diff --git a/tonic/Cargo.toml b/tonic/Cargo.toml
index b400375ae..43c8fd83a 100644
--- a/tonic/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tonic/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ tls = ["dep:rustls-pemfile", "dep:tokio-rustls", "dep:tokio", "tokio?/rt", "toki
 tls-roots = ["tls-native-roots"] # Deprecated. Please use `tls-native-roots` instead.
 tls-native-roots = ["tls", "channel", "dep:rustls-native-certs"]
 tls-webpki-roots = ["tls", "channel", "dep:webpki-roots"]
+tls-platform-verifier = ["tls", "channel", "dep:rustls-platform-verifier"]
 router = ["dep:axum", "dep:tower", "tower?/util"]
 server = [
   "router",
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ axum = {version = "0.7", default-features = false, optional = true}
 # rustls
 rustls-pemfile = { version = "2.0", optional = true }
 rustls-native-certs = { version = "0.8", optional = true }
+rustls-platform-verifier = { version = "0.3", optional = true }
 tokio-rustls = { version = "0.26", default-features = false, features = ["logging", "tls12", "ring"], optional = true }
 webpki-roots = { version = "0.26", optional = true }
 
diff --git a/tonic/src/lib.rs b/tonic/src/lib.rs
index 2ed0d220e..8d3ec8e37 100644
--- a/tonic/src/lib.rs
+++ b/tonic/src/lib.rs
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
 //!   [`rustls-native-certs`] crate. Not enabled by default.
 //! - `tls-webpki-roots`: Add the standard trust roots from the [`webpki-roots`] crate to
 //!   `rustls`-based gRPC clients. Not enabled by default.
+//! - `tls-platform-verifier`: Uses the operating system’s certificate facilities to verify
+//!   the validity of TLS certificates using the [`rustls-platform-verifier`] crate. Not
+//!   enabled by default.
 //! - `prost`: Enables the [`prost`] based gRPC [`Codec`] implementation. Enabled by default.
 //! - `gzip`: Enables compressing requests, responses, and streams. Depends on [`flate2`].
 //!   Not enabled by default.
@@ -80,6 +83,7 @@
 //! [`transport`]: transport/index.html
 //! [`rustls-native-certs`]: https://docs.rs/rustls-native-certs
 //! [`webpki-roots`]: https://docs.rs/webpki-roots
+//! [`rustls-platform-verifier`]: https://docs.rs/rustls-platform-verifier
 //! [`flate2`]: https://docs.rs/flate2
 //! [`zstd`]: https://docs.rs/zstd
 
diff --git a/tonic/src/transport/channel/service/tls.rs b/tonic/src/transport/channel/service/tls.rs
index efdd8dc91..c130243f2 100644
--- a/tonic/src/transport/channel/service/tls.rs
+++ b/tonic/src/transport/channel/service/tls.rs
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ impl TlsConnector {
         assume_http2: bool,
         #[cfg(feature = "tls-native-roots")] with_native_roots: bool,
         #[cfg(feature = "tls-webpki-roots")] with_webpki_roots: bool,
+        #[cfg(feature = "tls-platform-verifier")] with_platform_verifier: bool,
     ) -> Result<Self, crate::Error> {
         let builder = ClientConfig::builder();
         let mut roots = RootCertStore::from_iter(trust_anchors);
@@ -58,7 +59,20 @@ impl TlsConnector {
             add_certs_from_pem(&mut Cursor::new(cert), &mut roots)?;
         }
 
+        #[cfg(feature = "tls-platform-verifier")]
+        let builder = if with_platform_verifier {
+            builder
+                .dangerous()
+                .with_custom_certificate_verifier(Arc::new(
+                    rustls_platform_verifier::Verifier::new_with_extra_roots(roots.roots),
+                ))
+        } else {
+            builder.with_root_certificates(roots)
+        };
+
+        #[cfg(not(feature = "tls-platform-verifier"))]
         let builder = builder.with_root_certificates(roots);
+
         let mut config = match identity {
             Some(identity) => {
                 let (client_cert, client_key) = load_identity(identity)?;
diff --git a/tonic/src/transport/channel/tls.rs b/tonic/src/transport/channel/tls.rs
index 03dd3b742..19afc608c 100644
--- a/tonic/src/transport/channel/tls.rs
+++ b/tonic/src/transport/channel/tls.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ pub struct ClientTlsConfig {
     with_native_roots: bool,
     #[cfg(feature = "tls-webpki-roots")]
     with_webpki_roots: bool,
+    #[cfg(feature = "tls-platform-verifier")]
+    with_platform_verifier: bool,
 }
 
 impl ClientTlsConfig {
@@ -102,6 +104,15 @@ impl ClientTlsConfig {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Enables the platform verifier.
+    #[cfg(feature = "tls-platform-verifier")]
+    pub fn with_platform_verifier(self) -> Self {
+        ClientTlsConfig {
+            with_platform_verifier: true,
+            ..self
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Activates all TLS roots enabled through `tls-*-roots` feature flags
     pub fn with_enabled_roots(self) -> Self {
         let config = ClientTlsConfig::new();
@@ -127,6 +138,8 @@ impl ClientTlsConfig {
             self.with_native_roots,
             #[cfg(feature = "tls-webpki-roots")]
             self.with_webpki_roots,
+            #[cfg(feature = "tls-platform-verifier")]
+            self.with_platform_verifier,
         )
     }
 }