diff --git a/samples/LocalizationSample/Startup.cs b/samples/LocalizationSample/Startup.cs
index 2183eaf3af..2e2b93bd8b 100644
--- a/samples/LocalizationSample/Startup.cs
+++ b/samples/LocalizationSample/Startup.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information. 
 
 using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Globalization;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Builder;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Http;
@@ -20,10 +21,19 @@ namespace LocalizationSample
 
         public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IStringLocalizer<Startup> SR)
         {
-            var options = new RequestLocalizationMiddlewareOptions
+            var options = new RequestLocalizationOptions
             {
                 // Set options here to change middleware behavior
-
+                //SupportedCultures = new List<CultureInfo>
+                //{
+                //    new CultureInfo("en-US"),
+                //    new CultureInfo("en-AU")
+                //},
+                //SupportedUICultures = new List<CultureInfo>
+                //{
+                //    new CultureInfo("en-US"),
+                //    new CultureInfo("en-AU")
+                //}
             };
             app.UseRequestLocalization(options);
 
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Localization/AcceptLanguageHeaderRequestCultureStrategy.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Localization/AcceptLanguageHeaderRequestCultureStrategy.cs
index 030e294361..12d62ead83 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Localization/AcceptLanguageHeaderRequestCultureStrategy.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Localization/AcceptLanguageHeaderRequestCultureStrategy.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved. 
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information. 
 
-using System.Globalization;
 using System.Linq;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Http;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Localization.Internal;
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Localization
     /// <summary>
     /// Determines the culture information for a request via the value of the Accept-Language header.
     /// </summary>
-    public class AcceptLanguageHeaderRequestCultureStrategy : IRequestCultureStrategy
+    public class AcceptLanguageHeaderRequestCultureStrategy : RequestCultureStrategy
     {
         /// <summary>
         /// The maximum number of values in the Accept-Language header to attempt to create a <see cref="CultureInfo"/>
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Localization
         public int MaximumAcceptLanguageHeaderValuesToTry { get; set; } = 3;
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public RequestCulture DetermineRequestCulture([NotNull] HttpContext httpContext)
+        public override RequestCulture DetermineRequestCulture([NotNull] HttpContext httpContext)
         {
             var acceptLanguageHeader = httpContext.Request.GetTypedHeaders().AcceptLanguage;
 
@@ -53,7 +52,14 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Localization
                     var culture = CultureInfoCache.GetCultureInfo(language.Value);
                     if (culture != null)
                     {
-                        return RequestCulture.GetRequestCulture(culture);
+                        var requestCulture = RequestCulture.GetRequestCulture(culture);
+
+                        requestCulture = ValidateRequestCulture(requestCulture);
+
+                        if (requestCulture != null)
+                        {
+                            return requestCulture;
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Localization/CookieRequestCultureStrategy.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Localization/CookieRequestCultureStrategy.cs
index ac9a1b3089..ead04c8320 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Localization/CookieRequestCultureStrategy.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Localization/CookieRequestCultureStrategy.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Localization
     /// <summary>
     /// Determines the culture information for a request via the value of a cookie.
     /// </summary>
-    public class CookieRequestCultureStrategy : IRequestCultureStrategy
+    public class CookieRequestCultureStrategy : RequestCultureStrategy
     {
         private static readonly char[] _cookieSeparator = new[] { '|' };
         private static readonly string _culturePrefix = "c=";
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Localization
         public string CookieName { get; set; } = DefaultCookieName;
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public RequestCulture DetermineRequestCulture([NotNull] HttpContext httpContext)
+        public override RequestCulture DetermineRequestCulture([NotNull] HttpContext httpContext)
         {
             var cookie = httpContext.Request.Cookies[CookieName];
 
@@ -33,7 +33,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Localization
                 return null;
             }
 
-            return ParseCookieValue(cookie);
+            var requestCulture = ParseCookieValue(cookie);
+
+            requestCulture = ValidateRequestCulture(requestCulture);
+
+            return requestCulture;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Localization/CustomRequestCultureStrategy.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Localization/CustomRequestCultureStrategy.cs
index 7ddee3f627..5a5c87a825 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Localization/CustomRequestCultureStrategy.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Localization/CustomRequestCultureStrategy.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Localization
     /// <summary>
     /// Determines the culture information for a request via the configured delegate.
     /// </summary>
-    public class CustomRequestCultureStrategy : IRequestCultureStrategy
+    public class CustomRequestCultureStrategy : RequestCultureStrategy
     {
         private readonly Func<HttpContext, RequestCulture> _strategy;
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Localization
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public RequestCulture DetermineRequestCulture([NotNull] HttpContext httpContext)
+        public override RequestCulture DetermineRequestCulture([NotNull] HttpContext httpContext)
         {
             return _strategy(httpContext);
         }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Localization/IApplicationBuilderExtensions.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Localization/IApplicationBuilderExtensions.cs
index d3d7a65077..c383cf7117 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Localization/IApplicationBuilderExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Localization/IApplicationBuilderExtensions.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Builder
         /// <returns>The <see cref="IApplicationBuilder"/>.</returns>
         public static IApplicationBuilder UseRequestLocalization([NotNull] this IApplicationBuilder builder)
         {
-            var options = new RequestLocalizationMiddlewareOptions();
+            var options = new RequestLocalizationOptions();
 
             return UseRequestLocalization(builder, options);
         }
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Builder
         /// <returns>The <see cref="IApplicationBuilder"/>.</returns>
         public static IApplicationBuilder UseRequestLocalization(
             [NotNull] this IApplicationBuilder builder,
-            [NotNull] RequestLocalizationMiddlewareOptions options)
+            [NotNull] RequestLocalizationOptions options)
         {
             return builder.UseMiddleware<RequestLocalizationMiddleware>(options);
         }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Localization/IRequestCultureFeature.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Localization/IRequestCultureFeature.cs
index 73cd046f50..44cc487a63 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Localization/IRequestCultureFeature.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Localization/IRequestCultureFeature.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Localization
         /// <summary>
         /// The <see cref="IRequestCultureStrategy"/> that determined the request's culture information.
         /// If the value is <c>null</c> then no strategy was used and the request's culture was set to the value of
-        /// <see cref="RequestLocalizationMiddlewareOptions.DefaultRequestCulture"/>.
+        /// <see cref="RequestLocalizationOptions.DefaultRequestCulture"/>.
         /// </summary>
         IRequestCultureStrategy Strategy { get; }
     }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Localization/IRequestCultureStrategy.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Localization/IRequestCultureStrategy.cs
index eb96670263..9e71c133f4 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Localization/IRequestCultureStrategy.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Localization/IRequestCultureStrategy.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Localization
     /// </summary>
     public interface IRequestCultureStrategy
     {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Implements the strategy to determine the culture of the given request.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="httpContext">The <see cref="HttpContext"/> for the request.</param>
+        /// <returns>
+        ///     The determined <see cref="RequestCulture"/>.
+        ///     Returns <c>null</c> if the strategy couldn't determine a <see cref="RequestCulture"/>.
+        /// </returns>
         RequestCulture DetermineRequestCulture(HttpContext httpContext);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Localization/QueryStringRequestCultureStrategy.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Localization/QueryStringRequestCultureStrategy.cs
index 80a7ba7f1f..19c3c077b6 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Localization/QueryStringRequestCultureStrategy.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Localization/QueryStringRequestCultureStrategy.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Localization
     /// <summary>
     /// Determines the culture information for a request via values in the query string.
     /// </summary>
-    public class QueryStringRequestCultureStrategy : IRequestCultureStrategy
+    public class QueryStringRequestCultureStrategy : RequestCultureStrategy
     {
         /// <summary>
         /// The key that contains the culture name.
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Localization
         public string UIQueryStringKey { get; set; } = "ui-culture";
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public RequestCulture DetermineRequestCulture([NotNull] HttpContext httpContext)
+        public override RequestCulture DetermineRequestCulture([NotNull] HttpContext httpContext)
         {
             var request = httpContext.Request;
             if (!request.QueryString.HasValue)
@@ -67,7 +67,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Localization
                 return null;
             }
 
-            return RequestCulture.GetRequestCulture(culture, uiCulture);
+            var requestCulture = RequestCulture.GetRequestCulture(culture, uiCulture);
+
+            requestCulture = ValidateRequestCulture(requestCulture);
+
+            return requestCulture;
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Localization/RequestCultureStrategy.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Localization/RequestCultureStrategy.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..422f5d6f9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Localization/RequestCultureStrategy.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved. 
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information. 
+
+using Microsoft.AspNet.Http;
+using Microsoft.Framework.Internal;
+
+namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Localization
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// An abstract base class strategy for determining the culture information of an <see cref="HttpRequest"/>.
+    /// </summary>
+    public abstract class RequestCultureStrategy : IRequestCultureStrategy
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The current options for the <see cref="RequestLocalizationMiddleware"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        public RequestLocalizationOptions Options { get; set; }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public abstract RequestCulture DetermineRequestCulture(HttpContext httpContext);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Determines if the given <see cref="RequestCulture"/> is valid according to the currently configured.
+        /// <see cref="RequestLocalizationOptions"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="requestCulture">The <see cref="RequestCulture"/> to validate.</param>
+        /// <returns>
+        /// The original <see cref="RequestCulture"/> if it was valid, otherwise a new <see cref="RequestCulture"/>
+        /// with values for <see cref="RequestCulture.Culture"/> and <see cref="RequestCulture.UICulture"/> that are
+        /// valid for the current configuration, or <c>null</c> if neither <see cref="RequestCulture.Culture"/> or
+        /// <see cref="RequestCulture.UICulture"/> were valid.
+        /// </returns>
+        protected RequestCulture ValidateRequestCulture(RequestCulture requestCulture)
+        {
+            if (requestCulture == null || Options == null)
+            {
+                return requestCulture;
+            }
+
+            var result = requestCulture;
+
+            if (Options.SupportedCultures != null && !Options.SupportedCultures.Contains(result.Culture))
+            {
+                result = RequestCulture.GetRequestCulture(Options.DefaultRequestCulture.Culture, result.UICulture);
+            }
+
+            if (Options.SupportedUICultures != null && !Options.SupportedUICultures.Contains(result.UICulture))
+            {
+                result = RequestCulture.GetRequestCulture(result.Culture, Options.DefaultRequestCulture.UICulture);
+            }
+
+            if (requestCulture.Culture != result.Culture && requestCulture.UICulture != result.UICulture)
+            {
+                // Both cultures were invalid, just return null
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            return result;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Localization/RequestLocalizationMiddleware.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Localization/RequestLocalizationMiddleware.cs
index 1cd4ea2be1..2ccfe10418 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Localization/RequestLocalizationMiddleware.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Localization/RequestLocalizationMiddleware.cs
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Localization
     public class RequestLocalizationMiddleware
     {
         private readonly RequestDelegate _next;
-        private readonly RequestLocalizationMiddlewareOptions _options;
+        private readonly RequestLocalizationOptions _options;
         
         /// <summary>
         /// Creates a new <see cref="RequestLocalizationMiddleware"/>.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="next">The <see cref="RequestDelegate"/> representing the next middleware in the pipeline.</param>
         /// <param name="options"></param>
-        public RequestLocalizationMiddleware([NotNull] RequestDelegate next, [NotNull] RequestLocalizationMiddlewareOptions options)
+        public RequestLocalizationMiddleware([NotNull] RequestDelegate next, [NotNull] RequestLocalizationOptions options)
         {
             _next = next;
             _options = options;
@@ -56,20 +56,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Localization
                 }
             }
 
-            if (_options.SupportedCultures != null)
-            {
-                // Ensure that selected cultures are in the supported list and if not, set them to the default
-                if (!_options.SupportedCultures.Contains(requestCulture.Culture))
-                {
-                    requestCulture = RequestCulture.GetRequestCulture(_options.DefaultRequestCulture.Culture, requestCulture.UICulture);
-                }
-
-                if (!_options.SupportedUICultures.Contains(requestCulture.UICulture))
-                {
-                    requestCulture = RequestCulture.GetRequestCulture(requestCulture.Culture, _options.DefaultRequestCulture.UICulture);
-                }
-            }
-
             context.SetFeature<IRequestCultureFeature>(new RequestCultureFeature(requestCulture, winningStrategy));
 
             SetCurrentThreadCulture(requestCulture);
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Localization/RequestLocalizationMiddlewareOptions.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Localization/RequestLocalizationOptions.cs
similarity index 82%
rename from src/Microsoft.AspNet.Localization/RequestLocalizationMiddlewareOptions.cs
rename to src/Microsoft.AspNet.Localization/RequestLocalizationOptions.cs
index 0f24d18cf7..5279c98d8e 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Localization/RequestLocalizationMiddlewareOptions.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Localization/RequestLocalizationOptions.cs
@@ -10,30 +10,23 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Localization
     /// <summary>
     /// Specifies options for the <see cref="RequestLocalizationMiddleware"/>.
     /// </summary>
-    public class RequestLocalizationMiddlewareOptions
+    public class RequestLocalizationOptions
     {
         /// <summary>
-        /// Creates a new <see cref="RequestLocalizationMiddlewareOptions"/> with default values.
+        /// Creates a new <see cref="RequestLocalizationOptions"/> with default values.
         /// </summary>
-        public RequestLocalizationMiddlewareOptions()
+        public RequestLocalizationOptions()
         {
             DefaultRequestCulture = RequestCulture.GetRequestCulture(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture);
 
             RequestCultureStrategies = new List<IRequestCultureStrategy>
             {
-                new QueryStringRequestCultureStrategy(),
-                new CookieRequestCultureStrategy(),
-                new AcceptLanguageHeaderRequestCultureStrategy { MaximumAcceptLanguageHeaderValuesToTry = MaximumAcceptLanguageHeaderValuesToTry }
+                new QueryStringRequestCultureStrategy { Options = this },
+                new CookieRequestCultureStrategy { Options = this },
+                new AcceptLanguageHeaderRequestCultureStrategy { Options = this }
             };
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The maximum number of values in the Accept-Language header to attempt to create a <see cref="CultureInfo"/>
-        /// from for the current request.
-        /// Defaults to <c>3</c>.
-        /// </summary>
-        public int MaximumAcceptLanguageHeaderValuesToTry { get; set; } = 3;
-
         /// <summary>
         /// The default <see cref="RequestCulture"/> to use. This value will be used if none of the configured
         /// <see cref="IRequestCultureStrategy"/> options result in a non-<c>null</c> result.