diff --git a/pageserver/src/page_service.rs b/pageserver/src/page_service.rs
index bbfe35d07a..77029cdeb6 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/page_service.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/page_service.rs
@@ -3429,8 +3429,6 @@ impl GrpcPageServiceHandler {
     /// NB: errors returned from here are intercepted in get_pages(), and may be converted to a
     /// GetPageResponse with an appropriate status code to avoid terminating the stream.
     ///
-    /// TODO: verify that the requested pages belong to this shard.
-    ///
     /// TODO: get_vectored() currently enforces a batch limit of 32. Postgres will typically send
     /// batches up to effective_io_concurrency = 100. Either we have to accept large batches, or
     /// split them up in the client or server.
@@ -3456,6 +3454,19 @@ impl GrpcPageServiceHandler {
             lsn = %req.read_lsn,
         );
 
+        for &blkno in &req.block_numbers {
+            let shard = timeline.get_shard_identity();
+            let key = rel_block_to_key(req.rel, blkno);
+            if !shard.is_key_local(&key) {
+                return Err(tonic::Status::invalid_argument(format!(
+                    "block {blkno} of relation {} requested on wrong shard {} (is on {})",
+                    req.rel,
+                    timeline.get_shard_index(),
+                    ShardIndex::new(shard.get_shard_number(&key), shard.count),
+                )));
+            }
+        }
+
         let latest_gc_cutoff_lsn = timeline.get_applied_gc_cutoff_lsn(); // hold guard
         let effective_lsn = PageServerHandler::effective_request_lsn(
             &timeline,