diff --git a/eth.nimble b/eth.nimble
index b54b4f7..50e1f42 100644
--- a/eth.nimble
+++ b/eth.nimble
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ task test_db, "Run db tests":
   runTest("tests/db/all_tests")
 
 task test_ssz, "Run ssz tests":
-  runTest("tests/ssz/test_merkleization")
+  runTest("tests/ssz/all_tests")
 
 task test, "Run all tests":
   for filename in [
diff --git a/eth/ssz/merkleization.nim b/eth/ssz/merkleization.nim
index 8eaff32..172d4d7 100644
--- a/eth/ssz/merkleization.nim
+++ b/eth/ssz/merkleization.nim
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 {.push raises: [Defect].}
 
 import
+  math,
   stew/[bitops2, endians2, ptrops],
   stew/ranges/ptr_arith, nimcrypto/[hash, sha2],
   serialization/testing/tracing,
@@ -609,3 +610,29 @@ func hash_tree_root*(x: auto): Digest {.raises: [Defect].} =
 
   trs "HASH TREE ROOT FOR ", name(type x), " = ", "0x", $result
 
+# https://github.com/ethereum/eth2.0-specs/blob/dev/ssz/merkle-proofs.md#get_generalized_index_length
+func getGeneralizedIndexLength(x: uint64): int =
+  log2trunc(x)
+
+# https://github.com/ethereum/eth2.0-specs/blob/dev/ssz/merkle-proofs.md#get_generalized_index_bit
+func getGeneralizedIndexBit(index: uint64, position: uint64): bool =
+  (index and (1'u64 shl position)) > 0
+
+# validates merkle proof. Provided index should be a generalized index of leaf node
+# as defined in: https://github.com/ethereum/eth2.0-specs/blob/dev/ssz/merkle-proofs.md#generalized-merkle-tree-index
+func isValidProof*(leaf: Digest, proof: openArray[Digest],
+                             index: uint64, root: Digest): bool =
+  if len(proof) == getGeneralizedIndexLength(index):
+    var
+      value = leaf
+
+    for i, digest in proof:
+      value =
+        if getGeneralizedIndexBit(index, uint64 i):
+          mergeBranches(digest, value)
+        else:
+          mergeBranches(value, digest)
+
+    value == root
+  else:
+    false
diff --git a/tests/ssz/all_tests.nim b/tests/ssz/all_tests.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6d8857
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ssz/all_tests.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import 
+  ./test_merkleization,
+  ./test_verification
diff --git a/tests/ssz/test_merkleization.nim b/tests/ssz/test_merkleization.nim
index 4fc6433..d004676 100644
--- a/tests/ssz/test_merkleization.nim
+++ b/tests/ssz/test_merkleization.nim
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+{.used.}
+
 import 
   sequtils, unittest,
   nimcrypto/[hash, sha2], stew/endians2, 
diff --git a/tests/ssz/test_verification.nim b/tests/ssz/test_verification.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00c299b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ssz/test_verification.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+{.used.}
+
+import 
+  sequtils, unittest,
+  nimcrypto/[hash, sha2], 
+  ../eth/ssz/merkleization
+
+type TestCase = object
+  root: string
+  proof: seq[string]
+  leaf: string
+  index: uint64
+  valid: bool
+
+let testCases = @[
+  TestCase(
+    root: "2a23ef2b7a7221eaac2ffb3842a506a981c009ca6c2fcbf20adbc595e56f1a93",
+    proof: @[
+      "e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855",
+      "f5a5fd42d16a20302798ef6ed309979b43003d2320d9f0e8ea9831a92759fb4b"
+    ],
+    leaf:  "0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+    index: 4,
+    valid: true
+  ),
+  TestCase(
+    root: "2a23ef2b7a7221eaac2ffb3842a506a981c009ca6c2fcbf20adbc595e56f1a93",
+    proof: @[
+      "e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855",
+      "f5a5fd42d16a20302798ef6ed309979b43003d2320d9f0e8ea9831a92759fb4b"
+    ],
+    leaf:  "0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+    index: 6,
+    valid: false
+  ),
+  TestCase(
+    root: "2a23ef2b7a7221eaac2ffb3842a506a981c009ca6c2fcbf20adbc595e56f1a93",
+    proof: @[
+      "0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+      "f5a5fd42d16a20302798ef6ed309979b43003d2320d9f0e8ea9831a92759fb4b"
+    ],
+    leaf: "e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855",
+    index: 5,
+    valid: true
+  ),
+  TestCase(
+    root: "f1824b0084956084591ff4c91c11bcc94a40be82da280e5171932b967dd146e9",
+    proof: @[
+      "35210d64853aee79d03f30cf0f29c1398706cbbcacaf05ab9524f00070aec91e",
+      "f38a181470ef1eee90a29f0af0a9dba6b7e5d48af3c93c29b4f91fa11b777582"
+    ],
+    leaf: "0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+    index: 7,
+    valid: true
+  ),
+  TestCase(
+    root: "f1824b0084956084591ff4c91c11bcc94a40be82da280e5171932b967dd146e9",
+    proof: @[
+      "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+      "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+      "f5a5fd42d16a20302798ef6ed309979b43003d2320d9f0e8ea9831a92759fb4b",
+      "0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+      "f38a181470ef1eee90a29f0af0a9dba6b7e5d48af3c93c29b4f91fa11b777582"
+    ],
+    leaf: "6001000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+    index: 49,
+    valid: true
+  )
+]
+
+suite "Merkle Proof verification":
+  test "correctly verify proof":
+    for testCase in testCases:
+      let root = MDigest[256].fromHex(testCase.root)
+      let proof = map(testCase.proof, proc(x: string): Digest = MDigest[256].fromHex(x))
+      let leaf = MDigest[256].fromHex(testCase.leaf)
+      let valid = isValidProof(leaf, proof, testCase.index, root)
+
+      if (testCase.valid):
+        check valid
+      else:
+        check (not valid)