diff --git a/falco_plugin_runner/src/plugin/async_event.rs b/falco_plugin_runner/src/plugin/async_event.rs
index b774b21..5ea5231 100644
--- a/falco_plugin_runner/src/plugin/async_event.rs
+++ b/falco_plugin_runner/src/plugin/async_event.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
+use falco_event::events::types::PPME_ASYNCEVENT_E;
+use falco_event::events::RawEvent;
 use falco_plugin_api::{
     plugin_api__bindgen_ty_4, ss_plugin_event, ss_plugin_owner_t, ss_plugin_rc,
-    ss_plugin_rc_SS_PLUGIN_NOT_SUPPORTED, ss_plugin_rc_SS_PLUGIN_SUCCESS,
-    ss_plugin_rc_SS_PLUGIN_TIMEOUT, ss_plugin_t,
+    ss_plugin_rc_SS_PLUGIN_FAILURE, ss_plugin_rc_SS_PLUGIN_NOT_SUPPORTED,
+    ss_plugin_rc_SS_PLUGIN_SUCCESS, ss_plugin_rc_SS_PLUGIN_TIMEOUT, ss_plugin_t,
 };
 use std::collections::VecDeque;
-use std::ffi::c_char;
+use std::ffi::{c_char, CStr};
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 
 pub struct AsyncPlugin {
     plugin: *mut ss_plugin_t,
     api: *const plugin_api__bindgen_ty_4,
+    async_events: Vec<String>,
 
     last_event: Option<Vec<u8>>,
     event_queue: Arc<Mutex<VecDeque<Vec<u8>>>>,
@@ -17,9 +20,23 @@ pub struct AsyncPlugin {
 
 impl AsyncPlugin {
     pub fn new(plugin: *mut ss_plugin_t, api: *const plugin_api__bindgen_ty_4) -> Self {
+        let async_events = match unsafe { (*api).get_async_events } {
+            Some(async_events_fn) => {
+                let events = unsafe { async_events_fn() };
+                if events.is_null() {
+                    Vec::new()
+                } else {
+                    let sources = unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(events) };
+                    serde_json::from_slice(sources.to_bytes()).unwrap_or_default()
+                }
+            }
+            None => Vec::new(),
+        };
+
         Self {
             plugin,
             api,
+            async_events,
             last_event: None,
             event_queue: Arc::new(Mutex::new(VecDeque::new())),
         }
@@ -81,6 +98,26 @@ unsafe extern "C-unwind" fn async_handler(
     let event = event as *const u8;
     let event = unsafe { std::slice::from_raw_parts(event, evt_len) };
 
+    let Ok(raw_event) = RawEvent::from(event) else {
+        return ss_plugin_rc_SS_PLUGIN_FAILURE;
+    };
+
+    let Ok(async_event) = raw_event.load::<PPME_ASYNCEVENT_E>() else {
+        return ss_plugin_rc_SS_PLUGIN_FAILURE;
+    };
+
+    let Some(async_event_name) = async_event.params.name else {
+        return ss_plugin_rc_SS_PLUGIN_FAILURE;
+    };
+
+    let Ok(async_event_name) = async_event_name.to_str() else {
+        return ss_plugin_rc_SS_PLUGIN_FAILURE;
+    };
+
+    if !owner.async_events.iter().any(|evt| evt == async_event_name) {
+        return ss_plugin_rc_SS_PLUGIN_FAILURE;
+    }
+
     owner.event_queue.lock().unwrap().push_back(event.to_vec());
 
     ss_plugin_rc_SS_PLUGIN_SUCCESS
diff --git a/falco_plugin_tests/tests/async.rs b/falco_plugin_tests/tests/async.rs
index 2cd0e9e..e6eca6b 100644
--- a/falco_plugin_tests/tests/async.rs
+++ b/falco_plugin_tests/tests/async.rs
@@ -82,7 +82,23 @@ impl AsyncEventPlugin for DummyPlugin {
                 metadata,
                 params: event,
             };
-            handler.emit(event)
+            handler.emit(event)?;
+
+            let event = AsyncEvent {
+                plugin_id: Some(0),
+                name: Some(c"invalid_event_name"),
+                data: Some(b"hello"),
+            };
+
+            let metadata = EventMetadata::default();
+
+            let event = Event {
+                metadata,
+                params: event,
+            };
+            assert!(handler.emit(event).is_err());
+
+            Ok(())
         })?);
 
         Ok(())