diff --git a/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/encoding.nim b/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/encoding.nim
index ef22522..19e9e0f 100644
--- a/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/encoding.nim
+++ b/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/encoding.nim
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ const
   staticHeaderSize = protocolId.len + 2 + 2 + 1 + gcmNonceSize
   authdataHeadSize = sizeof(NodeId) + 1 + 1
   whoareyouSize = ivSize + staticHeaderSize + idNonceSize + 8
+  # It's mentioned in the specification that 1280 is the maximum size for the
+  # discovery v5 packet, not for the UDP datagram. Thus this limit is applied on
+  # the UDP payload and the UDP header is not taken into account.
+  # https://github.com/ethereum/devp2p/blob/26e380b1f3a57db16fbdd4528dde82104c77fa38/discv5/discv5-wire.md#udp-communication
+  maxDiscv5PacketSize* = 1280
 
 type
   AESGCMNonce* = array[gcmNonceSize, byte]
@@ -579,7 +584,10 @@ proc decodePacket*(c: var Codec, fromAddr: Address, input: openArray[byte]):
   ## WHOAREYOU packet. In case of the latter a `newNode` might be provided.
   # Smallest packet is Whoareyou packet so that is the minimum size
   if input.len() < whoareyouSize:
-    return err("Packet size too short")
+    return err("Packet size too small")
+
+  if input.len() > maxDiscv5PacketSize:
+    return err("Packet size too big")
 
   # TODO: Just pass in the full input? Makes more sense perhaps.
   let (staticHeader, header) = ? decodeHeader(c.localNode.id,
diff --git a/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/protocol.nim b/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/protocol.nim
index a190e6e..a3bb3b2 100644
--- a/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/protocol.nim
+++ b/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/protocol.nim
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ import
 
 import nimcrypto except toHex
 
-export options, results, node, enr
+export
+  options, results, node, enr, encoding.maxDiscv5PacketSize
 
 declareCounter discovery_message_requests_outgoing,
   "Discovery protocol outgoing message requests", labels = ["response"]
diff --git a/tests/p2p/test_discoveryv5.nim b/tests/p2p/test_discoveryv5.nim
index 1e0d204..d97e684 100644
--- a/tests/p2p/test_discoveryv5.nim
+++ b/tests/p2p/test_discoveryv5.nim
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 {.used.}
 
 import
-  std/tables,
+  std/[tables, sequtils],
   chronos, chronicles, stint, testutils/unittests, stew/shims/net,
   stew/byteutils, bearssl,
   ../../eth/keys,
-  ../../eth/p2p/discoveryv5/[enr, node, routing_table, encoding, sessions, messages, nodes_verification],
+  ../../eth/p2p/discoveryv5/[enr, node, routing_table, encoding, sessions,
+    messages, nodes_verification],
   ../../eth/p2p/discoveryv5/protocol as discv5_protocol,
   ./discv5_test_helper
 
@@ -706,8 +707,10 @@ suite "Discovery v5 Tests":
         rng, PrivateKey.random(rng[]), localAddress(20303))
       talkProtocol = "echo".toBytes()
 
-    proc handler(protocol: TalkProtocol, request: seq[byte], fromId: NodeId, fromUdpAddress: Address): seq[byte]
-        {.gcsafe, raises: [Defect].} =
+    proc handler(
+        protocol: TalkProtocol, request: seq[byte],
+        fromId: NodeId, fromUdpAddress: Address):
+        seq[byte] {.gcsafe, raises: [Defect].} =
       request
 
     let echoProtocol = TalkProtocol(protocolHandler: handler)
@@ -731,8 +734,10 @@ suite "Discovery v5 Tests":
         rng, PrivateKey.random(rng[]), localAddress(20303))
       talkProtocol = "echo".toBytes()
 
-    proc handler(protocol: TalkProtocol, request: seq[byte], fromId: NodeId, fromUdpAddress: Address): seq[byte]
-        {.gcsafe, raises: [Defect].} =
+    proc handler(
+        protocol: TalkProtocol, request: seq[byte],
+        fromId: NodeId, fromUdpAddress: Address):
+        seq[byte] {.gcsafe, raises: [Defect].} =
       request
 
     let echoProtocol = TalkProtocol(protocolHandler: handler)
@@ -744,3 +749,83 @@ suite "Discovery v5 Tests":
 
     await node1.closeWait()
     await node2.closeWait()
+
+  asyncTest "Max packet size: Request":
+    let
+      node1 = initDiscoveryNode(
+        rng, PrivateKey.random(rng[]), localAddress(20302))
+      node2 = initDiscoveryNode(
+        rng, PrivateKey.random(rng[]), localAddress(20303))
+      talkProtocol = "echo".toBytes()
+
+    proc handler(
+        protocol: TalkProtocol, request: seq[byte],
+        fromId: NodeId, fromUdpAddress: Address):
+        seq[byte] {.gcsafe, raises: [Defect].} =
+      request
+
+    let echoProtocol = TalkProtocol(protocolHandler: handler)
+
+    check node2.registerTalkProtocol(talkProtocol, echoProtocol).isOk()
+    # Do a ping first so a session is created, that makes the next message to
+    # be an ordinary message and more easy to reverse calculate packet sizes for
+    # than for a handshake message.
+    check (await node1.ping(node2.localNode)).isOk()
+
+    block: # 1172 = 1280 - 103 - 4 - 1 = max - talkreq - "echo" - rlp blob
+      let talkresp = await discv5_protocol.talkReq(node1, node2.localNode,
+        talkProtocol, repeat(byte 6, 1172))
+
+      check:
+        talkresp.isOk()
+
+    block: # > 1280 -> should fail
+      let talkresp = await discv5_protocol.talkReq(node1, node2.localNode,
+        talkProtocol, repeat(byte 6, 1173))
+
+      check:
+        talkresp.isErr()
+
+    await node1.closeWait()
+    await node2.closeWait()
+
+  asyncTest "Max packet size: Response":
+    let
+      node1 = initDiscoveryNode(
+        rng, PrivateKey.random(rng[]), localAddress(20302))
+      node2 = initDiscoveryNode(
+        rng, PrivateKey.random(rng[]), localAddress(20303))
+      talkProtocol = "echo".toBytes()
+
+    proc handler(
+        protocol: TalkProtocol, request: seq[byte],
+        fromId: NodeId, fromUdpAddress: Address):
+        seq[byte] {.gcsafe, raises: [Defect].} =
+      # Return the request + same protocol id + 2 bytes, to make it 1 byte
+      # bigger than the request
+      request & "echo12".toBytes()
+
+    let echoProtocol = TalkProtocol(protocolHandler: handler)
+
+    check node2.registerTalkProtocol(talkProtocol, echoProtocol).isOk()
+    # Do a ping first so a session is created, that makes the next message to
+    # be an ordinary message and more easy to reverse calculate packet sizes for
+    # than for a handshake message.
+    check (await node1.ping(node2.localNode)).isOk()
+
+    block: # 1171 -> response will be 1 byte bigger thus this should pass
+      let talkresp = await discv5_protocol.talkReq(node1, node2.localNode,
+        talkProtocol, repeat(byte 6, 1171))
+
+      check:
+        talkresp.isOk()
+
+    block: # 1172 -> response will be 1 byte bigger thus this should fail
+      let talkresp = await discv5_protocol.talkReq(node1, node2.localNode,
+        talkProtocol, repeat(byte 6, 1172))
+
+      check:
+        talkresp.isErr()
+
+    await node1.closeWait()
+    await node2.closeWait()