diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/configuration/ConfigurationManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/configuration/ConfigurationManagerImpl.java
index 69e70e6cd9e..78c1b10854d 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/configuration/ConfigurationManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/configuration/ConfigurationManagerImpl.java
@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ public class ConfigurationManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements Configurati
         configValuesForValidation.add("ovm3.heartbeat.timeout");
         configValuesForValidation.add("incorrect.login.attempts.allowed");
         configValuesForValidation.add("vm.password.length");
+        configValuesForValidation.add("remote.access.vpn.psk.length");
     }
 
     private void weightBasedParametersForValidation() {
@@ -773,6 +774,14 @@ public class ConfigurationManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements Configurati
                 if ("vm.password.length".equalsIgnoreCase(name) && val < 6) {
                     throw new InvalidParameterValueException("Please enter a value greater than 6 for the configuration parameter:" + name);
                 }
+                if ("remote.access.vpn.psk.length".equalsIgnoreCase(name)) {
+                    if (val < 8) {
+                        throw new InvalidParameterValueException("Please enter a value greater than 8 for the configuration parameter:" + name);
+                    }
+                    if (val > 256) {
+                        throw new InvalidParameterValueException("Please enter a value less than 256 for the configuration parameter:" + name);
+                    }
+                }
             } catch (final NumberFormatException e) {
                 s_logger.error("There was an error trying to parse the integer value for:" + name);
                 throw new InvalidParameterValueException("There was an error trying to parse the integer value for:" + name);