diff --git a/source/image-handler/image-request.ts b/source/image-handler/image-request.ts
index f17b25e44..9672bdb00 100644
--- a/source/image-handler/image-request.ts
+++ b/source/image-handler/image-request.ts
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ export class ImageRequest {
   public async setup(event: ImageHandlerEvent): Promise<ImageRequestInfo> {
     try {
       await this.validateRequestSignature(event);
+      this.validateRequestExpires(event);
 
       let imageRequestInfo: ImageRequestInfo = <ImageRequestInfo>{};
 
@@ -464,6 +465,19 @@ export class ImageRequest {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Creates a query string similar to API Gateway 2.0 payload's $.rawQueryString
+   * @param queryStringParameters Request's query parameters
+   * @returns URL encoded queryString
+   */
+  private recreateQueryString(queryStringParameters: ImageHandlerEvent['queryStringParameters']): string {
+    return Object
+      .entries(queryStringParameters)
+      .filter(([key]) => key !== 'signature')
+      .map(([key, value]) => [key, value].join('='))
+      .join('&');
+  }
+
   /**
    * Validates the request's signature.
    * @param event Lambda request body.
@@ -485,11 +499,14 @@ export class ImageRequest {
         );
       }
 
+      const queryString = this.recreateQueryString(queryStringParameters);
+
       try {
         const { signature } = queryStringParameters;
         const secret = JSON.parse(await this.secretProvider.getSecret(SECRETS_MANAGER));
         const key = secret[SECRET_KEY];
-        const hash = createHmac("sha256", key).update(path).digest("hex");
+        const stringToSign = queryString !== '' ? [path, queryString].join('?') : path;
+        const hash = createHmac('sha256', key).update(stringToSign).digest('hex');
 
         // Signature should be made with the full path.
         if (signature !== hash) {
@@ -509,4 +526,30 @@ export class ImageRequest {
       }
     }
   }
+
+  private validateRequestExpires(event: ImageHandlerEvent): void {
+    try {
+      const { queryStringParameters } = event;
+      const expires = queryStringParameters?.expires;
+      if (expires !== undefined) {
+        const parsedDate = new Date(expires);
+        if (isNaN(parsedDate.getTime())) {
+          throw new ImageHandlerError(StatusCodes.BAD_REQUEST, 'ImageRequestExpiryFormat', 'Request has invalid expiry date.');
+        }
+        const now = new Date();
+        if (now > parsedDate) {
+          throw new ImageHandlerError(StatusCodes.FORBIDDEN, 'ImageRequestExpired', 'Request has expired.');
+        }
+      }
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (error.code === 'ImageRequestExpired') {
+        throw error;
+      }
+      if (error.code === 'ImageRequestExpiryFormat') {
+        throw error;
+      }
+      console.error('Error occurred while checking expiry.', error);
+      throw new ImageHandlerError(StatusCodes.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, 'ExpiryDateCheckFailure', 'Expiry date check failed.');
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/source/image-handler/lib/interfaces.ts b/source/image-handler/lib/interfaces.ts
index 898cc725f..afa0e73ee 100644
--- a/source/image-handler/lib/interfaces.ts
+++ b/source/image-handler/lib/interfaces.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ import { Headers, ImageEdits } from "./types";
 export interface ImageHandlerEvent {
   path?: string;
   queryStringParameters?: {
-    signature: string;
+    signature?: string;
+    expires?: string;
   };
   requestContext?: {
     elb?: unknown;
diff --git a/source/image-handler/test/image-request/decode-request.spec.ts b/source/image-handler/test/image-request/decode-request.spec.ts
index ce290055b..fff2c20b2 100644
--- a/source/image-handler/test/image-request/decode-request.spec.ts
+++ b/source/image-handler/test/image-request/decode-request.spec.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ import S3 from "aws-sdk/clients/s3";
 import SecretsManager from "aws-sdk/clients/secretsmanager";
 
 import { ImageRequest } from "../../image-request";
-import { StatusCodes } from "../../lib";
+import { ImageHandlerEvent, StatusCodes } from "../../lib";
 import { SecretProvider } from "../../secret-provider";
+import { mockAwsS3 } from '../mock';
 
 describe("decodeRequest", () => {
   const s3Client = new S3();
@@ -70,4 +71,51 @@ describe("decodeRequest", () => {
       });
     }
   });
+
+  describe('expires', () => {
+    const baseRequest = {
+      bucket: 'test',
+      requestType: 'Default',
+      key: 'test.png',
+    };
+    const path = `/${Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(baseRequest)).toString('base64')}`;
+    it.each([
+      {
+        expires: 'Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT',
+        error: {
+          code: 'ImageRequestExpired',
+          message: 'Request has expired.',
+          status: StatusCodes.FORBIDDEN,
+        },
+      },
+      {
+        expires: 'invalidKey',
+        error: {
+          code: 'ImageRequestExpiryFormat',
+          message: 'Request has invalid expiry date.',
+          status: StatusCodes.BAD_REQUEST,
+        }
+      }
+    ] as { expires: ImageHandlerEvent['queryStringParameters']['expires'], error: object, }[])(
+      "Should throw an error when $error.message",
+      (async ({ error: expectedError, expires }) => {
+        // Arrange
+        const event: ImageHandlerEvent = {
+          path,
+          queryStringParameters: {
+            expires,
+          },
+        };
+        // Mock
+        mockAwsS3.getObject.mockImplementationOnce(() => ({
+          promise() {
+            return Promise.resolve({ Body: Buffer.from('SampleImageContent\n') });
+          }
+        }));
+        // Act
+        const imageRequest = new ImageRequest(s3Client, secretProvider);
+        await expect(imageRequest.setup(event)).rejects.toMatchObject(expectedError);
+      })
+    );
+  });
 });