diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e35b1722..11ac68b2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,12 +32,13 @@ Just use the builder to create a new JWT/JWS tokens:
 ```php
 use Lcobucci\JWT\Builder;
 
+$time = time();
 $token = (new Builder())->issuedBy('http://example.com') // Configures the issuer (iss claim)
                         ->canOnlyBeUsedBy('http://example.org') // Configures the audience (aud claim)
                         ->identifiedBy('4f1g23a12aa', true) // Configures the id (jti claim), replicating as a header item
-                        ->issuedAt(time()) // Configures the time that the token was issue (iat claim)
-                        ->canOnlyBeUsedAfter(time() + 60) // Configures the time that the token can be used (nbf claim)
-                        ->expiresAt(time() + 3600) // Configures the expiration time of the token (exp claim)
+                        ->issuedAt($time) // Configures the time that the token was issue (iat claim)
+                        ->canOnlyBeUsedAfter($time + 60) // Configures the time that the token can be used (nbf claim)
+                        ->expiresAt($time + 3600) // Configures the expiration time of the token (exp claim)
                         ->with('uid', 1) // Configures a new claim, called "uid"
                         ->getToken(); // Retrieves the generated token
 
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ echo $token->getClaim('uid'); // will print "1"
 
 ### Validating
 
-We can easily validate if the token is valid (using the previous token as example):
+We can easily validate if the token is valid (using the previous token and time as example):
 
 ```php
 use Lcobucci\JWT\ValidationData;
@@ -79,15 +80,37 @@ $data->setIssuer('http://example.com');
 $data->setAudience('http://example.org');
 $data->setId('4f1g23a12aa');
 
-var_dump($token->validate($data)); // false, because token cannot be used before of now() + 60
+var_dump($token->validate($data)); // false, because token cannot be used before now() + 60
 
-$data->setCurrentTime(time() + 61); // changing the validation time to future
+$data->setCurrentTime($time + 61); // changing the validation time to future
 
 var_dump($token->validate($data)); // true, because current time is between "nbf" and "exp" claims
 
-$data->setCurrentTime(time() + 4000); // changing the validation time to future
+$data->setCurrentTime($time + 4000); // changing the validation time to future
 
 var_dump($token->validate($data)); // false, because token is expired since current time is greater than exp
+
+// We can also use the $leeway parameter to deal with clock skew (see notes below)
+// If token's claimed time is invalid but the difference between that and the validation time is less than $leeway, 
+// then token is still considered valid
+$dataWithLeeway = new ValidationData($time, 20); 
+$dataWithLeeway->setIssuer('http://example.com');
+$dataWithLeeway->setAudience('http://example.org');
+$dataWithLeeway->setId('4f1g23a12aa');
+
+var_dump($token->validate($dataWithLeeway)); // false, because token can't be used before now() + 60, not within leeway
+
+$dataWithLeeway->setCurrentTime($time + 51); // changing the validation time to future
+
+var_dump($token->validate($dataWithLeeway)); // true, because current time plus leeway is between "nbf" and "exp" claims
+
+$dataWithLeeway->setCurrentTime($time + 3610); // changing the validation time to future but within leeway
+
+var_dump($token->validate($dataWithLeeway)); // true, because current time - 20 seconds leeway is less than exp
+
+$dataWithLeeway->setCurrentTime($time + 4000); // changing the validation time to future outside of leeway
+
+var_dump($token->validate($dataWithLeeway)); // false, because token is expired since current time is greater than exp
 ```
 
 #### Important
@@ -97,6 +120,11 @@ var_dump($token->validate($data)); // false, because token is expired since curr
 configured in ```ValidationData``` they will be ignored by ```Token::validate()```.
 - ```exp```, ```nbf``` and ```iat``` claims are configured by default in ```ValidationData::__construct()```
 with the current UNIX time (```time()```).
+- The optional ```$leeway``` parameter of ```ValidationData``` will cause us to use that number of seconds of leeway 
+when validating the time-based claims, pretending we are further in the future for the "Issued At" (```iat```) and "Not 
+Before" (```nbf```) claims and pretending we are further in the past for the "Expiration Time" (```exp```) claim. This
+allows for situations where the clock of the issuing server has a different time than the clock of the verifying server, 
+as mentioned in [section 4.1 of RFC 7519](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7519#section-4.1).
 
 ## Token signature
 
@@ -119,13 +147,14 @@ use Lcobucci\JWT\Builder;
 use Lcobucci\JWT\Signer\Hmac\Sha256;
 
 $signer = new Sha256();
+$time = time();
 
 $token = (new Builder())->issuedBy('http://example.com') // Configures the issuer (iss claim)
                         ->canOnlyBeUsedBy('http://example.org') // Configures the audience (aud claim)
                         ->identifiedBy('4f1g23a12aa', true) // Configures the id (jti claim), replicating as a header item
-                        ->issuedAt(time()) // Configures the time that the token was issue (iat claim)
-                        ->canOnlyBeUsedAfter(time() + 60) // Configures the time that the token can be used (nbf claim)
-                        ->expiresAt(time() + 3600) // Configures the expiration time of the token (exp claim)
+                        ->issuedAt($time) // Configures the time that the token was issue (iat claim)
+                        ->canOnlyBeUsedAfter($time + 60) // Configures the time that the token can be used (nbf claim)
+                        ->expiresAt($time + 3600) // Configures the expiration time of the token (exp claim)
                         ->with('uid', 1) // Configures a new claim, called "uid"
                         ->sign($signer, 'testing') // creates a signature using "testing" as key
                         ->getToken(); // Retrieves the generated token
@@ -146,13 +175,14 @@ use Lcobucci\JWT\Signer\Rsa\Sha256; // you can use Lcobucci\JWT\Signer\Ecdsa\Sha
 
 $signer = new Sha256();
 $privateKey = new Key('file://{path to your private key}');
+$time = time();
 
 $token = (new Builder())->issuedBy('http://example.com') // Configures the issuer (iss claim)
                         ->canOnlyBeUsedBy('http://example.org') // Configures the audience (aud claim)
                         ->identifiedBy('4f1g23a12aa', true) // Configures the id (jti claim), replicating as a header item
-                        ->issuedAt(time()) // Configures the time that the token was issue (iat claim)
-                        ->canOnlyBeUsedAfter(time() + 60) // Configures the time that the token can be used (nbf claim)
-                        ->expiresAt(time() + 3600) // Configures the expiration time of the token (exp claim)
+                        ->issuedAt($time) // Configures the time that the token was issue (iat claim)
+                        ->canOnlyBeUsedAfter($time + 60) // Configures the time that the token can be used (nbf claim)
+                        ->expiresAt($time + 3600) // Configures the expiration time of the token (exp claim)
                         ->with('uid', 1) // Configures a new claim, called "uid"
                         ->sign($signer,  $privateKey) // creates a signature using your private key
                         ->getToken(); // Retrieves the generated token
diff --git a/src/Builder.php b/src/Builder.php
index 069813d3..a30e1bed 100644
--- a/src/Builder.php
+++ b/src/Builder.php
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ public function setSubject($subject, $replicateAsHeader = false)
     }
 
     /**
-     * Configures a registed claim
+     * Configures a registered claim
      *
      * @param string $name
      * @param mixed $value
diff --git a/src/ValidationData.php b/src/ValidationData.php
index 3aca00b6..3d06c251 100644
--- a/src/ValidationData.php
+++ b/src/ValidationData.php
@@ -24,24 +24,31 @@ class ValidationData
      */
     private $items;
 
+    /**
+     * The leeway (in seconds) to use when validating time claims
+     * @var int
+     */
+    private $leeway;
+
     /**
      * Initializes the object
      *
      * @param int $currentTime
+     * @param int $leeway
      */
-    public function __construct($currentTime = null)
+    public function __construct($currentTime = null, $leeway = 0)
     {
-        $currentTime = $currentTime ?: time();
+        $currentTime  = $currentTime ?: time();
+        $this->leeway = (int) $leeway;
 
         $this->items = [
             'jti' => null,
             'iss' => null,
             'aud' => null,
-            'sub' => null,
-            'iat' => $currentTime,
-            'nbf' => $currentTime,
-            'exp' => $currentTime
+            'sub' => null
         ];
+
+        $this->setCurrentTime($currentTime);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -91,9 +98,11 @@ public function setSubject($subject)
      */
     public function setCurrentTime($currentTime)
     {
-        $this->items['iat'] = (int) $currentTime;
-        $this->items['nbf'] = (int) $currentTime;
-        $this->items['exp'] = (int) $currentTime;
+        $currentTime  = (int) $currentTime;
+
+        $this->items['iat'] = $currentTime + $this->leeway;
+        $this->items['nbf'] = $currentTime + $this->leeway;
+        $this->items['exp'] = $currentTime - $this->leeway;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/test/functional/UnsignedTokenTest.php b/test/functional/UnsignedTokenTest.php
index 089cb5da..83366ece 100644
--- a/test/functional/UnsignedTokenTest.php
+++ b/test/functional/UnsignedTokenTest.php
@@ -118,6 +118,30 @@ public function tokenValidationShouldReturnFalseWhenExpectedDataDontMatch(Valida
         $this->assertFalse($generated->validate($data));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @test
+     *
+     * @depends builderCanGenerateAToken
+     *
+     * @covers Lcobucci\JWT\Builder
+     * @covers Lcobucci\JWT\Parser
+     * @covers Lcobucci\JWT\Token
+     * @covers Lcobucci\JWT\ValidationData
+     * @covers Lcobucci\JWT\Claim\Factory
+     * @covers Lcobucci\JWT\Claim\Basic
+     * @covers Lcobucci\JWT\Claim\EqualsTo
+     * @covers Lcobucci\JWT\Claim\GreaterOrEqualsTo
+     * @covers Lcobucci\JWT\Parsing\Encoder
+     * @covers Lcobucci\JWT\Parsing\Decoder
+     */
+    public function tokenValidationShouldReturnTrueWhenExpectedDataMatchBecauseOfLeeway(Token $generated)
+    {
+        $notExpiredDueToLeeway = new ValidationData(self::CURRENT_TIME + 3020, 50);
+        $notExpiredDueToLeeway->setAudience('http://client.abc.com');
+        $notExpiredDueToLeeway->setIssuer('http://api.abc.com');
+        $this->assertTrue($generated->validate($notExpiredDueToLeeway));
+    }
+
     public function invalidValidationData()
     {
         $expired = new ValidationData(self::CURRENT_TIME + 3020);
diff --git a/test/unit/TokenTest.php b/test/unit/TokenTest.php
index d3fa01cd..52371d63 100644
--- a/test/unit/TokenTest.php
+++ b/test/unit/TokenTest.php
@@ -364,6 +364,40 @@ public function validateShouldReturnFalseWhenThereIsAtLeastOneFailedValidatableC
         $this->assertFalse($token->validate($data));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @test
+     *
+     * @uses Lcobucci\JWT\Token::__construct
+     * @uses Lcobucci\JWT\ValidationData
+     * @uses Lcobucci\JWT\Claim\Basic
+     * @uses Lcobucci\JWT\Claim\EqualsTo
+     * @uses Lcobucci\JWT\Claim\LesserOrEqualsTo
+     * @uses Lcobucci\JWT\Claim\GreaterOrEqualsTo
+     *
+     * @covers Lcobucci\JWT\Token::validate
+     * @covers Lcobucci\JWT\Token::getValidatableClaims
+     */
+    public function validateShouldReturnFalseWhenATimeBasedClaimFails()
+    {
+        $now = time();
+
+        $token = new Token(
+            [],
+            [
+                'iss' => new EqualsTo('iss', 'test'),
+                'iat' => new LesserOrEqualsTo('iat', $now),
+                'nbf' => new LesserOrEqualsTo('nbf', $now + 20),
+                'exp' => new GreaterOrEqualsTo('exp', $now + 500),
+                'testing' => new Basic('testing', 'test')
+            ]
+        );
+
+        $data = new ValidationData($now + 10);
+        $data->setIssuer('test');
+
+        $this->assertFalse($token->validate($data));
+    }
+
     /**
      * @test
      *
@@ -380,6 +414,7 @@ public function validateShouldReturnFalseWhenThereIsAtLeastOneFailedValidatableC
     public function validateShouldReturnTrueWhenThereAreNoFailedValidatableClaims()
     {
         $now = time();
+
         $token = new Token(
             [],
             [
@@ -396,6 +431,40 @@ public function validateShouldReturnTrueWhenThereAreNoFailedValidatableClaims()
         $this->assertTrue($token->validate($data));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @test
+     *
+     * @uses Lcobucci\JWT\Token::__construct
+     * @uses Lcobucci\JWT\ValidationData
+     * @uses Lcobucci\JWT\Claim\Basic
+     * @uses Lcobucci\JWT\Claim\EqualsTo
+     * @uses Lcobucci\JWT\Claim\LesserOrEqualsTo
+     * @uses Lcobucci\JWT\Claim\GreaterOrEqualsTo
+     *
+     * @covers Lcobucci\JWT\Token::validate
+     * @covers Lcobucci\JWT\Token::getValidatableClaims
+     */
+    public function validateShouldReturnTrueWhenLeewayMakesAllTimeBasedClaimsTrueAndOtherClaimsAreTrue()
+    {
+        $now = time();
+
+        $token = new Token(
+            [],
+            [
+                'iss' => new EqualsTo('iss', 'test'),
+                'iat' => new LesserOrEqualsTo('iat', $now),
+                'nbf' => new LesserOrEqualsTo('nbf', $now + 20),
+                'exp' => new GreaterOrEqualsTo('exp', $now + 500),
+                'testing' => new Basic('testing', 'test')
+            ]
+        );
+
+        $data = new ValidationData($now + 10, 20);
+        $data->setIssuer('test');
+
+        $this->assertTrue($token->validate($data));
+    }
+
     /**
      * @test
      *
diff --git a/test/unit/ValidationDataTest.php b/test/unit/ValidationDataTest.php
index ac612658..52512412 100644
--- a/test/unit/ValidationDataTest.php
+++ b/test/unit/ValidationDataTest.php
@@ -26,6 +26,19 @@ public function constructorShouldConfigureTheItems()
         $this->assertAttributeSame($expected, 'items', $data);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @test
+     *
+     * @covers Lcobucci\JWT\ValidationData::__construct
+     */
+    public function constructorWithLeewayShouldConfigureTheItems()
+    {
+        $expected = $this->createExpectedData(null, null, null, null, 111, 111, 89);
+        $data = new ValidationData(100, 11);
+
+        $this->assertAttributeSame($expected, 'items', $data);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @test
      *
@@ -114,6 +127,22 @@ public function setCurrentTimeShouldChangeTheTimeBasedValues()
         $this->assertAttributeSame($expected, 'items', $data);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @test
+     *
+     * @uses   Lcobucci\JWT\ValidationData::__construct
+     *
+     * @covers Lcobucci\JWT\ValidationData::setCurrentTime
+     */
+    public function setCurrentTimeShouldChangeTheTimeBasedValuesUsingLeeway()
+    {
+        $expected = $this->createExpectedData(null, null, null, null, 30, 30, 10);
+        $data = new ValidationData(15, 10);
+        $data->setCurrentTime(20);
+
+        $this->assertAttributeSame($expected, 'items', $data);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @test
      *
@@ -196,11 +225,13 @@ public function claimValues()
     }
 
     /**
-     * @param string $id
-     * @param string $sub
-     * @param string $iss
-     * @param string $aud
-     * @param int $time
+     * @param string|null $id
+     * @param string|null $sub
+     * @param string|null $iss
+     * @param string|null $aud
+     * @param int $iat
+     * @param int|null $nbf
+     * @param int|null $exp
      *
      * @return array
      */
@@ -209,16 +240,18 @@ private function createExpectedData(
         $sub = null,
         $iss = null,
         $aud = null,
-        $time = 1
+        $iat = 1,
+        $nbf = null,
+        $exp = null
     ) {
         return [
             'jti' => $id !== null ? (string) $id : null,
             'iss' => $iss !== null ? (string) $iss : null,
             'aud' => $aud !== null ? (string) $aud : null,
             'sub' => $sub !== null ? (string) $sub : null,
-            'iat' => $time,
-            'nbf' => $time,
-            'exp' => $time
+            'iat' => $iat,
+            'nbf' => $nbf !== null ? $nbf: $iat,
+            'exp' => $exp !== null ? $exp: $iat
         ];
     }
 }