diff --git a/lib/ask.js b/lib/ask.js
index 159b5fd1fb..c052de9d40 100644
--- a/lib/ask.js
+++ b/lib/ask.js
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ function prompt (data, key, prompt, done) {
     name: key,
     message: prompt.message || prompt.label || key,
     default: prompt.default,
-    choices: prompt.choices || []
+    choices: prompt.choices || [],
+    validate: prompt.validate || function () { return true }
   }], function (answers) {
     if (Array.isArray(answers[key])) {
       data[key] = {}
diff --git a/lib/options.js b/lib/options.js
index 897484b052..5f909f95d1 100644
--- a/lib/options.js
+++ b/lib/options.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ var path = require('path')
 var metadata = require('read-metadata')
 var exists = require('fs').existsSync
 var getGitUser = require('./git-user')
+var validateName = require('validate-npm-package-name')
 
 /**
  * Read prompts metadata.
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ module.exports = function options (name, dir) {
     : {}
 
   setDefault(opts, 'name', name)
+  setValidateName(opts)
 
   var author = getGitUser()
   if (author) {
@@ -49,3 +51,14 @@ function setDefault (opts, key, val) {
     prompts[key]['default'] = val
   }
 }
+
+function setValidateName (opts) {
+  opts.prompts.name.validate = function (name) {
+    var its = validateName(name)
+    if (!its.validForNewPackages) {
+      var errors = (its.errors || []).concat(its.warnings || [])
+      return 'Sorry, ' + errors.join(' and ') + '.'
+    }
+    return true
+  }
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 460dc5eda6..30b6e3f965 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@
     "request": "^2.67.0",
     "rimraf": "^2.5.0",
     "semver": "^5.1.0",
-    "uid": "0.0.2"
+    "uid": "0.0.2",
+    "validate-npm-package-name": "^2.2.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "babel-core": "^6.7.4",
diff --git a/test/e2e/test.js b/test/e2e/test.js
index 6c83a34b91..b7b2ee883c 100644
--- a/test/e2e/test.js
+++ b/test/e2e/test.js
@@ -7,11 +7,27 @@ const crypto = require('crypto')
 const render = require('consolidate').handlebars.render
 const inquirer = require('inquirer')
 const async = require('async')
+const extend = Object.assign || require('util')._extend
 const generate = require('../../lib/generate')
 
 const MOCK_TEMPLATE_REPO_PATH = './test/e2e/mock-template-repo'
 const MOCK_TEMPLATE_BUILD_PATH = path.resolve('./test/e2e/mock-template-build')
 
+function monkeyPatchInquirer(answers) {
+  // monkey patch inquirer
+  inquirer.prompt = (questions, cb) => {
+    const key = questions[0].name
+    const _answers = {}
+    const validate = questions[0].validate
+    const valid = validate(answers[key])
+    if (valid !== true) {
+      throw new Error(valid)
+    }
+    _answers[key] = answers[key]
+    cb(_answers)
+  };
+}
+
 describe('vue-cli', () => {
   const answers = {
     name: 'vue-cli-test',
@@ -24,15 +40,8 @@ describe('vue-cli', () => {
     pick: 'no'
   }
 
-  // monkey patch inquirer
-  inquirer.prompt = (questions, cb) => {
-    const key = questions[0].name
-    const _answers = {}
-    _answers[key] = answers[key]
-    cb(_answers)
-  }
-
   it('template generation', done => {
+    monkeyPatchInquirer(answers)
     generate('test', MOCK_TEMPLATE_REPO_PATH, MOCK_TEMPLATE_BUILD_PATH, err => {
       if (err) done(err)
 
@@ -56,6 +65,7 @@ describe('vue-cli', () => {
   })
 
   it('avoid rendering files that do not have mustaches', done => {
+    monkeyPatchInquirer(answers)
     const binFilePath = `${MOCK_TEMPLATE_REPO_PATH}/template/bin.file`
     const wstream = fs.createWriteStream(binFilePath)
     wstream.write(crypto.randomBytes(100))
@@ -79,4 +89,14 @@ describe('vue-cli', () => {
       })
     })
   })
+
+  it('validate input value', done => {
+    // deep copy
+    var invalidName = extend({}, answers, {name: 'INVALID-NAME'})
+    monkeyPatchInquirer(invalidName)
+    generate('INVALID-NAME', MOCK_TEMPLATE_REPO_PATH, MOCK_TEMPLATE_BUILD_PATH, err => {
+      expect(err).to.be.an('error');
+      done()
+    })
+  })
 })