diff --git a/pulpcore/app/serializers/domain.py b/pulpcore/app/serializers/domain.py
index 692b9f47999..36d200a7f3d 100644
--- a/pulpcore/app/serializers/domain.py
+++ b/pulpcore/app/serializers/domain.py
@@ -324,6 +324,11 @@ def validate_name(self, value):
         """Ensure name is not 'api' or 'content'."""
         if value.lower() in ("api", "content"):
             raise serializers.ValidationError(_("Name can not be 'api' or 'content'."))
+
+        """Ensure name has less than 50 characters."""
+        if len(value) > 50:
+            raise serializers.ValidationError(_("Name can have 50 characters at most."))
+
         return value
 
     def _validate_storage_backend(self, storage_class, storage_settings):
diff --git a/pulpcore/tests/unit/serializers/test_domain.py b/pulpcore/tests/unit/serializers/test_domain.py
index 68c852db5f5..83df38579c5 100644
--- a/pulpcore/tests/unit/serializers/test_domain.py
+++ b/pulpcore/tests/unit/serializers/test_domain.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import pytest
+import random
+import string
 from types import SimpleNamespace
 
 from rest_framework import serializers
@@ -113,6 +115,29 @@ def test_using_setting_names(storage_class, serializer_class, all_settings):
     assert storage_settings == all_settings
 
 
+def test_max_name_length(storage_class, serializer_class, all_settings):
+    settings_name_map = serializer_class.SETTING_MAPPING
+    settings = {k.upper(): all_settings[v] for k, v in settings_name_map.items()}
+
+    letters = string.ascii_lowercase
+    name = ''.join(random.choice(letters) for i in range(50))
+
+    domain = SimpleNamespace(storage_class=storage_class, redirect_to_object_storage=True, name=name,storage_settings={})
+    data = {"storage_settings": settings}
+    serializer = DomainSerializer(domain, data=data, partial=True)
+
+    serializer.is_valid(raise_exception=True)
+    assert serializer.instance.name == name
+
+    name = ''.join(random.choice(letters) for i in range(51))
+    domain = SimpleNamespace(storage_class=storage_class, redirect_to_object_storage=True, name=name,storage_settings={})
+    serializer = DomainSerializer(domain, data=data, partial=True)
+
+    with pytest.raises(serializers.ValidationError) as exc_info:
+        serializer.validate_name(name)
+    assert "Name can have 50 characters at most" in str(exc_info.value)
+
+
 class DomainSettingsBaseMixin:
     storage_class = None
     serializer_class = None