diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/configuration/ConfigurationManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/configuration/ConfigurationManagerImpl.java
index cf94b95353e..d9ce3fd3689 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/configuration/ConfigurationManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/configuration/ConfigurationManagerImpl.java
@@ -327,6 +327,7 @@ public class ConfigurationManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements Configurati
 
     private int _maxVolumeSizeInGb = Integer.parseInt(Config.MaxVolumeSize.getDefaultValue());
     private long _defaultPageSize = Long.parseLong(Config.DefaultPageSize.getDefaultValue());
+    private static final String DOMAIN_NAME_PATTERN = "^((?!-)[A-Za-z0-9-]{1,63}(?<!-)\\.)+[A-Za-z]{1,63}$";
     protected Set<String> configValuesForValidation;
     private Set<String> weightBasedParametersForValidation;
     private Set<String> overprovisioningFactorsForValidation;
@@ -843,6 +844,15 @@ public class ConfigurationManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements Configurati
                 if (!NetUtils.verifyInstanceName(value)) {
                     return "Instance name can not contain hyphen, space or plus sign";
                 }
+            } else if (range.equalsIgnoreCase("domainName")) {
+                String domainName = value;
+                if (value.startsWith("*")) {
+                    domainName = value.substring(2); //skip the "*."
+                }
+                //max length for FQDN is 253 + 2, code adds xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx to domain name when creating URL
+                if (domainName.length() >= 238 || !domainName.matches(DOMAIN_NAME_PATTERN)) {
+                    return "Please enter a valid string for domain name, prefixed with '*.' if applicable";
+                }
             } else if (range.equals("routes")) {
                 String[] routes = value.split(",");
                 for (String route : routes) {