diff --git a/src/app/clusters/operational-credentials-server/operational-credentials-server.cpp b/src/app/clusters/operational-credentials-server/operational-credentials-server.cpp
index 2f051aa70fc644..92427f97744f9f 100644
--- a/src/app/clusters/operational-credentials-server/operational-credentials-server.cpp
+++ b/src/app/clusters/operational-credentials-server/operational-credentials-server.cpp
@@ -1176,8 +1176,6 @@ bool emberAfOperationalCredentialsClusterAddTrustedRootCertificateCallback(
     commandObj->FlushAcksRightAwayOnSlowCommand();
 
     // TODO(#17208): Handle checking for byte-to-byte match with existing fabrics before allowing the add
-
-    // TODO(#17208): Validate cert signature prior to setting.
     err = fabricTable.AddNewPendingTrustedRootCert(rootCertificate);
     VerifyOrExit(err != CHIP_ERROR_NO_MEMORY, finalStatus = Status::ResourceExhausted);
 
diff --git a/src/credentials/CHIPCert.cpp b/src/credentials/CHIPCert.cpp
index 7f11430cd2a634..5625a01f0d0860 100644
--- a/src/credentials/CHIPCert.cpp
+++ b/src/credentials/CHIPCert.cpp
@@ -1145,6 +1145,38 @@ DLL_EXPORT CHIP_ERROR ChipEpochToASN1Time(uint32_t epochTime, chip::ASN1::ASN1Un
     return CHIP_NO_ERROR;
 }
 
+CHIP_ERROR ValidateChipRCAC(const ByteSpan & rcac)
+{
+    ChipCertificateSet certSet;
+    ChipCertificateData certData;
+    ValidationContext validContext;
+    uint8_t certType;
+
+    // Note that this function doesn't check RCAC NotBefore / NotAfter time validity.
+    // It is assumed that RCAC should be valid at the time of installation by definition.
+
+    ReturnErrorOnFailure(certSet.Init(&certData, 1));
+
+    ReturnErrorOnFailure(certSet.LoadCert(rcac, CertDecodeFlags::kGenerateTBSHash));
+
+    ReturnErrorOnFailure(certData.mSubjectDN.GetCertType(certType));
+    VerifyOrReturnError(certType == kCertType_Root, CHIP_ERROR_WRONG_CERT_TYPE);
+
+    VerifyOrReturnError(certData.mSubjectDN.IsEqual(certData.mIssuerDN), CHIP_ERROR_WRONG_CERT_TYPE);
+
+    VerifyOrReturnError(certData.mSubjectKeyId.data_equal(certData.mAuthKeyId), CHIP_ERROR_WRONG_CERT_TYPE);
+
+    VerifyOrReturnError(certData.mCertFlags.Has(CertFlags::kIsCA), CHIP_ERROR_CERT_USAGE_NOT_ALLOWED);
+    if (certData.mCertFlags.Has(CertFlags::kPathLenConstraintPresent))
+    {
+        VerifyOrReturnError(certData.mPathLenConstraint <= 1, CHIP_ERROR_CERT_USAGE_NOT_ALLOWED);
+    }
+
+    VerifyOrReturnError(certData.mKeyUsageFlags.Has(KeyUsageFlags::kKeyCertSign), CHIP_ERROR_CERT_USAGE_NOT_ALLOWED);
+
+    return ChipCertificateSet::VerifySignature(&certData, &certData);
+}
+
 CHIP_ERROR ConvertIntegerDERToRaw(ByteSpan derInt, uint8_t * rawInt, const uint16_t rawIntLen)
 {
     VerifyOrReturnError(!derInt.empty(), CHIP_ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENT);
diff --git a/src/credentials/CHIPCert.h b/src/credentials/CHIPCert.h
index 865283f091614e..881c0368e44d88 100644
--- a/src/credentials/CHIPCert.h
+++ b/src/credentials/CHIPCert.h
@@ -498,6 +498,15 @@ CHIP_ERROR ConvertX509CertToChipCert(const ByteSpan x509Cert, MutableByteSpan &
  **/
 CHIP_ERROR ConvertChipCertToX509Cert(const ByteSpan chipCert, MutableByteSpan & x509Cert);
 
+/**
+ * Validate CHIP Root CA Certificate (RCAC) in ByteSpan TLV-encoded form.
+ * This function performs RCAC parcing, checks SubjectDN validity, verifies that SubjectDN
+ * and IssuerDN are equal, verifies that SKID and AKID are equal, validates certificate signature.
+ *
+ * @return Returns a CHIP_ERROR on error, CHIP_NO_ERROR otherwise
+ */
+CHIP_ERROR ValidateChipRCAC(const ByteSpan & rcac);
+
 struct X509CertRequestParams
 {
     int64_t SerialNumber;
@@ -708,7 +717,7 @@ CHIP_ERROR ExtractCATsFromOpCert(const ByteSpan & opcert, CATValues & cats);
 CHIP_ERROR ExtractCATsFromOpCert(const ChipCertificateData & opcert, CATValues & cats);
 
 /**
- * Extract the and Fabric ID from an operational certificate in ByteSpan TLV-encoded
+ * Extract Fabric ID from an operational certificate in ByteSpan TLV-encoded
  * form.  This does not perform any sort of validation on the certificate
  * structure other than parsing it.
  *
diff --git a/src/credentials/FabricTable.cpp b/src/credentials/FabricTable.cpp
index f854956f067a64..df920f0bb40bfc 100644
--- a/src/credentials/FabricTable.cpp
+++ b/src/credentials/FabricTable.cpp
@@ -1530,6 +1530,8 @@ CHIP_ERROR FabricTable::AddNewPendingTrustedRootCert(const ByteSpan & rcac)
         mStateFlags.HasAny(StateFlags::kIsTrustedRootPending, StateFlags::kIsUpdatePending, StateFlags::kIsAddPending),
         CHIP_ERROR_INCORRECT_STATE);
 
+    ReturnErrorOnFailure(ValidateChipRCAC(rcac));
+
     EnsureNextAvailableFabricIndexUpdated();
     FabricIndex fabricIndexToUse = kUndefinedFabricIndex;
 
diff --git a/src/credentials/tests/TestChipCert.cpp b/src/credentials/tests/TestChipCert.cpp
index bf9aae14a2394c..afdf04caf166ee 100644
--- a/src/credentials/tests/TestChipCert.cpp
+++ b/src/credentials/tests/TestChipCert.cpp
@@ -736,6 +736,37 @@ static void TestChipCert_CertValidTime(nlTestSuite * inSuite, void * inContext)
     certSet.Release();
 }
 
+static void TestChipCert_ValidateChipRCAC(nlTestSuite * inSuite, void * inContext)
+{
+    struct RCACTestCase
+    {
+        uint8_t Cert;
+        CHIP_ERROR mExpectedResult;
+    };
+
+    // clang-format off
+    static RCACTestCase sRCACTestCases[] = {
+        // Cert                    Expected Result
+        // ====================================================
+        {  TestCert::kRoot01,      CHIP_NO_ERROR              },
+        {  TestCert::kRoot02,      CHIP_NO_ERROR              },
+        {  TestCert::kICA01,       CHIP_ERROR_WRONG_CERT_TYPE },
+        {  TestCert::kICA02,       CHIP_ERROR_WRONG_CERT_TYPE },
+        {  TestCert::kICA01_1,     CHIP_ERROR_WRONG_CERT_TYPE },
+        {  TestCert::kFWSign01,    CHIP_ERROR_WRONG_CERT_TYPE },
+        {  TestCert::kNode01_01,   CHIP_ERROR_WRONG_CERT_TYPE },
+        {  TestCert::kNode02_08,   CHIP_ERROR_WRONG_CERT_TYPE },
+    };
+    // clang-format on
+
+    for (auto & testCase : sRCACTestCases)
+    {
+        ByteSpan cert;
+        NL_TEST_ASSERT(inSuite, GetTestCert(testCase.Cert, sNullLoadFlag, cert) == CHIP_NO_ERROR);
+        NL_TEST_ASSERT(inSuite, ValidateChipRCAC(cert) == testCase.mExpectedResult);
+    }
+}
+
 class AlwaysAcceptValidityPolicy : public CertificateValidityPolicy
 {
 public:
@@ -1961,6 +1992,7 @@ static const nlTest sTests[] = {
     NL_TEST_DEF("Test CHIP Certificate Distinguish Name", TestChipCert_ChipDN),
     NL_TEST_DEF("Test CHIP Certificate Validation", TestChipCert_CertValidation),
     NL_TEST_DEF("Test CHIP Certificate Validation time", TestChipCert_CertValidTime),
+    NL_TEST_DEF("Test CHIP Root Certificate Validation", TestChipCert_ValidateChipRCAC),
     NL_TEST_DEF("Test CHIP Certificate Validity Policy injection", TestChipCert_CertValidityPolicyInjection),
     NL_TEST_DEF("Test CHIP Certificate Usage", TestChipCert_CertUsage),
     NL_TEST_DEF("Test CHIP Certificate Type", TestChipCert_CertType),