diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/AdminResource.java b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/AdminResource.java
index 1526ae18a9057..f763804fff500 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/AdminResource.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/AdminResource.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 import org.apache.pulsar.client.admin.internal.TopicsImpl;
 import org.apache.pulsar.common.api.proto.CommandGetTopicsOfNamespace;
 import org.apache.pulsar.common.naming.Constants;
+import org.apache.pulsar.common.naming.NamedEntity;
 import org.apache.pulsar.common.naming.NamespaceBundle;
 import org.apache.pulsar.common.naming.NamespaceName;
 import org.apache.pulsar.common.naming.TopicDomain;
@@ -237,6 +238,9 @@ protected void validateTopicName(String property, String namespace, String encod
         try {
             this.namespaceName = NamespaceName.get(property, namespace);
             this.topicName = TopicName.get(domain(), namespaceName, topic);
+            if (config().isStrictTopicNameEnabled()) {
+                NamedEntity.checkName(topicName.getLocalName());
+            }
         } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
             log.warn("[{}] Invalid topic name [{}://{}/{}/{}]", clientAppId(), domain(), property, namespace, topic);
             throw new RestException(Status.PRECONDITION_FAILED, "Topic name is not valid");
diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/ServerCnx.java b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/ServerCnx.java
index 4e3eb9fd4ad27..7802fd37667dd 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/ServerCnx.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/ServerCnx.java
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@
 import org.apache.pulsar.common.compression.CompressionCodecProvider;
 import org.apache.pulsar.common.intercept.InterceptException;
 import org.apache.pulsar.common.naming.Metadata;
+import org.apache.pulsar.common.naming.NamedEntity;
 import org.apache.pulsar.common.naming.NamespaceName;
 import org.apache.pulsar.common.naming.SystemTopicNames;
 import org.apache.pulsar.common.naming.TopicName;
@@ -240,6 +241,8 @@ public class ServerCnx extends PulsarHandler implements TransportCnx {
 
     private final long connectionLivenessCheckTimeoutMillis;
 
+    private final boolean strictTopicNameEnabled;
+
     // Tracks and limits number of bytes pending to be published from a single specific IO thread.
     static final class PendingBytesPerThreadTracker {
         private static final FastThreadLocal<PendingBytesPerThreadTracker> pendingBytesPerThread =
@@ -341,6 +344,7 @@ public ServerCnx(PulsarService pulsar, String listenerName) {
         this.topicListService = new TopicListService(pulsar, this,
                 enableSubscriptionPatternEvaluation, maxSubscriptionPatternLength);
         this.brokerInterceptor = this.service != null ? this.service.getInterceptor() : null;
+        this.strictTopicNameEnabled = conf.isStrictTopicNameEnabled();
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -3267,7 +3271,11 @@ private void disableTcpNoDelayIfNeeded(String topic, String producerName) {
 
     private TopicName validateTopicName(String topic, long requestId, Object requestCommand) {
         try {
-            return TopicName.get(topic);
+            TopicName topicName = TopicName.get(topic);
+            if (strictTopicNameEnabled) {
+                NamedEntity.checkName(topicName.getLocalName());
+            }
+            return topicName;
         } catch (Throwable t) {
             if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
                 log.debug("[{}] Failed to parse topic name '{}'", remoteAddress, topic, t);
diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/AdminResourceTest.java b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/AdminResourceTest.java
index 68e1172f01d2e..10ea1ef0dba87 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/AdminResourceTest.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/admin/AdminResourceTest.java
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ public void testValidatePersistentTopicNameSuccess() {
         String topic = Codec.encode("test-topic");
 
         AdminResource resource = mockResource();
+        resource.setPulsar(pulsar);
         resource.validatePersistentTopicName(tenant, namespace, topic);
     }
 
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ public void testValidatePersistentTopicNameInvalid() {
         String topic = Codec.encode("test-topic");
 
         AdminResource nPResource = mockNonPersistentResource();
+        nPResource.setPulsar(pulsar);
         try {
             nPResource.validatePersistentTopicName(tenant, namespace, topic);
             fail("Should fail validation on non-persistent topic");
@@ -100,6 +102,7 @@ public void testValidatePartitionedTopicNameSuccess() {
         String topic = Codec.encode("test-topic");
 
         AdminResource resource = mockResource();
+        resource.setPulsar(pulsar);
         resource.validatePartitionedTopicName(tenant, namespace, topic);
     }
 
@@ -110,6 +113,7 @@ public void testValidatePartitionedTopicNameInvalid() {
         String topic = Codec.encode("test-topic-partition-0");
 
         AdminResource resource = mockResource();
+        resource.setPulsar(pulsar);
         try {
             resource.validatePartitionedTopicName(tenant, namespace, topic);
             fail("Should fail validation on invalid partitioned topic");