diff --git a/services/w3c/w3c-validation-helper.js b/services/w3c/w3c-validation-helper.js
index 5880ac3faf18c..d747ab7e87cd1 100644
--- a/services/w3c/w3c-validation-helper.js
+++ b/services/w3c/w3c-validation-helper.js
@@ -88,7 +88,9 @@ The rules are as follows:
   <li>non-document-error: These messages are counted as errors</li>
 </ul>
 
-This badge relies on the https://validator.nu/ service to perform the validation.
+This badge relies on the Nu validator service to perform the validation. By default it
+uses https://validator.nu/; pass \`validator=validator.w3.org\` to use the W3C-hosted
+deployment at https://validator.w3.org/nu/ instead.
 Please refer to https://about.validator.nu/ for the full documentation and Terms of service.
 `
 
diff --git a/services/w3c/w3c-validation.service.js b/services/w3c/w3c-validation.service.js
index 0993e668cb6e6..5ddb06a298317 100644
--- a/services/w3c/w3c-validation.service.js
+++ b/services/w3c/w3c-validation.service.js
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ const schema = Joi.object({
 const queryParamSchema = Joi.object({
   targetUrl: url,
   preset: Joi.string().regex(presetRegex).allow(''),
+  validator: Joi.equal('validator.nu', 'validator.w3.org').default(
+    'validator.nu',
+  ),
 }).required()
 
 const parserDescription = `The parser that is used for validation. This is a passthru value to the service
@@ -85,6 +88,17 @@ export default class W3cValidation extends BaseJsonService {
               ],
             },
           }),
+          queryParam({
+            name: 'validator',
+            example: 'validator.w3.org',
+            description: `The Nu validator deployment to use. This is a passthru choice of host, both run the same engine and API:
+- \`validator.nu\` (default): the original hsivonen-hosted service
+- \`validator.w3.org\`: the W3C-hosted deployment, at https://validator.w3.org/nu/`,
+            schema: {
+              type: 'string',
+              enum: ['validator.nu', 'validator.w3.org'],
+            },
+          }),
         ],
       },
     },
@@ -101,9 +115,13 @@ export default class W3cValidation extends BaseJsonService {
     }
   }
 
-  async fetch(targetUrl, preset, parser) {
+  async fetch(targetUrl, preset, parser, validator) {
+    const validatorUrl =
+      validator === 'validator.w3.org'
+        ? 'https://validator.w3.org/nu/'
+        : 'https://validator.nu/'
     return this._requestJson({
-      url: 'https://validator.nu/',
+      url: validatorUrl,
       schema,
       options: {
         searchParams: {
@@ -155,8 +173,13 @@ export default class W3cValidation extends BaseJsonService {
     }, {})
   }
 
-  async handle({ parser }, { targetUrl, preset }) {
-    const { url, messages } = await this.fetch(targetUrl, preset, parser)
+  async handle({ parser }, { targetUrl, preset, validator }) {
+    const { url, messages } = await this.fetch(
+      targetUrl,
+      preset,
+      parser,
+      validator,
+    )
     return this.constructor.render({
       messageTypes: this.transform(url, messages),
     })
diff --git a/services/w3c/w3c-validation.tester.js b/services/w3c/w3c-validation.tester.js
index f7cc4880c62c8..36e98656d0202 100644
--- a/services/w3c/w3c-validation.tester.js
+++ b/services/w3c/w3c-validation.tester.js
@@ -98,3 +98,27 @@ t.create('W3C Validation page has multiple of validation errors with red badge')
     message: isW3CMessage,
     color: isW3CColors,
   })
+
+t.create(
+  'W3C Validation via validator.w3.org: page conforms to standards with brightgreen badge',
+)
+  .get(
+    '/default.json?targetUrl=https://hsivonen.com/test/moz/messages-types/no-message.html&validator=validator.w3.org',
+  )
+  .expectBadge({
+    label: 'w3c',
+    message: isW3CMessage,
+    color: isW3CColors,
+  })
+
+t.create(
+  'W3C Validation via validator.w3.org: page has 1 validation error with red badge',
+)
+  .get(
+    '/html.json?targetUrl=http://hsivonen.com/test/moz/messages-types/warning.html&validator=validator.w3.org',
+  )
+  .expectBadge({
+    label: 'w3c',
+    message: isW3CMessage,
+    color: isW3CColors,
+  })