diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-events/lib/rule.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-events/lib/rule.ts
index 29a952bc4075f..68f6a2da27b44 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-events/lib/rule.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-events/lib/rule.ts
@@ -295,11 +295,23 @@ export class Rule extends Resource implements IRule {
   }
 
   protected validateRule() {
+    const errors: string[] = [];
+
+    const name = this.physicalName;
+    if (name !== undefined && !Token.isUnresolved(name)) {
+      if (name.length < 1 || name.length > 64) {
+        errors.push(`Event rule name must be between 1 and 64 characters. Received: ${name}`);
+      }
+      if (!/^[\.\-_A-Za-z0-9]+$/.test(name)) {
+        errors.push(`Event rule name ${name} can contain only letters, numbers, periods, hyphens, or underscores with no spaces.`);
+      }
+    }
+
     if (Object.keys(this.eventPattern).length === 0 && !this.scheduleExpression) {
-      return ['Either \'eventPattern\' or \'schedule\' must be defined'];
+      errors.push('Either \'eventPattern\' or \'schedule\' must be defined');
     }
 
-    return [];
+    return errors;
   }
 
   private renderTargets() {
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-events/test/rule.test.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-events/test/rule.test.ts
index ffc61ecf3112b..2260ed73a8ae0 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-events/test/rule.test.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-events/test/rule.test.ts
@@ -203,6 +203,38 @@ describe('rule', () => {
     expect(() => app.synth()).toThrow(/Either 'eventPattern' or 'schedule' must be defined/);
   });
 
+  test('fails synthesis when rule name is less than 1 chars', () => {
+    const app = new cdk.App();
+    const stack = new cdk.Stack(app, 'MyStack');
+    new Rule(stack, 'Rule', {
+      ruleName: '',
+      schedule: Schedule.rate(cdk.Duration.minutes(10)),
+    });
+    expect(() => app.synth()).toThrow(/Event rule name must be between 1 and 64 characters./);
+  });
+
+  test('fails synthesis when rule name is longer than 64 chars', () => {
+    const app = new cdk.App();
+    const stack = new cdk.Stack(app, 'MyStack');
+    new Rule(stack, 'Rule', {
+      ruleName: 'a'.repeat(65),
+      schedule: Schedule.rate(cdk.Duration.minutes(10)),
+    });
+    expect(() => app.synth()).toThrow(/Event rule name must be between 1 and 64 characters./);
+  });
+
+  test('fails synthesis when rule name contains invalid characters', () => {
+    const app = new cdk.App();
+    const stack = new cdk.Stack(app, 'MyStack');
+    [' ', '\n', '\r', '[', ']', '<', '>', '$'].forEach(invalidChar => {
+      new Rule(stack, `Rule${invalidChar}`, {
+        ruleName: `Rule${invalidChar}`,
+        schedule: Schedule.rate(cdk.Duration.minutes(10)),
+      });
+      expect(() => app.synth()).toThrow(/can contain only letters, numbers, periods, hyphens, or underscores with no spaces./);
+    });
+  });
+
   test('addEventPattern can be used to add filters', () => {
     const stack = new cdk.Stack();