diff --git a/.changeset/smart-starfishes-invent.md b/.changeset/smart-starfishes-invent.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..36ba6972c4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/smart-starfishes-invent.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"electron-updater": minor
+---
+
+feat: add support for custom `isUpdateSupported` hook for validating `UpdateInfo`, with fallback to previous `minimumSystemVersion` logic
diff --git a/packages/electron-updater/src/AppUpdater.ts b/packages/electron-updater/src/AppUpdater.ts
index 3b0fe5e5b39..be764d1d1c7 100644
--- a/packages/electron-updater/src/AppUpdater.ts
+++ b/packages/electron-updater/src/AppUpdater.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,17 @@ import { createTempUpdateFile, DownloadedUpdateHelper } from "./DownloadedUpdate
 import { ElectronAppAdapter } from "./ElectronAppAdapter"
 import { ElectronHttpExecutor, getNetSession, LoginCallback } from "./electronHttpExecutor"
 import { GenericProvider } from "./providers/GenericProvider"
-import { DOWNLOAD_PROGRESS, Logger, Provider, ResolvedUpdateFileInfo, UPDATE_DOWNLOADED, UpdateCheckResult, UpdateDownloadedEvent, UpdaterSignal } from "./main"
+import {
+  DOWNLOAD_PROGRESS,
+  Logger,
+  Provider,
+  ResolvedUpdateFileInfo,
+  UPDATE_DOWNLOADED,
+  UpdateCheckResult,
+  UpdateDownloadedEvent,
+  UpdaterSignal,
+  VerifyUpdateSupport,
+} from "./main"
 import { createClient, isUrlProbablySupportMultiRangeRequests } from "./providerFactory"
 import { ProviderPlatform } from "./providers/Provider"
 import type { TypedEmitter } from "tiny-typed-emitter"
@@ -203,6 +213,22 @@ export abstract class AppUpdater extends (EventEmitter as new () => TypedEmitter
     this.configOnDisk = new Lazy<any>(() => this.loadUpdateConfig())
   }
 
+  protected _isUpdateSupported: VerifyUpdateSupport = (updateInfo: UpdateInfo): boolean | Promise<boolean> => this.checkIfUpdateSupported(updateInfo)
+
+  /**
+   * Allows developer to override default logic for determining if an update is supported.
+   * The default logic compares the `UpdateInfo` minimum system version against the `os.release()` with `semver` package
+   */
+  get isUpdateSupported(): VerifyUpdateSupport {
+    return this._isUpdateSupported
+  }
+
+  set isUpdateSupported(value: VerifyUpdateSupport) {
+    if (value) {
+      this._isUpdateSupported = value
+    }
+  }
+
   private clientPromise: Promise<Provider<any>> | null = null
 
   protected readonly stagingUserIdPromise = new Lazy<string>(() => this.getOrCreateStagingUserId())
@@ -396,17 +422,8 @@ export abstract class AppUpdater extends (EventEmitter as new () => TypedEmitter
       return false
     }
 
-    const minimumSystemVersion = updateInfo?.minimumSystemVersion
-    const currentOSVersion = release()
-    if (minimumSystemVersion) {
-      try {
-        if (isVersionLessThan(currentOSVersion, minimumSystemVersion)) {
-          this._logger.info(`Current OS version ${currentOSVersion} is less than the minimum OS version required ${minimumSystemVersion} for version ${currentOSVersion}`)
-          return false
-        }
-      } catch (e: any) {
-        this._logger.warn(`Failed to compare current OS version(${currentOSVersion}) with minimum OS version(${minimumSystemVersion}): ${(e.message || e).toString()}`)
-      }
+    if (!(await Promise.resolve(this.isUpdateSupported(updateInfo)))) {
+      return false
     }
 
     const isStagingMatch = await this.isStagingMatch(updateInfo)
@@ -425,6 +442,22 @@ export abstract class AppUpdater extends (EventEmitter as new () => TypedEmitter
     return this.allowDowngrade && isLatestVersionOlder
   }
 
+  private checkIfUpdateSupported(updateInfo: UpdateInfo) {
+    const minimumSystemVersion = updateInfo?.minimumSystemVersion
+    const currentOSVersion = release()
+    if (minimumSystemVersion) {
+      try {
+        if (isVersionLessThan(currentOSVersion, minimumSystemVersion)) {
+          this._logger.info(`Current OS version ${currentOSVersion} is less than the minimum OS version required ${minimumSystemVersion} for version ${currentOSVersion}`)
+          return false
+        }
+      } catch (e: any) {
+        this._logger.warn(`Failed to compare current OS version(${currentOSVersion}) with minimum OS version(${minimumSystemVersion}): ${(e.message || e).toString()}`)
+      }
+    }
+    return true
+  }
+
   protected async getUpdateInfoAndProvider(): Promise<UpdateInfoAndProvider> {
     await this.app.whenReady()
 
diff --git a/packages/electron-updater/src/NsisUpdater.ts b/packages/electron-updater/src/NsisUpdater.ts
index f2138b2cfdd..1d9755c178d 100644
--- a/packages/electron-updater/src/NsisUpdater.ts
+++ b/packages/electron-updater/src/NsisUpdater.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { DownloadUpdateOptions } from "./AppUpdater"
 import { BaseUpdater, InstallOptions } from "./BaseUpdater"
 import { DifferentialDownloaderOptions } from "./differentialDownloader/DifferentialDownloader"
 import { FileWithEmbeddedBlockMapDifferentialDownloader } from "./differentialDownloader/FileWithEmbeddedBlockMapDifferentialDownloader"
-import { DOWNLOAD_PROGRESS, verifyUpdateCodeSignature } from "./main"
+import { DOWNLOAD_PROGRESS, VerifyUpdateCodeSignature } from "./main"
 import { findFile, Provider } from "./providers/Provider"
 import { unlink } from "fs-extra"
 import { verifySignature } from "./windowsExecutableCodeSignatureVerifier"
@@ -22,18 +22,18 @@ export class NsisUpdater extends BaseUpdater {
     super(options, app)
   }
 
-  protected _verifyUpdateCodeSignature: verifyUpdateCodeSignature = (publisherNames: Array<string>, unescapedTempUpdateFile: string) =>
+  protected _verifyUpdateCodeSignature: VerifyUpdateCodeSignature = (publisherNames: Array<string>, unescapedTempUpdateFile: string) =>
     verifySignature(publisherNames, unescapedTempUpdateFile, this._logger)
 
   /**
    * The verifyUpdateCodeSignature. You can pass [win-verify-signature](/~https://github.com/beyondkmp/win-verify-trust) or another custom verify function: ` (publisherName: string[], path: string) => Promise<string | null>`.
    * The default verify function uses [windowsExecutableCodeSignatureVerifier](/~https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/blob/master/packages/electron-updater/src/windowsExecutableCodeSignatureVerifier.ts)
    */
-  get verifyUpdateCodeSignature(): verifyUpdateCodeSignature {
+  get verifyUpdateCodeSignature(): VerifyUpdateCodeSignature {
     return this._verifyUpdateCodeSignature
   }
 
-  set verifyUpdateCodeSignature(value: verifyUpdateCodeSignature) {
+  set verifyUpdateCodeSignature(value: VerifyUpdateCodeSignature) {
     if (value) {
       this._verifyUpdateCodeSignature = value
     }
diff --git a/packages/electron-updater/src/main.ts b/packages/electron-updater/src/main.ts
index 60570d5d0bf..5f621ce3ad8 100644
--- a/packages/electron-updater/src/main.ts
+++ b/packages/electron-updater/src/main.ts
@@ -146,7 +146,10 @@ export interface Logger {
   debug?(message: string): void
 }
 
-// return null if verify signature succeed
-// return error message if verify signature failed
+/**
+ * return null if verify signature succeed
+ * return error message if verify signature failed
+ */
+export type VerifyUpdateCodeSignature = (publisherName: string[], path: string) => Promise<string | null>
 
-export type verifyUpdateCodeSignature = (publisherName: string[], path: string) => Promise<string | null>
+export type VerifyUpdateSupport = (updateInfo: UpdateInfo) => boolean | Promise<boolean>