diff --git a/abstract-pool.ts b/abstract-pool.ts
index 9a78570..6fab8ea 100644
--- a/abstract-pool.ts
+++ b/abstract-pool.ts
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ export class AbstractSimplePool {
   subscribeEose(
     relays: string[],
     filter: Filter,
-    params: Pick<SubscribeManyParams, 'label' | 'id' | 'onevent' | 'onclose' | 'maxWait' | 'onauth'>,
+    params: Pick<SubscribeManyParams, 'label' | 'id' | 'onevent' | 'oninvalidevent' | 'onclose' | 'maxWait' | 'onauth'>,
   ): SubCloser {
     let subcloser: SubCloser
     subcloser = this.subscribe(relays, filter, {
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ export class AbstractSimplePool {
   subscribeManyEose(
     relays: string[],
     filter: Filter,
-    params: Pick<SubscribeManyParams, 'label' | 'id' | 'onevent' | 'onclose' | 'maxWait' | 'onauth'>,
+    params: Pick<SubscribeManyParams, 'label' | 'id' | 'onevent' | 'oninvalidevent' | 'onclose' | 'maxWait' | 'onauth'>,
   ): SubCloser {
     return this.subscribeEose(relays, filter, params)
   }
diff --git a/abstract-relay.ts b/abstract-relay.ts
index bc598c6..21e26b4 100644
--- a/abstract-relay.ts
+++ b/abstract-relay.ts
@@ -426,6 +426,8 @@ export class AbstractRelay {
           const event = data[2] as NostrEvent
           if (this.verifyEvent(event) && matchFilters(so.filters, event)) {
             so.onevent(event)
+          } else {
+            so.oninvalidevent?.(event)
           }
           if (!so.lastEmitted || so.lastEmitted < event.created_at) so.lastEmitted = event.created_at
           return
@@ -504,6 +506,7 @@ export class Subscription {
   public receivedEvent: ((relay: AbstractRelay, id: string) => void) | undefined
 
   public onevent: (evt: Event) => void
+  public oninvalidevent: ((evt: unknown) => void) | undefined
   public oneose: (() => void) | undefined
   public onclose: ((reason: string) => void) | undefined
 
@@ -525,6 +528,7 @@ export class Subscription {
 
     this.oneose = params.oneose
     this.onclose = params.onclose
+    this.oninvalidevent = params.oninvalidevent
     this.onevent =
       params.onevent ||
       (event => {
@@ -576,6 +580,7 @@ export class Subscription {
 
 export type SubscriptionParams = {
   onevent?: (evt: Event) => void
+  oninvalidevent?: (evt: unknown) => void
   oneose?: () => void
   onclose?: (reason: string) => void
   alreadyHaveEvent?: (id: string) => boolean
diff --git a/pool.test.ts b/pool.test.ts
index 543d161..47cfe86 100644
--- a/pool.test.ts
+++ b/pool.test.ts
@@ -393,3 +393,24 @@ test('track relays when publishing', async () => {
   await Promise.all(pool.publish(relayURLs, event2))
   expect(pool.seenOn.get(event2.id)).toBeUndefined()
 })
+
+test('oninvalidevent is called through the pool for invalid events', async done => {
+  const mockRelay = mockRelays[0]
+  const relay = await pool.ensureRelay(mockRelay.url)
+
+  const sub = relay.prepareSubscription([{ kinds: [1] }], {
+    oninvalidevent(event) {
+      expect((event as any).kind).toBe('1')
+      sub.close()
+      done()
+    },
+  })
+
+  const sk = generateSecretKey()
+  const wrongFieldTypeEvent = [finalizeEvent(
+    { kind: 1, content: 'hello', created_at: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000), tags: [] },
+    sk,
+  )].map(v => { (v as any).kind = '1'; return v })[0]
+
+  relay._onmessage({ data: JSON.stringify(['EVENT', sub.id, wrongFieldTypeEvent]) } as MessageEvent)
+})
diff --git a/relay.test.ts b/relay.test.ts
index c08c0b0..81d77b7 100644
--- a/relay.test.ts
+++ b/relay.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { expect, test } from 'bun:test'
 import { Server } from 'mock-socket'
 import { finalizeEvent, generateSecretKey, getPublicKey } from './pure.ts'
+import { NostrEvent } from './pure.ts'
 import { Relay, useWebSocketImplementation } from './relay.ts'
 import { MockRelay, MockWebSocketClient } from './test-helpers.ts'
 
@@ -336,3 +337,59 @@ test('reconnect on disconnect', async () => {
   expect(relay.connected).toBeTrue()
   expect(closes).toBe(1) // should not have closed again
 })
+
+test('oninvalidevent is called for malformed events', async done => {
+  const mockRelay = new MockRelay()
+  const relay = new Relay(mockRelay.url)
+  await relay.connect()
+
+  const sub = relay.prepareSubscription([{ kinds: [1] }], {
+    oninvalidevent(event) {
+      expect((event as any).kind).toBe('1')
+      sub.close()
+      relay.close()
+      done()
+    },
+  })
+
+  const sk = generateSecretKey()
+  const wrongFieldTypeEvent = [finalizeEvent(
+    {
+      kind: 1,
+      content: 'content',
+      created_at: 0,
+      tags: [],
+    },
+    sk
+  )].map(v => { (v as any).kind = '1'; return v })[0]
+
+  relay._onmessage({ data: JSON.stringify(['EVENT', sub.id, wrongFieldTypeEvent]) } as MessageEvent)
+})
+
+test('oninvalidevent is called for events that do not match subscription filters', async done => {
+  const mockRelay = new MockRelay()
+  const sk = generateSecretKey()
+  const relay = new Relay(mockRelay.url)
+  await relay.connect()
+
+  const sub = relay.prepareSubscription([{ kinds: [999] }], {
+    oninvalidevent(event) {
+      expect((event as NostrEvent).kind).toBe(1)
+      sub.close()
+      relay.close()
+      done()
+    },
+  })
+
+  const event = finalizeEvent(
+    {
+      kind: 1,
+      content: 'does not match filter',
+      created_at: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000),
+      tags: [],
+    },
+    sk,
+  )
+
+  relay._onmessage({ data: JSON.stringify(['EVENT', sub.id, event]) } as MessageEvent)
+})