diff --git a/baseapp/baseapp.go b/baseapp/baseapp.go
index 5d13ac151f..79f666aa28 100644
--- a/baseapp/baseapp.go
+++ b/baseapp/baseapp.go
@@ -637,6 +637,23 @@ func validateBasicTxMsgs(msgs []sdk.Msg) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// validateRuntimeTxMsgs executes basic runtime validator calls for messages.
+func validateRuntimeTxMsgs(ctx sdk.Context, msgs []sdk.Msg) error {
+	if len(msgs) == 0 {
+		return sdkerrors.Wrap(sdkerrors.ErrInvalidRequest, "must contain at least one message")
+	}
+
+	for _, msg := range msgs {
+		if runtimeMsg, ok := msg.(sdk.MsgWithRuntimeValidation); ok {
+			if err := runtimeMsg.ValidateRuntime(ctx); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // Returns the application's deliverState if app is in runTxModeDeliver,
 // prepareProposalState if app is in runTxPrepareProposal, processProposalState
 // if app is in runTxProcessProposal, and checkState otherwise.
@@ -790,6 +807,9 @@ func (app *BaseApp) runTxOnContext(ctx sdk.Context, mode runTxMode, txBytes []by
 	if err := validateBasicTxMsgs(msgs); err != nil {
 		return sdk.GasInfo{}, nil, nil, 0, err
 	}
+	if err := validateRuntimeTxMsgs(ctx, msgs); err != nil {
+		return sdk.GasInfo{}, nil, nil, 0, err
+	}
 
 	if app.anteHandler != nil {
 		var (
diff --git a/baseapp/msg_service_router.go b/baseapp/msg_service_router.go
index ec68ffd4c4..a1837349fc 100644
--- a/baseapp/msg_service_router.go
+++ b/baseapp/msg_service_router.go
@@ -122,6 +122,12 @@ func (msr *MsgServiceRouter) RegisterService(sd *grpc.ServiceDesc, handler inter
 				return nil, err
 			}
 
+			if runtimeReq, ok := req.(sdk.MsgWithRuntimeValidation); ok {
+				if err := runtimeReq.ValidateRuntime(ctx); err != nil {
+					return nil, err
+				}
+			}
+
 			if msr.circuitBreaker != nil {
 				msgURL := sdk.MsgTypeURL(req)
 
diff --git a/types/tx_msg.go b/types/tx_msg.go
index 41c647e57d..2f6255cb41 100644
--- a/types/tx_msg.go
+++ b/types/tx_msg.go
@@ -25,6 +25,17 @@ type (
 		GetSigners() []AccAddress
 	}
 
+	// MsgWithRuntimeValidation defines the interface a transaction message which wants to enable runtime validation.
+	// Contract: enable runtime validation after Xxxx upgrade.
+	MsgWithRuntimeValidation interface {
+		Msg
+
+		// ValidateRuntime does a simple validation, different from ValidateBasic the context information
+		// will be used to facilitate validation for hardfork.
+		// Contract: only used for simple validation which needs hardfork logic.
+		ValidateRuntime(ctx Context) error
+	}
+
 	// Fee defines an interface for an application application-defined concrete
 	// transaction type to be able to set and return the transaction fee.
 	Fee interface {
diff --git a/x/gov/keeper/proposal.go b/x/gov/keeper/proposal.go
index 175cfff7a0..db8d4506c8 100644
--- a/x/gov/keeper/proposal.go
+++ b/x/gov/keeper/proposal.go
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ func (k Keeper) SubmitProposal(ctx sdk.Context, messages []sdk.Msg, metadata, ti
 			return v1.Proposal{}, sdkerrors.Wrap(types.ErrInvalidProposalMsg, err.Error())
 		}
 
+		if runtimeMsg, ok := msg.(sdk.MsgWithRuntimeValidation); ok {
+			if err := runtimeMsg.ValidateRuntime(ctx); err != nil {
+				return v1.Proposal{}, sdkerrors.Wrap(types.ErrInvalidProposalMsg, err.Error())
+			}
+		}
+
 		signers := msg.GetSigners()
 		if len(signers) != 1 {
 			return v1.Proposal{}, types.ErrInvalidSigner