diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c970fd44340..68e425a272d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 * (modules/core/02-client) [\#1196](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/pull/1196) Adding VerifyClientMessage to ClientState interface. 
 * (modules/core/02-client) [\#1198](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/pull/1198) Adding UpdateStateOnMisbehaviour to ClientState interface. 
 * (modules/core/02-client) [\#1170](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/pull/1170) Updating `ClientUpdateProposal` to set client state in lightclient implementations `CheckSubstituteAndUpdateState` methods.
+* (modules/core/02-client) [\#1197](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/pull/1197) Adding `CheckForMisbehaviour` to `ClientState` interface. 
 * (modules/core/exported) [\#1206](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/pull/1206) Adding new method `UpdateState` to `ClientState` interface.
 
-
 ### Features
 
 ### Bug Fixes
diff --git a/modules/core/02-client/legacy/v100/solomachine.go b/modules/core/02-client/legacy/v100/solomachine.go
index 3696c89a458..2ef2cc19eac 100644
--- a/modules/core/02-client/legacy/v100/solomachine.go
+++ b/modules/core/02-client/legacy/v100/solomachine.go
@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ func (cs ClientState) ExportMetadata(_ sdk.KVStore) []exported.GenesisMetadata {
 	panic("legacy solo machine is deprecated!")
 }
 
+// CheckForMisbehaviour panics!
+func (cs ClientState) CheckForMisbehaviour(ctx sdk.Context, cdc codec.BinaryCodec, clientStore sdk.KVStore, msg exported.ClientMessage) bool {
+	panic("legacy solo machine is deprecated!")
+}
+
 // UpdateStateOnMisbehaviour panics!
 func (cs *ClientState) UpdateStateOnMisbehaviour(
 	_ sdk.Context, _ codec.BinaryCodec, _ sdk.KVStore,
diff --git a/modules/core/exported/client.go b/modules/core/exported/client.go
index 9490e633984..643c254cbeb 100644
--- a/modules/core/exported/client.go
+++ b/modules/core/exported/client.go
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ type ClientState interface {
 	// Clients must return their status. Only Active clients are allowed to process packets.
 	Status(ctx sdk.Context, clientStore sdk.KVStore, cdc codec.BinaryCodec) Status
 
+	// Checks for evidence of a misbehaviour in Header or Misbehaviour type
+	CheckForMisbehaviour(ctx sdk.Context, cdc codec.BinaryCodec, clientStore sdk.KVStore, msg ClientMessage) bool
+
 	// Genesis function
 	ExportMetadata(sdk.KVStore) []GenesisMetadata
 
diff --git a/modules/light-clients/07-tendermint/types/update_test.go b/modules/light-clients/07-tendermint/types/update_test.go
index bdc38e2486c..788ccdb2bad 100644
--- a/modules/light-clients/07-tendermint/types/update_test.go
+++ b/modules/light-clients/07-tendermint/types/update_test.go
@@ -741,14 +741,9 @@ func (suite *TendermintTestSuite) TestCheckForMisbehaviour() {
 			tc.malleate()
 
 			clientState := path.EndpointA.GetClientState()
-
-			// TODO: remove casting when 'UpdateState' is an interface function.
-			tmClientState, ok := clientState.(*types.ClientState)
-			suite.Require().True(ok)
-
 			clientStore := suite.chainA.App.GetIBCKeeper().ClientKeeper.ClientStore(suite.chainA.GetContext(), path.EndpointA.ClientID)
 
-			foundMisbehaviour := tmClientState.CheckForMisbehaviour(
+			foundMisbehaviour := clientState.CheckForMisbehaviour(
 				suite.chainA.GetContext(),
 				suite.chainA.App.AppCodec(),
 				clientStore, // pass in clientID prefixed clientStore