diff --git a/satpy/readers/mirs.py b/satpy/readers/mirs.py
index d1efb42420..789ff4f07d 100644
--- a/satpy/readers/mirs.py
+++ b/satpy/readers/mirs.py
@@ -356,6 +356,17 @@ def _fill_data(self, data_arr, attrs):
             data_arr = data_arr.where(data_arr != fill_value, fill_out)
         return data_arr, attrs
 
+    def _apply_valid_range(self, data_arr, attrs):
+        # handle valid_range
+        valid_range = attrs.pop('valid_range', None)
+        if valid_range is not None:
+            valid_min, valid_max = valid_range
+
+            if valid_min is not None and valid_max is not None:
+                data_arr = data_arr.where((data_arr >= valid_min) &
+                                          (data_arr <= valid_max))
+        return data_arr, attrs
+
     def get_dataset(self, ds_id, ds_info):
         """Get datasets."""
         if 'dependencies' in ds_info.keys():
@@ -483,6 +494,7 @@ def __getitem__(self, item):
         attrs = data.attrs.copy()
         data, attrs = self._scale_data(data, attrs)
         data, attrs = self._fill_data(data, attrs)
+        data, attrs = self._apply_valid_range(data, attrs)
 
         # 'Freq' dimension causes issues in other processing
         if 'Freq' in data.coords:
diff --git a/satpy/tests/reader_tests/test_mirs.py b/satpy/tests/reader_tests/test_mirs.py
index c995b0b46c..63d48b37fa 100644
--- a/satpy/tests/reader_tests/test_mirs.py
+++ b/satpy/tests/reader_tests/test_mirs.py
@@ -247,6 +247,13 @@ def _check_fill(data_arr):
             # we started with float32, it should stay that way
             assert data_arr.dtype.type == np.float64
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _check_valid_range(data_arr, test_valid_range):
+        # valid_range is popped out of data_arr.attrs when it is applied
+        assert 'valid_range' not in data_arr.attrs
+        assert data_arr.data.min() >= test_valid_range[0]
+        assert data_arr.data.max() <= test_valid_range[1]
+
     @staticmethod
     def _check_attrs(data_arr, platform_name):
         attrs = data_arr.attrs
@@ -286,12 +293,20 @@ def test_basic_load(self, filenames, loadable_ids,
                 loaded_data_arrs = r.load(loadable_ids)
             assert loaded_data_arrs
 
-            for data_id, data_arr in loaded_data_arrs.items():
-                if data_id['name'] not in ['latitude', 'longitude']:
+            test_data = fake_open_dataset(filenames[0])
+            for _data_id, data_arr in loaded_data_arrs.items():
+                var_name = data_arr.attrs["name"]
+                if var_name not in ['latitude', 'longitude']:
                     self._check_area(data_arr)
                 self._check_fill(data_arr)
                 self._check_attrs(data_arr, platform_name)
 
+                input_fake_data = test_data['BT'] if "btemp" in var_name \
+                    else test_data[var_name]
+                if "valid_range" in input_fake_data.attrs:
+                    valid_range = input_fake_data.attrs["valid_range"]
+                    self._check_valid_range(data_arr, valid_range)
+
                 sensor = data_arr.attrs['sensor']
                 if reader_kw.get('limb_correction', True) and sensor == 'atms':
                     fd.assert_called()