diff --git a/apis/metal3.io/v1alpha1/baremetalhost_validation.go b/apis/metal3.io/v1alpha1/baremetalhost_validation.go
index f2b91efc21..5a64aa8418 100644
--- a/apis/metal3.io/v1alpha1/baremetalhost_validation.go
+++ b/apis/metal3.io/v1alpha1/baremetalhost_validation.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	logf "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log"
 
 	"github.com/metal3-io/baremetal-operator/pkg/hardwareutils/bmc"
@@ -38,6 +39,10 @@ func (host *BareMetalHost) validateHost() []error {
 		errs = append(errs, err)
 	}
 
+	if err := validateDNSName(host.Spec.BMC.Address); err != nil {
+		errs = append(errs, err)
+	}
+
 	return errs
 }
 
@@ -143,3 +148,17 @@ func validateBMHName(bmhname string) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func validateDNSName(hostaddress string) error {
+
+	if hostaddress == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	_, err := bmc.GetParsedURL(hostaddress)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "BMO validation")
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/apis/metal3.io/v1alpha1/baremetalhost_validation_test.go b/apis/metal3.io/v1alpha1/baremetalhost_validation_test.go
index 29b6b978a4..8b26d1b7bd 100644
--- a/apis/metal3.io/v1alpha1/baremetalhost_validation_test.go
+++ b/apis/metal3.io/v1alpha1/baremetalhost_validation_test.go
@@ -349,6 +349,94 @@ func TestValidateCreate(t *testing.T) {
 			oldBMH:    nil,
 			wantedErr: fmt.Sprintf("the 'numberOfPhysicalDisks'[%d] and number of 'physicalDisks'[2] is not same for volume 0", numberOfPhysicalDisks),
 		},
+		{
+			name: "validDNSName",
+			newBMH: &BareMetalHost{
+				TypeMeta:   tm,
+				ObjectMeta: om,
+				Spec: BareMetalHostSpec{
+					BMC: BMCDetails{
+						Address: "ipmi://host-0.example.com.org:6223"}}},
+			oldBMH:    nil,
+			wantedErr: "",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "validDNSName2",
+			newBMH: &BareMetalHost{
+				TypeMeta:   tm,
+				ObjectMeta: om,
+				Spec: BareMetalHostSpec{
+					BMC: BMCDetails{
+						Address: "ipmi://baremetalhost"}}},
+			oldBMH:    nil,
+			wantedErr: "",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "validDNSName3",
+			newBMH: &BareMetalHost{
+				TypeMeta:   tm,
+				ObjectMeta: om,
+				Spec: BareMetalHostSpec{
+					BMC: BMCDetails{
+						Address: "ipmi://[fe80::fc33:62ff:fe83:8a76]:6233"}}},
+			oldBMH:    nil,
+			wantedErr: "",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "invalidDNSNameinvalidhyphenuse",
+			newBMH: &BareMetalHost{
+				TypeMeta:   tm,
+				ObjectMeta: om,
+				Spec: BareMetalHostSpec{
+					BMC: BMCDetails{
+						Address: "ipmi://-host.example.com.org"}}},
+			oldBMH:    nil,
+			wantedErr: "BMO validation: failed to parse BMC address information: BMC address hostname/IP : [-host.example.com.org] is invalid",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "invalidDNSNameinvalidcharacter",
+			newBMH: &BareMetalHost{
+				TypeMeta:   tm,
+				ObjectMeta: om,
+				Spec: BareMetalHostSpec{
+					BMC: BMCDetails{
+						Address: "ipmi://host+1.example.com.org"}}},
+			oldBMH:    nil,
+			wantedErr: "BMO validation: failed to parse BMC address information: BMC address hostname/IP : [host+1.example.com.org] is invalid",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "invalidDNSNameinvalidformat",
+			newBMH: &BareMetalHost{
+				TypeMeta:   tm,
+				ObjectMeta: om,
+				Spec: BareMetalHostSpec{
+					BMC: BMCDetails{
+						Address: "[@]host.example.com"}}},
+			oldBMH:    nil,
+			wantedErr: "BMO validation: failed to parse BMC address information: parse \"ipmi://[@]host.example.com\": net/url: invalid userinfo",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "invalidDNSNameinvalidbmc",
+			newBMH: &BareMetalHost{
+				TypeMeta:   tm,
+				ObjectMeta: om,
+				Spec: BareMetalHostSpec{
+					BMC: BMCDetails{
+						Address: "ipm:host.example.com:6223"}}},
+			oldBMH:    nil,
+			wantedErr: "Unknown BMC type 'ipm' for address ipm:host.example.com:6223",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "invalidDNSNameinvalidipv6",
+			newBMH: &BareMetalHost{
+				TypeMeta:   tm,
+				ObjectMeta: om,
+				Spec: BareMetalHostSpec{
+					BMC: BMCDetails{
+						Address: "ipmi://[fe80::fc33:62ff:fe33:8xff]:6223"}}},
+			oldBMH:    nil,
+			wantedErr: "BMO validation: failed to parse BMC address information: BMC address hostname/IP : [fe80::fc33:62ff:fe33:8xff] is invalid",
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {