diff --git a/crypto/s2n_ecc_evp.c b/crypto/s2n_ecc_evp.c
index 453ca3c62e2..80c9b637986 100644
--- a/crypto/s2n_ecc_evp.c
+++ b/crypto/s2n_ecc_evp.c
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 
 #include <stdint.h>
 
+#include "crypto/s2n_fips.h"
+#include "crypto/s2n_libcrypto.h"
 #include "tls/s2n_connection.h"
 #include "tls/s2n_ecc_preferences.h"
 #include "tls/s2n_tls_parameters.h"
@@ -118,6 +120,15 @@ int s2n_is_evp_apis_supported()
     return EVP_APIS_SUPPORTED;
 }
 
+bool s2n_ecc_evp_supports_fips_check()
+{
+#ifdef S2N_LIBCRYPTO_SUPPORTS_EC_KEY_CHECK_FIPS
+    return true;
+#else
+    return false;
+#endif
+}
+
 #if EVP_APIS_SUPPORTED
 static int s2n_ecc_evp_generate_key_x25519(const struct s2n_ecc_named_curve *named_curve, EVP_PKEY **evp_pkey)
 {
@@ -163,24 +174,47 @@ static int s2n_ecc_evp_generate_own_key(const struct s2n_ecc_named_curve *named_
     return named_curve->generate_key(named_curve, evp_pkey);
 }
 
+static S2N_RESULT s2n_ecc_check_key(EC_KEY *ec_key)
+{
+    RESULT_ENSURE_REF(ec_key);
+
+#ifdef S2N_LIBCRYPTO_SUPPORTS_EC_KEY_CHECK_FIPS
+    if (s2n_is_in_fips_mode()) {
+        RESULT_GUARD_OSSL(EC_KEY_check_fips(ec_key), S2N_ERR_ECDHE_INVALID_PUBLIC_KEY_FIPS);
+        return S2N_RESULT_OK;
+    }
+#endif
+
+    RESULT_GUARD_OSSL(EC_KEY_check_key(ec_key), S2N_ERR_ECDHE_INVALID_PUBLIC_KEY);
+
+    return S2N_RESULT_OK;
+}
+
 static int s2n_ecc_evp_compute_shared_secret(EVP_PKEY *own_key, EVP_PKEY *peer_public, uint16_t iana_id, struct s2n_blob *shared_secret)
 {
     POSIX_ENSURE_REF(peer_public);
     POSIX_ENSURE_REF(own_key);
 
-    /* From RFC 8446(TLS1.3) Section 4.2.8.2: For the curves secp256r1, secp384r1, and secp521r1, peers MUST validate 
-     * each other's public value Q by ensuring that the point is a valid point on the elliptic curve.
-     * For the curve x25519 and x448 the peer public-key validation check doesn't apply.
-     * From RFC 8422(TLS1.2) Section 5.11: With the NIST curves, each party MUST validate the public key sent by its peer
-     * in the ClientKeyExchange and ServerKeyExchange messages. A receiving party MUST check that the x and y parameters from 
-     * the peer's public value satisfy the curve equation, y^2 = x^3 + ax + b mod p.
-     * Note that the `EC_KEY_check_key` validation is a MUST for only NIST curves, if a non-NIST curve is added to s2n-tls 
-     * this is an additional validation step that increases security but decreases performance.
+    /**
+     *= https://tools.ietf.org/rfc/rfc8446#section-4.2.8.2
+     *# For the curves secp256r1, secp384r1, and secp521r1, peers MUST
+     *# validate each other's public value Q by ensuring that the point is a
+     *# valid point on the elliptic curve.
+     *
+     *= https://tools.ietf.org/rfc/rfc8422#section-5.11
+     *# With the NIST curves, each party MUST validate the public key sent by
+     *# its peer in the ClientKeyExchange and ServerKeyExchange messages.  A
+     *# receiving party MUST check that the x and y parameters from the
+     *# peer's public value satisfy the curve equation, y^2 = x^3 + ax + b
+     *# mod p.
+     *
+     * The validation requirement for the public key value only applies to NIST curves. The
+     * validation is skipped with non-NIST curves for increased performance.
      */
     if (iana_id != TLS_EC_CURVE_ECDH_X25519 && iana_id != TLS_EC_CURVE_ECDH_X448) {
         DEFER_CLEANUP(EC_KEY *ec_key = EVP_PKEY_get1_EC_KEY(peer_public), EC_KEY_free_pointer);
-        S2N_ERROR_IF(ec_key == NULL, S2N_ERR_ECDHE_UNSUPPORTED_CURVE);
-        POSIX_GUARD_OSSL(EC_KEY_check_key(ec_key), S2N_ERR_ECDHE_SHARED_SECRET);
+        POSIX_ENSURE(ec_key, S2N_ERR_ECDHE_UNSUPPORTED_CURVE);
+        POSIX_GUARD_RESULT(s2n_ecc_check_key(ec_key));
     }
 
     size_t shared_secret_size = 0;
diff --git a/crypto/s2n_ecc_evp.h b/crypto/s2n_ecc_evp.h
index cd76417770f..6cc38f10cc4 100644
--- a/crypto/s2n_ecc_evp.h
+++ b/crypto/s2n_ecc_evp.h
@@ -85,3 +85,4 @@ int s2n_ecc_evp_parse_params(struct s2n_connection *conn,
 int s2n_ecc_evp_find_supported_curve(struct s2n_connection *conn, struct s2n_blob *iana_ids, const struct s2n_ecc_named_curve **found);
 int s2n_ecc_evp_params_free(struct s2n_ecc_evp_params *ecc_evp_params);
 int s2n_is_evp_apis_supported();
+bool s2n_ecc_evp_supports_fips_check();
diff --git a/error/s2n_errno.c b/error/s2n_errno.c
index 411d4bf70c2..7b770681758 100644
--- a/error/s2n_errno.c
+++ b/error/s2n_errno.c
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ static const char *no_such_error = "Internal s2n error";
     ERR_ENTRY(S2N_ERR_ECDHE_GEN_KEY, "Failed to generate an ECDHE key") \
     ERR_ENTRY(S2N_ERR_ECDHE_SHARED_SECRET, "Error computing ECDHE shared secret") \
     ERR_ENTRY(S2N_ERR_ECDHE_UNSUPPORTED_CURVE, "Unsupported EC curve was presented during an ECDHE handshake") \
+    ERR_ENTRY(S2N_ERR_ECDHE_INVALID_PUBLIC_KEY, "Failed to validate the peer's point on the elliptic curve") \
+    ERR_ENTRY(S2N_ERR_ECDHE_INVALID_PUBLIC_KEY_FIPS, "Failed to validate the peer's point on the elliptic curve, per FIPS requirements") \
     ERR_ENTRY(S2N_ERR_ECDSA_UNSUPPORTED_CURVE, "Unsupported EC curve was presented during an ECDSA SignatureScheme handshake") \
     ERR_ENTRY(S2N_ERR_ECDHE_SERIALIZING, "Error serializing ECDHE public") \
     ERR_ENTRY(S2N_ERR_KEM_UNSUPPORTED_PARAMS, "Unsupported KEM params was presented during a handshake that uses a KEM") \
diff --git a/error/s2n_errno.h b/error/s2n_errno.h
index f2efeffcc1e..fa16387839d 100644
--- a/error/s2n_errno.h
+++ b/error/s2n_errno.h
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ typedef enum {
     S2N_ERR_ECDHE_GEN_KEY,
     S2N_ERR_ECDHE_SHARED_SECRET,
     S2N_ERR_ECDHE_UNSUPPORTED_CURVE,
+    S2N_ERR_ECDHE_INVALID_PUBLIC_KEY,
+    S2N_ERR_ECDHE_INVALID_PUBLIC_KEY_FIPS,
     S2N_ERR_ECDSA_UNSUPPORTED_CURVE,
     S2N_ERR_ECDHE_SERIALIZING,
     S2N_ERR_KEM_UNSUPPORTED_PARAMS,
diff --git a/tests/features/S2N_LIBCRYPTO_SUPPORTS_EC_KEY_CHECK_FIPS.c b/tests/features/S2N_LIBCRYPTO_SUPPORTS_EC_KEY_CHECK_FIPS.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8ef8342e7e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/features/S2N_LIBCRYPTO_SUPPORTS_EC_KEY_CHECK_FIPS.c
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+* Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+*
+* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License").
+* You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+* A copy of the License is located at
+*
+*  http://aws.amazon.com/apache2.0
+*
+* or in the "license" file accompanying this file. This file is distributed
+* on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either
+* express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing
+* permissions and limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+#include <openssl/ec.h>
+
+int main()
+{
+    EC_KEY *ec_key = NULL;
+    EC_KEY_check_fips(ec_key);
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tests/features/S2N_LIBCRYPTO_SUPPORTS_EC_KEY_CHECK_FIPS.flags b/tests/features/S2N_LIBCRYPTO_SUPPORTS_EC_KEY_CHECK_FIPS.flags
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/tests/unit/s2n_ecc_evp_test.c b/tests/unit/s2n_ecc_evp_test.c
index a336f91f967..44c0827d2dc 100644
--- a/tests/unit/s2n_ecc_evp_test.c
+++ b/tests/unit/s2n_ecc_evp_test.c
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 #include "crypto/s2n_ecc_evp.h"
 
 #include "api/s2n.h"
+#include "crypto/s2n_fips.h"
+#include "crypto/s2n_libcrypto.h"
 #include "s2n_test.h"
 #include "stuffer/s2n_stuffer.h"
 #include "testlib/s2n_testlib.h"
@@ -27,10 +29,19 @@
 
 extern const struct s2n_ecc_named_curve s2n_unsupported_curve;
 
+DEFINE_POINTER_CLEANUP_FUNC(EC_KEY*, EC_KEY_free);
+DEFINE_POINTER_CLEANUP_FUNC(EC_POINT*, EC_POINT_free);
+
 int main(int argc, char** argv)
 {
     BEGIN_TEST();
     EXPECT_SUCCESS(s2n_disable_tls13_in_test());
+
+    /* Test the EC_KEY_CHECK_FIPS feature probe. AWS-LC is a libcrypto known to support this feature. */
+    if (s2n_libcrypto_is_awslc()) {
+        EXPECT_TRUE(s2n_ecc_evp_supports_fips_check());
+    }
+
     {
         /* Test generate ephemeral keys for all supported curves */
         for (size_t i = 0; i < s2n_all_supported_curves_list_len; i++) {
@@ -405,5 +416,79 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
             EXPECT_SUCCESS(s2n_ecc_evp_params_free(&client_params));
         }
     };
+
+    /**
+     *= https://tools.ietf.org/rfc/rfc8446#section-4.2.8.2
+     *= type=test
+     *# For the curves secp256r1, secp384r1, and secp521r1, peers MUST
+     *# validate each other's public value Q by ensuring that the point is a
+     *# valid point on the elliptic curve.  The appropriate validation
+     *# procedures are defined in Section 4.3.7 of [ECDSA] and alternatively
+     *# in Section 5.6.2.3 of [KEYAGREEMENT].  This process consists of three
+     *# steps: (1) verify that Q is not the point at infinity (O), (2) verify
+     *# that for Q = (x, y) both integers x and y are in the correct
+     *# interval, and (3) ensure that (x, y) is a correct solution to the
+     *# elliptic curve equation.  For these curves, implementors do not need
+     *# to verify membership in the correct subgroup.
+     *
+     * s2n-tls performs this validation by invoking the libcrypto APIs: EC_KEY_check_key, and
+     * EC_KEY_check_fips. To ensure that these APIs are properly called, step (1) is invalidated.
+     */
+    {
+        const struct s2n_ecc_named_curve* const nist_curves[] = {
+            &s2n_ecc_curve_secp256r1,
+            &s2n_ecc_curve_secp384r1,
+            &s2n_ecc_curve_secp521r1,
+        };
+
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < s2n_array_len(nist_curves); i++) {
+            const struct s2n_ecc_named_curve* curve = nist_curves[i];
+
+            DEFER_CLEANUP(struct s2n_ecc_evp_params server_params = { 0 }, s2n_ecc_evp_params_free);
+            DEFER_CLEANUP(struct s2n_ecc_evp_params client_params = { 0 }, s2n_ecc_evp_params_free);
+            DEFER_CLEANUP(struct s2n_blob shared_key = { 0 }, s2n_free);
+
+            /* Create a server key. */
+            server_params.negotiated_curve = curve;
+            EXPECT_SUCCESS(s2n_ecc_evp_generate_ephemeral_key(&server_params));
+            EXPECT_NOT_NULL(server_params.evp_pkey);
+
+            /* Create a client key. */
+            client_params.negotiated_curve = curve;
+            EXPECT_SUCCESS(s2n_ecc_evp_generate_ephemeral_key(&client_params));
+            EXPECT_NOT_NULL(client_params.evp_pkey);
+
+            /* Retrieve the existing client public key. */
+            DEFER_CLEANUP(EC_KEY* ec_key = EVP_PKEY_get1_EC_KEY(client_params.evp_pkey),
+                    EC_KEY_free_pointer);
+            EXPECT_NOT_NULL(ec_key);
+            const EC_GROUP* group = EC_KEY_get0_group(ec_key);
+            EXPECT_NOT_NULL(group);
+            const EC_POINT* public_key = EC_KEY_get0_public_key(ec_key);
+            EXPECT_NOT_NULL(public_key);
+
+            /* Invalidate the public key by setting the coordinate to infinity. */
+            DEFER_CLEANUP(EC_POINT* invalid_public_key = EC_POINT_dup(public_key, group),
+                    EC_POINT_free_pointer);
+            EXPECT_NOT_NULL(invalid_public_key);
+            EXPECT_EQUAL(EC_POINT_set_to_infinity(group, invalid_public_key), 1);
+            EXPECT_EQUAL(EC_KEY_set_public_key(ec_key, invalid_public_key), 1);
+            EXPECT_EQUAL(EVP_PKEY_set1_EC_KEY(client_params.evp_pkey, ec_key), 1);
+
+            /* Compute the server's shared secret. */
+            int ret = s2n_ecc_evp_compute_shared_secret_from_params(&server_params,
+                    &client_params, &shared_key);
+
+            /* If s2n-tls is in FIPS mode and the libcrypto supports the EC_KEY_check_fips API,
+             * ensure that this API is called by checking for the correct error.
+             */
+            if (s2n_is_in_fips_mode() && s2n_ecc_evp_supports_fips_check()) {
+                EXPECT_FAILURE_WITH_ERRNO(ret, S2N_ERR_ECDHE_INVALID_PUBLIC_KEY_FIPS);
+            } else {
+                EXPECT_FAILURE_WITH_ERRNO(ret, S2N_ERR_ECDHE_INVALID_PUBLIC_KEY);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     END_TEST();
 }
diff --git a/tls/s2n_alerts.c b/tls/s2n_alerts.c
index ca0e2039664..88752b16d25 100644
--- a/tls/s2n_alerts.c
+++ b/tls/s2n_alerts.c
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ static S2N_RESULT s2n_translate_protocol_error_to_alert(int error_code, uint8_t
         S2N_NO_ALERT(S2N_ERR_ECDHE_GEN_KEY);
         S2N_NO_ALERT(S2N_ERR_ECDHE_SHARED_SECRET);
         S2N_NO_ALERT(S2N_ERR_ECDHE_UNSUPPORTED_CURVE);
+        S2N_NO_ALERT(S2N_ERR_ECDHE_INVALID_PUBLIC_KEY);
+        S2N_NO_ALERT(S2N_ERR_ECDHE_INVALID_PUBLIC_KEY_FIPS);
         S2N_NO_ALERT(S2N_ERR_ECDSA_UNSUPPORTED_CURVE);
         S2N_NO_ALERT(S2N_ERR_ECDHE_SERIALIZING);
         S2N_NO_ALERT(S2N_ERR_KEM_UNSUPPORTED_PARAMS);