diff --git a/common/cauthdsl/cauthdsl_builder.go b/common/cauthdsl/cauthdsl_builder.go
index ee5489360d8..20d36484b7f 100644
--- a/common/cauthdsl/cauthdsl_builder.go
+++ b/common/cauthdsl/cauthdsl_builder.go
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import (
 	cb "github.com/hyperledger/fabric/protos/common"
 	"github.com/hyperledger/fabric/protos/msp"
 
+	"sort"
+
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
 	"github.com/hyperledger/fabric/protos/utils"
 )
@@ -111,6 +113,32 @@ func SignedByMspAdmin(mspId string) *cb.SignaturePolicyEnvelope {
 	return p
 }
 
+// SignedByAnyMember returns a policy that requires one valid
+// signature from a member of any of the orgs whose ids are
+// listed in the supplied string array
+func SignedByAnyMember(ids []string) []byte {
+	// we create an array of principals, one principal
+	// per application MSP defined on this chain
+	sort.Strings(ids)
+	principals := make([]*msp.MSPPrincipal, len(ids))
+	sigspolicy := make([]*cb.SignaturePolicy, len(ids))
+	for i, id := range ids {
+		principals[i] = &msp.MSPPrincipal{
+			PrincipalClassification: msp.MSPPrincipal_ROLE,
+			Principal:               utils.MarshalOrPanic(&msp.MSPRole{Role: msp.MSPRole_MEMBER, MspIdentifier: id})}
+		sigspolicy[i] = SignedBy(int32(i))
+	}
+
+	// create the policy: it requires exactly 1 signature from any of the principals
+	p := &cb.SignaturePolicyEnvelope{
+		Version:    0,
+		Policy:     NOutOf(1, sigspolicy),
+		Identities: principals,
+	}
+
+	return utils.MarshalOrPanic(p)
+}
+
 // And is a convenience method which utilizes NOutOf to produce And equivalent behavior
 func And(lhs, rhs *cb.SignaturePolicy) *cb.SignaturePolicy {
 	return NOutOf(2, []*cb.SignaturePolicy{lhs, rhs})
diff --git a/core/committer/txvalidator/validator.go b/core/committer/txvalidator/validator.go
index b01ccbb733d..755ac7eab81 100644
--- a/core/committer/txvalidator/validator.go
+++ b/core/committer/txvalidator/validator.go
@@ -29,10 +29,13 @@ import (
 	ledgerUtil "github.com/hyperledger/fabric/core/ledger/util"
 	"github.com/hyperledger/fabric/msp"
 
+	"github.com/hyperledger/fabric/common/policies"
 	"github.com/hyperledger/fabric/protos/common"
 	"github.com/hyperledger/fabric/protos/peer"
 	"github.com/hyperledger/fabric/protos/utils"
 	"github.com/op/go-logging"
+
+	"github.com/hyperledger/fabric/common/cauthdsl"
 )
 
 // Support provides all of the needed to evaluate the VSCC
@@ -45,6 +48,13 @@ type Support interface {
 
 	// Apply attempts to apply a configtx to become the new config
 	Apply(configtx *common.ConfigEnvelope) error
+
+	// PolicyManager returns the policies.Manager for the channel
+	PolicyManager() policies.Manager
+
+	// GetMSPIDs returns the IDs for the application MSPs
+	// that have been defined in the channel
+	GetMSPIDs(cid string) []string
 }
 
 //Validator interface which defines API to validate block transactions
@@ -58,7 +68,7 @@ type Validator interface {
 // and vscc execution, in order to increase
 // testability of txValidator
 type vsccValidator interface {
-	VSCCValidateTx(payload *common.Payload, envBytes []byte) error
+	VSCCValidateTx(payload *common.Payload, envBytes []byte, env *common.Envelope) error
 }
 
 // vsccValidator implementation which used to call
@@ -148,7 +158,7 @@ func (v *txValidator) Validate(block *common.Block) error {
 
 					//the payload is used to get headers
 					logger.Debug("Validating transaction vscc tx validate")
-					if err = v.vscc.VSCCValidateTx(payload, d); err != nil {
+					if err = v.vscc.VSCCValidateTx(payload, d, env); err != nil {
 						txID := txID
 						logger.Errorf("VSCCValidateTx for transaction txId = %s returned error %s", txID, err)
 						txsfltr.SetFlag(tIdx, peer.TxValidationCode_ENDORSEMENT_POLICY_FAILURE)
@@ -191,7 +201,8 @@ func (v *txValidator) Validate(block *common.Block) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (v *vsccValidatorImpl) VSCCValidateTx(payload *common.Payload, envBytes []byte) error {
+func (v *vsccValidatorImpl) VSCCValidateTx(payload *common.Payload, envBytes []byte, env *common.Envelope) error {
+	// get channel header
 	chdr, err := utils.UnmarshalChannelHeader(payload.Header.ChannelHeader)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -226,22 +237,25 @@ func (v *vsccValidatorImpl) VSCCValidateTx(payload *common.Payload, envBytes []b
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// LSCC should not undergo standard VSCC type of
-	// validation. It should instead go through system
-	// policy validation to determine whether the issuer
-	// is entitled to deploy a chaincode on our chain
-	// VSCCValidateTx should
-	if hdrExt.ChaincodeId.Name == "lscc" {
-		// TODO: until FAB-1934 is in, we need to stop here
-		logger.Debugf("Invocation of LSCC detected, no further VSCC validation necessary")
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	// obtain name of the VSCC and the policy from LSCC
-	vscc, policy, err := v.ccprovider.GetCCValidationInfoFromLSCC(ctxt, txid, nil, nil, chainID, hdrExt.ChaincodeId.Name)
-	if err != nil {
-		logger.Errorf("Unable to get chaincode data from LSCC for txid %s, due to %s", txid, err)
-		return err
+	var vscc string
+	var policy []byte
+	if hdrExt.ChaincodeId.Name != "lscc" {
+		// when we are validating any chaincode other than
+		// LSCC, we need to ask LSCC to give us the name
+		// of VSCC and of the policy that should be used
+
+		// obtain name of the VSCC and the policy from LSCC
+		vscc, policy, err = v.ccprovider.GetCCValidationInfoFromLSCC(ctxt, txid, nil, nil, chainID, hdrExt.ChaincodeId.Name)
+		if err != nil {
+			logger.Errorf("Unable to get chaincode data from LSCC for txid %s, due to %s", txid, err)
+			return err
+		}
+	} else {
+		// when we are validating LSCC, we use the default
+		// VSCC and a default policy that requires one signature
+		// from any of the members of the channel
+		vscc = "vscc"
+		policy = cauthdsl.SignedByAnyMember(v.support.GetMSPIDs(chainID))
 	}
 
 	// build arguments for VSCC invocation
diff --git a/core/mocks/txvalidator/support.go b/core/mocks/txvalidator/support.go
index 770c9de926a..a40e9b0a63d 100644
--- a/core/mocks/txvalidator/support.go
+++ b/core/mocks/txvalidator/support.go
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ limitations under the License.
 package support
 
 import (
+	mockpolicies "github.com/hyperledger/fabric/common/mocks/policies"
+	"github.com/hyperledger/fabric/common/policies"
 	"github.com/hyperledger/fabric/core/ledger"
 	"github.com/hyperledger/fabric/msp"
 	"github.com/hyperledger/fabric/protos/common"
@@ -42,3 +44,11 @@ func (ms *Support) MSPManager() msp.MSPManager {
 func (ms *Support) Apply(configtx *common.ConfigEnvelope) error {
 	return ms.ApplyVal
 }
+
+func (ms *Support) PolicyManager() policies.Manager {
+	return &mockpolicies.Manager{}
+}
+
+func (cs *Support) GetMSPIDs(cid string) []string {
+	return []string{"DEFAULT"}
+}
diff --git a/core/mocks/validator/validator.go b/core/mocks/validator/validator.go
index 8183788282f..41e133bb690 100644
--- a/core/mocks/validator/validator.go
+++ b/core/mocks/validator/validator.go
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@ type MockVsccValidator struct {
 }
 
 // VSCCValidateTx does nothing
-func (v *MockVsccValidator) VSCCValidateTx(payload *common.Payload, envBytes []byte) error {
+func (v *MockVsccValidator) VSCCValidateTx(payload *common.Payload, envBytes []byte, env *common.Envelope) error {
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/core/peer/peer.go b/core/peer/peer.go
index c9e77513540..d766ea83afd 100644
--- a/core/peer/peer.go
+++ b/core/peer/peer.go
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ func (cs *chainSupport) Ledger() ledger.PeerLedger {
 	return cs.ledger
 }
 
+func (cs *chainSupport) GetMSPIDs(cid string) []string {
+	return GetMSPIDs(cid)
+}
+
 // chain is a local struct to manage objects in a chain
 type chain struct {
 	cs        *chainSupport
diff --git a/core/scc/lscc/lscc.go b/core/scc/lscc/lscc.go
index 5e9f2c6d95b..0ca4382063a 100644
--- a/core/scc/lscc/lscc.go
+++ b/core/scc/lscc/lscc.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package lscc
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"regexp"
-	"sort"
 
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
 	"github.com/hyperledger/fabric/common/cauthdsl"
@@ -27,8 +26,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hyperledger/fabric/core/common/ccprovider"
 	"github.com/hyperledger/fabric/core/common/sysccprovider"
 	"github.com/hyperledger/fabric/core/peer"
-	"github.com/hyperledger/fabric/protos/common"
-	mspprotos "github.com/hyperledger/fabric/protos/msp"
 	pb "github.com/hyperledger/fabric/protos/peer"
 	"github.com/hyperledger/fabric/protos/utils"
 	"github.com/op/go-logging"
@@ -570,34 +567,6 @@ func (lscc *LifeCycleSysCC) Init(stub shim.ChaincodeStubInterface) pb.Response {
 	return shim.Success(nil)
 }
 
-// getDefaultEndorsementPolicy returns the default
-// endorsement policy for the specified chain; it
-// is used in case the deployer has not specified a
-// custom one
-func (lscc *LifeCycleSysCC) getDefaultEndorsementPolicy(chain string) []byte {
-	// we create an array of principals, one principal
-	// per application MSP defined on this chain
-	ids := peer.GetMSPIDs(chain)
-	sort.Strings(ids)
-	principals := make([]*mspprotos.MSPPrincipal, len(ids))
-	sigspolicy := make([]*common.SignaturePolicy, len(ids))
-	for i, id := range ids {
-		principals[i] = &mspprotos.MSPPrincipal{
-			PrincipalClassification: mspprotos.MSPPrincipal_ROLE,
-			Principal:               utils.MarshalOrPanic(&mspprotos.MSPRole{Role: mspprotos.MSPRole_MEMBER, MspIdentifier: id})}
-		sigspolicy[i] = cauthdsl.SignedBy(int32(i))
-	}
-
-	// create the policy: it requires exactly 1 signature from any of the principals
-	p := &common.SignaturePolicyEnvelope{
-		Version:    0,
-		Policy:     cauthdsl.NOutOf(1, sigspolicy),
-		Identities: principals,
-	}
-
-	return utils.MarshalOrPanic(p)
-}
-
 // Invoke implements lifecycle functions "deploy", "start", "stop", "upgrade".
 // Deploy's arguments -  {[]byte("deploy"), []byte(<chainname>), <unmarshalled pb.ChaincodeDeploymentSpec>}
 //
@@ -647,7 +616,7 @@ func (lscc *LifeCycleSysCC) Invoke(stub shim.ChaincodeStubInterface) pb.Response
 		if len(args) > 3 && len(args[3]) > 0 {
 			policy = args[3]
 		} else {
-			policy = lscc.getDefaultEndorsementPolicy(chainname)
+			policy = cauthdsl.SignedByAnyMember(peer.GetMSPIDs(chainname))
 		}
 
 		var escc []byte
@@ -693,7 +662,7 @@ func (lscc *LifeCycleSysCC) Invoke(stub shim.ChaincodeStubInterface) pb.Response
 		if len(args) > 3 && len(args[3]) > 0 {
 			policy = args[3]
 		} else {
-			policy = lscc.getDefaultEndorsementPolicy(chainname)
+			policy = cauthdsl.SignedByAnyMember(peer.GetMSPIDs(chainname))
 		}
 
 		var escc []byte
diff --git a/core/scc/vscc/validator_onevalidsignature.go b/core/scc/vscc/validator_onevalidsignature.go
index bc49edc7e0a..74668af18bf 100644
--- a/core/scc/vscc/validator_onevalidsignature.go
+++ b/core/scc/vscc/validator_onevalidsignature.go
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ package vscc
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
 	"github.com/hyperledger/fabric/common/cauthdsl"
 	"github.com/hyperledger/fabric/core/chaincode/shim"
+	"github.com/hyperledger/fabric/core/scc/lscc"
 	mspmgmt "github.com/hyperledger/fabric/msp/mgmt"
 	"github.com/hyperledger/fabric/protos/common"
 	pb "github.com/hyperledger/fabric/protos/peer"
@@ -142,9 +144,66 @@ func (vscc *ValidatorOneValidSignature) Invoke(stub shim.ChaincodeStubInterface)
 		if err != nil {
 			return shim.Error(fmt.Sprintf("VSCC error: policy evaluation failed, err %s", err))
 		}
+
+		hdrExt, err := utils.GetChaincodeHeaderExtension(payl.Header)
+		if err != nil {
+			logger.Errorf("VSCC error: GetChaincodeHeaderExtension failed, err %s", err)
+			return shim.Error(err.Error())
+		}
+
+		// do some extra validation that is specific to lscc
+		if hdrExt.ChaincodeId.Name == "lscc" {
+			err = vscc.ValidateLSCCInvocation(cap)
+			if err != nil {
+				logger.Errorf("VSCC error: ValidateLSCCInvocation failed, err %s", err)
+				return shim.Error(err.Error())
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	logger.Debugf("VSCC exists successfully")
 
 	return shim.Success(nil)
 }
+
+func (vscc *ValidatorOneValidSignature) ValidateLSCCInvocation(cap *pb.ChaincodeActionPayload) error {
+	cpp, err := utils.GetChaincodeProposalPayload(cap.ChaincodeProposalPayload)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Errorf("VSCC error: GetChaincodeProposalPayload failed, err %s", err)
+		return err
+	}
+
+	cis := &pb.ChaincodeInvocationSpec{}
+	err = proto.Unmarshal(cpp.Input, cis)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Errorf("VSCC error: Unmarshal ChaincodeInvocationSpec failed, err %s", err)
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if cis == nil ||
+		cis.ChaincodeSpec == nil ||
+		cis.ChaincodeSpec.Input == nil ||
+		cis.ChaincodeSpec.Input.Args == nil {
+		logger.Errorf("VSCC error: committing invalid vscc invocation")
+		return fmt.Errorf("VSCC error: committing invalid vscc invocation")
+	}
+
+	lsccFunc := string(cis.ChaincodeSpec.Input.Args[0])
+	lsccArgs := cis.ChaincodeSpec.Input.Args[1:]
+
+	switch lsccFunc {
+	case lscc.DEPLOY:
+	case lscc.UPGRADE:
+		logger.Infof("VSCC info: validating invocation of lscc function %s on arguments %#v", lsccFunc, lsccArgs)
+
+		// TODO: two more crs are expected to fill this gap, as explained in FAB-3155
+		// 1) check that the invocation complies with the InstantiationPolicy
+		// 2) check that the read/write set is appropriate
+
+		return nil
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("VSCC error: committing an invocation of function %s of lscc is invalid", lsccFunc)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}