diff --git a/iopipe/agent.py b/iopipe/agent.py
index 78ee5339..5b01010c 100644
--- a/iopipe/agent.py
+++ b/iopipe/agent.py
@@ -89,10 +89,6 @@ def __call__(self, func):
         def wrapped(event, context):
             logger.debug("%s wrapped with IOpipe decorator" % repr(func))
 
-            context = ContextWrapper(context, self)
-
-            self.run_hooks("pre:invoke", event=event, context=context)
-
             # if env var IOPIPE_ENABLED is set to False skip reporting
             if self.config["enabled"] is False:
                 logger.debug("IOpipe agent disabled, skipping reporting")
@@ -107,6 +103,15 @@ def wrapped(event, context):
                 )
                 return func(event, context)
 
+            # If context doesn't pass validation, skip reporting
+            if not self.validate_context(context):
+                logger.debug("Invalid context, skipping reporting")
+                return func(event, context)
+
+            context = ContextWrapper(context, self)
+
+            self.run_hooks("pre:invoke", event=event, context=context)
+
             self.report = Report(self, context)
 
             signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, self.handle_timeout)
@@ -244,7 +249,31 @@ def submit_future(self, func, *args, **kwargs):
     def wait_for_futures(self):
         """
         Wait for all futures to complete. This should be done at the end of an
-        invocation.
+        an invocation.
         """
         [future for future in futures.as_completed(self.futures)]
         self.futures = []
+
+    def validate_context(self, context):
+        """
+        Checks to see if we're working with a valid lambda context object.
+
+        :returns: True if valid, False if not
+        :rtype: bool
+        """
+        return all(
+            [
+                hasattr(context, attr)
+                for attr in [
+                    "aws_request_id",
+                    "function_name",
+                    "function_version",
+                    "get_remaining_time_in_millis",
+                    "invoked_function_arn",
+                    "log_group_name",
+                    "log_stream_name",
+                    "memory_limit_in_mb",
+                    "remaining_time_in_millis",
+                ]
+            ]
+        ) and callable(context.get_remaining_time_in_millis)
diff --git a/tests/test_agent.py b/tests/test_agent.py
index c646b6a7..a0d8e818 100644
--- a/tests/test_agent.py
+++ b/tests/test_agent.py
@@ -123,3 +123,15 @@ def test_sync_http(mock_send_report, handler_with_sync_http, mock_context):
     handler({}, mock_context)
 
     assert iopipe.report.sent
+
+
+def test_validate_context(iopipe, mock_context):
+    """Asserts that contexts are validated correctly"""
+    assert iopipe.validate_context(mock_context) is True
+
+    class InvalidContext(object):
+        pass
+
+    invalid_context = InvalidContext()
+
+    assert iopipe.validate_context(invalid_context) is False