diff --git a/nats-base-client/jsmconsumer_api.ts b/nats-base-client/jsmconsumer_api.ts
index f8233ef9..07605297 100644
--- a/nats-base-client/jsmconsumer_api.ts
+++ b/nats-base-client/jsmconsumer_api.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@ import {
 } from "./types.ts";
 import { BaseApiClient } from "./jsbaseclient_api.ts";
 import { ListerFieldFilter, ListerImpl } from "./jslister.ts";
-import { validateDurableName, validateStreamName } from "./jsutil.ts";
+import {
+  validateDurableName,
+  validateStreamName,
+  validName,
+} from "./jsutil.ts";
 import { NatsConnectionImpl } from "./nats.ts";
 import { Feature } from "./semver.ts";
 
@@ -69,6 +73,12 @@ export class ConsumerAPIImpl extends BaseApiClient implements ConsumerAPI {
     if (name && !newAPI) {
       throw new Error(`consumer 'name' requires server ${min}`);
     }
+    if (name) {
+      const m = validName(name);
+      if (m.length) {
+        throw new Error(`consumer 'name' ${m}`);
+      }
+    }
 
     let subj;
     let consumerName = "";
diff --git a/nats-base-client/jsutil.ts b/nats-base-client/jsutil.ts
index fec884bc..20a5dd65 100644
--- a/nats-base-client/jsutil.ts
+++ b/nats-base-client/jsutil.ts
@@ -39,14 +39,24 @@ export function validateName(context: string, name = "") {
   if (name === "") {
     throw Error(`${context} name required`);
   }
+  const m = validName(name);
+  if (m.length) {
+    throw new Error(`invalid ${context} name - ${context} name ${m}`);
+  }
+}
+
+export function validName(name = ""): string {
+  if (name === "") {
+    throw Error(`name required`);
+  }
   const bad = [".", "*", ">"];
-  bad.forEach((v) => {
+  for (let i = 0; i < bad.length; i++) {
+    const v = bad[i];
     if (name.indexOf(v) !== -1) {
-      throw Error(
-        `invalid ${context} name - ${context} name cannot contain '${v}'`,
-      );
+      return `cannot contain '${v}'`;
     }
-  });
+  }
+  return "";
 }
 
 export function defaultConsumer(
diff --git a/tests/jsm_test.ts b/tests/jsm_test.ts
index 73201877..884a134e 100644
--- a/tests/jsm_test.ts
+++ b/tests/jsm_test.ts
@@ -1420,15 +1420,11 @@ Deno.test("jsm - consumers with name and durable_name", async () => {
     return;
   }
 
-  // change the version of the server to force legacy apis
   const jsm = await nc.jetstreamManager();
-  await jsm.streams.add({
-    name: "A",
-    subjects: ["foo", "bar"],
-  });
+  const { stream } = await initStream(nc);
 
   // should be ok
-  await jsm.consumers.add("A", {
+  await jsm.consumers.add(stream, {
     name: "x",
     durable_name: "x",
     ack_policy: AckPolicy.None,
@@ -1437,7 +1433,7 @@ Deno.test("jsm - consumers with name and durable_name", async () => {
   // should fail from the server
   await assertRejects(
     async () => {
-      await jsm.consumers.add("A", {
+      await jsm.consumers.add(stream, {
         name: "y",
         durable_name: "z",
         ack_policy: AckPolicy.None,
@@ -1449,3 +1445,55 @@ Deno.test("jsm - consumers with name and durable_name", async () => {
 
   await cleanup(ns, nc);
 });
+
+Deno.test("jsm - consumer name is validated", async () => {
+  const { ns, nc } = await setup(
+    jetstreamServerConf({}, true),
+  );
+
+  if (await notCompatible(ns, nc, "2.9.0")) {
+    return;
+  }
+  const { stream } = await initStream(nc);
+  const jsm = await nc.jetstreamManager();
+
+  function test(
+    n: string,
+    conf: Partial<ConsumerConfig> = {},
+  ): Promise<unknown> {
+    const opts = Object.assign({ name: n, ack_policy: AckPolicy.None }, conf);
+    return jsm.consumers.add(stream, opts);
+  }
+
+  await assertRejects(
+    async () => {
+      await test("hello.world");
+    },
+    Error,
+    "consumer 'name' cannot contain '.'",
+  );
+
+  await assertRejects(
+    async () => {
+      await test("hello>world");
+    },
+    Error,
+    "consumer 'name' cannot contain '>'",
+  );
+  await assertRejects(
+    async () => {
+      await test("one*two");
+    },
+    Error,
+    "consumer 'name' cannot contain '*'",
+  );
+  await assertRejects(
+    async () => {
+      await test(".");
+    },
+    Error,
+    "consumer 'name' cannot contain '.'",
+  );
+
+  await cleanup(ns, nc);
+});