separated parts:
+    #   1) header
+    #   2) payload
+    #   3) verify_signature
+    #
+    # For non-JWT tokens, an empty Hash is returned
+    #
+    # @return [Hash] a hash of token property values
+    def decoded_payload
+      jwt_payload = token.split('.').fetch(1)
+      JSON Base64.decode64(jwt_payload)
+    rescue StandardError
+      {}
+    end
+
   private
 
     def configure_authentication!(opts) # rubocop:disable MethodLength, Metrics/AbcSize
diff --git a/lib/oauth2/response.rb b/lib/oauth2/response.rb
index e97442da..d8b27d51 100644
--- a/lib/oauth2/response.rb
+++ b/lib/oauth2/response.rb
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def content_type
     end
 
     # Determines the parser (a Proc or other Object which responds to #call)
-    # that will be passed the {#body} (and optionall {#response}) to supply
+    # that will be passed the {#body} (and optional {#response}) to supply
     # {#parsed}.
     #
     # The parser can be supplied as the +:parse+ option in the form of a Proc
diff --git a/spec/oauth2/access_token_spec.rb b/spec/oauth2/access_token_spec.rb
index 699b31d9..21ef938e 100644
--- a/spec/oauth2/access_token_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/oauth2/access_token_spec.rb
@@ -151,6 +151,28 @@ def assert_initialized_token(target) # rubocop:disable Metrics/AbcSize
       allow(Time).to receive(:now).and_return(@now)
       expect(access).to be_expired
     end
+
+    describe 'min validity' do
+      let(:old_now) { 1_528_454_438 }
+      let(:expires_in) { 300 }
+      let(:expires_at) { 1_528_454_438 + expires_in }
+      let!(:access) { described_class.new(client, token, :refresh_token => 'abaca', :expires_at => expires_at, :expires_in => expires_in) }
+      let(:now) { Time.at(expires_at) - AccessToken::MIN_VALIDITY }
+
+      context 'when not within min validity correction' do
+        it 'access is expired' do
+          allow(Time).to receive(:now).and_return(now)
+          expect(access).to be_expired
+        end
+      end
+
+      context 'when within min validity correction' do
+        it 'access is not expired' do
+          allow(Time).to receive(:now).and_return(now - 1)
+          expect(access).not_to be_expired
+        end
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   describe '#refresh' do
@@ -184,4 +206,70 @@ def assert_initialized_token(target) # rubocop:disable Metrics/AbcSize
       expect(access_token.to_hash).to eq(hash)
     end
   end
+
+  context 'when token is a JWT token' do
+    let(:rsa_private) { OpenSSL::PKey::RSA.generate 2048 }
+    let(:rsa_public) { rsa_private.public_key }
+    let(:token_payload) do
+      {
+        'exp' => exp,
+        'nbf' => 0,
+        'iat' => now.to_i,
+        'iss' => 'https://example.com/auth/realms/issuer',
+        'aud' => 'client-identifier',
+        'sub' => 'subject-identifier',
+        'typ' => 'Bearer',
+        'azp' => 'client-identifier',
+      }
+    end
+    let(:token) { @token ||= JWT.encode(token_payload, rsa_private, 'RS256') }
+
+    let(:refresh_token_payload) do
+      {
+        'exp' => exp_refresh,
+        'nbf' => 0,
+        'iat' => refreshed_now.to_i,
+        'iss' => 'https://example.com/auth/realms/issuer',
+        'aud' => 'client-identifier',
+        'sub' => 'subject-identifier',
+        'typ' => 'Bearer',
+        'azp' => 'client-identifier',
+      }
+    end
+    let(:refresh_token) { @refresh_token ||= JWT.encode(refresh_token_payload, rsa_private, 'RS256') }
+
+    let(:now) { Time.now }
+    let(:exp) { now.to_i + 300 }
+    let(:exp_refresh) { refreshed_now.to_i + 300 }
+    let(:refreshed_now) { Time.now + 300 }
+
+    let(:refresh_body) { MultiJson.encode(:access_token => token, :expires_in => 600, :refresh_token => refresh_token) }
+
+    describe 'time skew' do
+      let(:time_skew) { 10 }
+      let!(:access) do
+        described_class.new(client, token, :expires_at => exp).tap do |access|
+          access.instance_variable_set(:@time_skew, time_skew)
+        end
+      end
+
+      context 'when not within time skew correction' do
+        let(:local_now) { Time.at(exp) + time_skew - AccessToken::MIN_VALIDITY }
+
+        it 'access is expired' do
+          allow(Time).to receive(:now).and_return(local_now)
+          expect(access).to be_expired
+        end
+      end
+
+      context 'when within time skew correction' do
+        let(:local_now) { Time.at(exp) + time_skew - AccessToken::MIN_VALIDITY - 1 }
+
+        it 'access is not expired' do
+          allow(Time).to receive(:now).and_return(local_now)
+          expect(access).not_to be_expired
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end