diff --git a/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md b/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
index 3ab1632e3..bbf4c35f6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ program](https://hackerone.com/tendermint).
 
 - [rpc] \#2010 Add NewHTTPWithClient and NewJSONRPCClientWithHTTPClient (note these and NewHTTP, NewJSONRPCClient functions panic if remote is invalid) (@gracenoah)
 - [rpc] \#3984 Add `MempoolClient` interface to `Client` interface
+- [rpc] \#3471 Paginate `/validator` response, default returns all validators with no limit
 
 ### BUG FIXES:
 
diff --git a/docs/spec/rpc/swagger.yaml b/docs/spec/rpc/swagger.yaml
index ef16bc72b..d498ec508 100644
--- a/docs/spec/rpc/swagger.yaml
+++ b/docs/spec/rpc/swagger.yaml
@@ -528,6 +528,20 @@ paths:
           description: height to return. If no height is provided, it will fetch validato set at the latest block. 0 means latest
           default: 0
           x-example: 1
+        - in: query
+          name: page
+          type: number
+          description: "Page number (1-based)"
+          required: false
+          x-example: 1
+          default: 0
+        - in: query
+          name: per_page
+          type: number
+          description: "Number of entries per page (max: 100)"
+          required: false
+          x-example: 30
+          default: 0
       tags:
         - Info
       description: |
diff --git a/rpc/client/mock/client.go b/rpc/client/mock/client.go
index b7fdd602d..ca3f2f013 100644
--- a/rpc/client/mock/client.go
+++ b/rpc/client/mock/client.go
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@ func (c Client) Commit(height *int64) (*ctypes.ResultCommit, error) {
 	return core.Commit(&rpctypes.Context{}, height)
 }
 
-func (c Client) Validators(height *int64) (*ctypes.ResultValidators, error) {
-	return core.Validators(&rpctypes.Context{}, height)
+func (c Client) Validators(height *int64, page, perPage int) (*ctypes.ResultValidators, error) {
+	return core.Validators(&rpctypes.Context{}, height, page, perPage)
 }
 
 func (c Client) BroadcastEvidence(ev types.Evidence) (*ctypes.ResultBroadcastEvidence, error) {
diff --git a/rpc/client/rpc_test.go b/rpc/client/rpc_test.go
index 8bcbd313d..71eaf6c5d 100644
--- a/rpc/client/rpc_test.go
+++ b/rpc/client/rpc_test.go
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ func TestGenesisAndValidators(t *testing.T) {
 		gval := gen.Genesis.Validators[0]
 
 		// get the current validators
-		vals, err := c.Validators(nil)
+		vals, err := c.Validators(nil, 0, 0)
 		require.Nil(t, err, "%d: %+v", i, err)
 		require.Equal(t, 1, len(vals.Validators))
 		val := vals.Validators[0]
diff --git a/rpc/core/consensus.go b/rpc/core/consensus.go
index 9bdfe89b8..6779d6d2b 100644
--- a/rpc/core/consensus.go
+++ b/rpc/core/consensus.go
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ import (
 // 	"jsonrpc": "2.0"
 // }
 // ```
+// | Parameter | Type   | Default | Required | Description                                    |
+// |-----------+--------+---------+----------+------------------------------------------------|
+// | height    | int64  | 0       | false    | Height (0 means latest)                        |
+// | page      | int    | 0       | false    | Page number (1-based)                          |
+// | per_page  | int    | 0       | false    | Number of entries per page (max: 100)          |
+
 func Validators(ctx *rpctypes.Context, heightPtr *int64, page, perPage int) (*ctypes.ResultValidators, error) {
 	// The latest validator that we know is the
 	// NextValidator of the last block.
@@ -64,6 +70,14 @@ func Validators(ctx *rpctypes.Context, heightPtr *int64, page, perPage int) (*ct
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	// page & perPage === 0 then all validators are returned, no pagination
+	if page == 0 && perPage == 0 {
+		return &ctypes.ResultValidators{
+			BlockHeight: height,
+			Validators:  validators.Validators,
+		}, nil
+	}
+
 	totalCount := len(validators.Validators)
 	perPage = validatePerPage(perPage)
 	page, err = validatePage(page, perPage, totalCount)
@@ -74,7 +88,8 @@ func Validators(ctx *rpctypes.Context, heightPtr *int64, page, perPage int) (*ct
 	apiResults := make([]*types.Validator, cmn.MinInt(perPage, totalCount-skipCount))
 
 	for i := 0; i < len(apiResults); i++ {
-		v := validators.Validators[skipCount+1]
+		v := validators.Validators[skipCount+i]
+
 		apiResults[i] = &types.Validator{
 			Address:          v.Address,
 			PubKey:           v.PubKey,
diff --git a/rpc/core/routes.go b/rpc/core/routes.go
index dbd9c6059..8fb47e62a 100644
--- a/rpc/core/routes.go
+++ b/rpc/core/routes.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ var Routes = map[string]*rpc.RPCFunc{
 	"commit":               rpc.NewRPCFunc(Commit, "height"),
 	"tx":                   rpc.NewRPCFunc(Tx, "hash,prove"),
 	"tx_search":            rpc.NewRPCFunc(TxSearch, "query,prove,page,per_page"),
-	"validators":           rpc.NewRPCFunc(Validators, "height"),
+	"validators":           rpc.NewRPCFunc(Validators, "height,page,per_page"),
 	"dump_consensus_state": rpc.NewRPCFunc(DumpConsensusState, ""),
 	"consensus_state":      rpc.NewRPCFunc(ConsensusState, ""),
 	"consensus_params":     rpc.NewRPCFunc(ConsensusParams, "height"),