diff --git a/src/resources/datamanager/DataManagerResource.js b/src/resources/datamanager/DataManagerResource.js
index 4c5550c8..25d3c0d8 100644
--- a/src/resources/datamanager/DataManagerResource.js
+++ b/src/resources/datamanager/DataManagerResource.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import validator from 'json-schema-remote';
+
 import superagent from 'superagent';
 import * as qs from 'querystring';
 
@@ -410,9 +412,10 @@ export default class DataManagerResource extends Resource {
       if (!role) {
         throw new Error('Cannot create resource with undefined object.');
       }
-      // TODO schema validation
-      return post(this.newRequest().follow('ec:dm-roles'), role);
+      return this.resource.link('ec:dm-role/by-id');
     })
+    .then(link => validator.validate(role, `${link.profile}-template`))
+    .then(() => post(this.newRequest().follow('ec:dm-roles'), role))
     .then(([dm, traversal]) => new RoleResource(dm, this.environment, traversal));
   }
 
diff --git a/test/datamanager/DataManager.test.js b/test/datamanager/DataManager.test.js
index edf7a1bc..f8727125 100644
--- a/test/datamanager/DataManager.test.js
+++ b/test/datamanager/DataManager.test.js
@@ -577,20 +577,24 @@ describe('DataManager Resource', () => {
         return resolve(JSON.parse(res));
       });
     })
-    .then((clientJSON) => {
-      stub.returns(Promise.resolve([clientJSON, resource.traversal]));
+    .then((res) => {
+      stub.returns(Promise.resolve([res, resource.traversal]));
       const create = Object.assign({}, {
-        name: resource.name,
-        label: resource.label,
-        addUnregistered: resource.addUnregistered,
-        addRegistered: resource.addRegistered,
-        accounts: resource.accounts,
+        name: res.name,
+        label: res.label,
+        addUnregistered: res.addUnregistered,
+        addRegistered: res.addRegistered,
+        accounts: res.accounts,
       });
       return resource.createRole(create);
     })
     .then(() => {
       stub.should.be.called.once;
       stub.restore();
+    })
+    .catch((err) => {
+      stub.restore();
+      throw err;
     });
   });
   it('should be rejected on undefined client', () => {
diff --git a/test/mocks/dm-single.json b/test/mocks/dm-single.json
index c352fa8e..9abbc8d5 100644
--- a/test/mocks/dm-single.json
+++ b/test/mocks/dm-single.json
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@
       "profile": "https://entrecode.de/schema/dm-roles",
       "href": "https://datamanager.entrecode.de/role?dataManagerID=48e18a34-cf64-4f4a-bc47-45323a7f0e44"
     },
+    "ec:dm-role/by-id": {
+      "profile": "https://entrecode.de/schema/dm-role",
+      "href": "https://datamanager.entrecode.de/role{?roldeID}",
+      "templated": true
+    },
     "ec:dm-roles/options": {
       "href": "https://datamanager.entrecode.de/role{?accounts,addRegistered,addUnregistered,dataManagerID,label,label~,name,name~,page,roleID,roleID~,size,sort}",
       "templated": true
diff --git a/test/mocks/nock.js b/test/mocks/nock.js
index d93a6432..57dca553 100644
--- a/test/mocks/nock.js
+++ b/test/mocks/nock.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ module.exports = {
     .get('/datamanager').replyWithFile(200, `${__dirname}/schema/dm.json`)
     .get('/datamanager-template').replyWithFile(200, `${__dirname}/schema/dm-template.json`)
     .get('/dm-template-template').replyWithFile(200, `${__dirname}/schema/dm-template-template.json`)
+    .get('/dm-role-template').replyWithFile(200, `${__dirname}/schema/dm-role-template.json`)
     .get('/datetime').replyWithFile(200, `${__dirname}/schema/datetime.json`)
     .get('/uuidV4').replyWithFile(200, `${__dirname}/schema/uuidV4.json`)
     .get('/locale').replyWithFile(200, `${__dirname}/schema/locale.json`)
diff --git a/test/mocks/schema/dm-role-template.json b/test/mocks/schema/dm-role-template.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..46c98236
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/mocks/schema/dm-role-template.json
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
+  "id": "https://entrecode.de/schema/dm-role",
+  "type": "object",
+  "properties": {
+    "name": {
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "label": {
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "addUnregistered": {
+      "type": "boolean"
+    },
+    "addRegistered": {
+      "type": "boolean"
+    },
+    "accounts": {
+      "type": "array",
+      "items": {
+        "$ref": "https://entrecode.de/schema/uuidV4"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}