diff --git a/funding/manager.go b/funding/manager.go
index 417ad9cff19..b12d138b178 100644
--- a/funding/manager.go
+++ b/funding/manager.go
@@ -1544,6 +1544,18 @@ func (f *Manager) fundeeProcessOpenChannel(peer lnpeer.Peer,
 		return
 	}
 
+	// Enforce BOLT-02: push_msat MUST be <= 1000 * funding_satoshis.
+	if msg.PushAmount > lnwire.NewMSatFromSatoshis(msg.FundingAmount) {
+		f.failFundingFlow(
+			peer, cid,
+			lnwallet.ErrPushAmountTooLarge(
+				msg.PushAmount, msg.FundingAmount,
+			),
+		)
+
+		return
+	}
+
 	// Send the OpenChannel request to the ChannelAcceptor to determine
 	// whether this node will accept the channel.
 	chanReq := &chanacceptor.ChannelAcceptRequest{
diff --git a/funding/manager_test.go b/funding/manager_test.go
index 4924eec7a39..13c52f50814 100644
--- a/funding/manager_test.go
+++ b/funding/manager_test.go
@@ -3887,6 +3887,78 @@ func TestFundingManagerRejectPush(t *testing.T) {
 	)
 }
 
+// TestFundingManagerPushAmountExceedsCapacity asserts that the fundee
+// rejects an incoming OpenChannel whose push_msat exceeds
+// 1000 * funding_satoshis, as required by BOLT-02.
+func TestFundingManagerPushAmountExceedsCapacity(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	alice, bob := setupFundingManagers(t)
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		tearDownFundingManagers(t, alice, bob)
+	})
+
+	// Kick off a normal funding workflow so Alice produces a
+	// well-formed OpenChannel message that we can then tamper with.
+	updateChan := make(chan *lnrpc.OpenStatusUpdate)
+	errChan := make(chan error, 1)
+	initReq := &InitFundingMsg{
+		Peer:            bob,
+		TargetPubkey:    bob.privKey.PubKey(),
+		ChainHash:       *fundingNetParams.GenesisHash,
+		LocalFundingAmt: 500000,
+		PushAmt:         lnwire.NewMSatFromSatoshis(10),
+		Private:         true,
+		Updates:         updateChan,
+		Err:             errChan,
+	}
+
+	alice.fundingMgr.InitFundingWorkflow(initReq)
+
+	// Intercept Alice's OpenChannel.
+	var aliceMsg lnwire.Message
+	select {
+	case aliceMsg = <-alice.msgChan:
+	case err := <-initReq.Err:
+		t.Fatalf("error init funding workflow: %v", err)
+	case <-time.After(time.Second * 5):
+		t.Fatalf("alice did not send OpenChannel message")
+	}
+
+	openChannelReq, ok := aliceMsg.(*lnwire.OpenChannel)
+	if !ok {
+		errorMsg, gotError := aliceMsg.(*lnwire.Error)
+		if gotError {
+			t.Fatalf("expected OpenChannel to be sent "+
+				"from alice, instead got error: %v",
+				errorMsg.Error())
+		}
+		t.Fatalf("expected OpenChannel to be sent from "+
+			"alice, instead got %T", aliceMsg)
+	}
+
+	// Overwrite the push amount so it strictly exceeds
+	// 1000 * funding_satoshis. Alice's own funding flow would never
+	// produce this on the wire, so we inject it manually to exercise
+	// Bob's spec-level bound check.
+	openChannelReq.PushAmount = lnwire.NewMSatFromSatoshis(
+		openChannelReq.FundingAmount,
+	) + 1
+
+	// Hand the tampered message to Bob.
+	bob.fundingMgr.ProcessFundingMsg(openChannelReq, alice)
+
+	// Bob should respond with an Error that carries the
+	// ErrPushAmountTooLarge message.
+	msg := assertFundingMsgSent(t, bob.msgChan, "Error")
+	err, ok := msg.(*lnwire.Error)
+	require.True(t, ok, "expected *lnwire.Error, got %T", msg)
+	require.ErrorContains(
+		t, err, "exceeds funding amount",
+		"expected ErrPushAmountTooLarge error, got \"%v\"", err.Error(),
+	)
+}
+
 // TestFundingManagerMaxConfs ensures that we don't accept a funding proposal
 // that proposes a MinAcceptDepth greater than the maximum number of
 // confirmations we're willing to accept.
diff --git a/lnwallet/errors.go b/lnwallet/errors.go
index b2d1a5c42eb..e21af48f324 100644
--- a/lnwallet/errors.go
+++ b/lnwallet/errors.go
@@ -85,6 +85,18 @@ func ErrNonZeroPushAmount() ReservationError {
 	return ReservationError{errors.New("non-zero push amounts are disabled")}
 }
 
+// ErrPushAmountTooLarge is returned when the push amount exceeds the channel's
+// funding amount, which violates BOLT-02 (push_msat MUST be <=
+// 1000 * funding_satoshis).
+func ErrPushAmountTooLarge(pushAmt lnwire.MilliSatoshi,
+	fundingAmt btcutil.Amount) ReservationError {
+
+	return ReservationError{
+		fmt.Errorf("push amount %v exceeds funding amount %v",
+			pushAmt, lnwire.NewMSatFromSatoshis(fundingAmt)),
+	}
+}
+
 // ErrMinHtlcTooLarge returns an error indicating that the MinHTLC value the
 // remote required is too large to be accepted.
 func ErrMinHtlcTooLarge(minHtlc,