diff --git a/jobspec/parse_service.go b/jobspec/parse_service.go
index 00963b327f90..24c35176df75 100644
--- a/jobspec/parse_service.go
+++ b/jobspec/parse_service.go
@@ -263,32 +263,7 @@ func parseSidecarService(o *ast.ObjectItem) (*api.ConsulSidecarService, error) {
 }
 
 func parseSidecarTask(item *ast.ObjectItem) (*api.SidecarTask, error) {
-	// We need this later
-	var listVal *ast.ObjectList
-	if ot, ok := item.Val.(*ast.ObjectType); ok {
-		listVal = ot.List
-	} else {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("should be an object")
-	}
-
-	// Check for invalid keys
-	valid := []string{
-		"config",
-		"driver",
-		"env",
-		"kill_timeout",
-		"logs",
-		"meta",
-		"resources",
-		"shutdown_delay",
-		"user",
-		"kill_signal",
-	}
-	if err := helper.CheckHCLKeys(listVal, valid); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	task, err := parseTask(item)
+	task, err := parseTask(item, sidecarTaskKeys)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/jobspec/parse_task.go b/jobspec/parse_task.go
index 230ef32a8208..2a1ebc60b764 100644
--- a/jobspec/parse_task.go
+++ b/jobspec/parse_task.go
@@ -12,6 +12,41 @@ import (
 	"github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure"
 )
 
+var (
+	commonTaskKeys = []string{
+		"driver",
+		"user",
+		"config",
+		"env",
+		"resources",
+		"meta",
+		"logs",
+		"kill_timeout",
+		"shutdown_delay",
+		"kill_signal",
+	}
+
+	normalTaskKeys = append(commonTaskKeys,
+		"artifact",
+		"constraint",
+		"affinity",
+		"dispatch_payload",
+		"lifecycle",
+		"leader",
+		"restart",
+		"service",
+		"template",
+		"vault",
+		"kind",
+		"volume_mount",
+		"csi_plugin",
+	)
+
+	sidecarTaskKeys = append(commonTaskKeys,
+		"name",
+	)
+)
+
 func parseTasks(result *[]*api.Task, list *ast.ObjectList) error {
 	list = list.Children()
 	if len(list.Items) == 0 {
@@ -29,7 +64,7 @@ func parseTasks(result *[]*api.Task, list *ast.ObjectList) error {
 		}
 		seen[n] = struct{}{}
 
-		t, err := parseTask(item)
+		t, err := parseTask(item, normalTaskKeys)
 		if err != nil {
 			return multierror.Prefix(err, fmt.Sprintf("'%s',", n))
 		}
@@ -42,7 +77,7 @@ func parseTasks(result *[]*api.Task, list *ast.ObjectList) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func parseTask(item *ast.ObjectItem) (*api.Task, error) {
+func parseTask(item *ast.ObjectItem, keys []string) (*api.Task, error) {
 	// We need this later
 	var listVal *ast.ObjectList
 	if ot, ok := item.Val.(*ast.ObjectType); ok {
@@ -52,32 +87,7 @@ func parseTask(item *ast.ObjectItem) (*api.Task, error) {
 	}
 
 	// Check for invalid keys
-	valid := []string{
-		"artifact",
-		"config",
-		"constraint",
-		"affinity",
-		"dispatch_payload",
-		"lifecycle",
-		"driver",
-		"env",
-		"kill_timeout",
-		"leader",
-		"logs",
-		"meta",
-		"resources",
-		"restart",
-		"service",
-		"shutdown_delay",
-		"template",
-		"user",
-		"vault",
-		"kill_signal",
-		"kind",
-		"volume_mount",
-		"csi_plugin",
-	}
-	if err := helper.CheckHCLKeys(listVal, valid); err != nil {
+	if err := helper.CheckHCLKeys(listVal, keys); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
diff --git a/jobspec/parse_test.go b/jobspec/parse_test.go
index c445a681829a..c171f9acf47b 100644
--- a/jobspec/parse_test.go
+++ b/jobspec/parse_test.go
@@ -894,6 +894,28 @@ func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			false,
 		},
+		{
+			"service-connect-sidecar_task-name.hcl",
+			&api.Job{
+				ID:   helper.StringToPtr("sidecar_task_name"),
+				Name: helper.StringToPtr("sidecar_task_name"),
+				Type: helper.StringToPtr("service"),
+				TaskGroups: []*api.TaskGroup{{
+					Name: helper.StringToPtr("group"),
+					Services: []*api.Service{{
+						Name: "example",
+						Connect: &api.ConsulConnect{
+							Native:         false,
+							SidecarService: &api.ConsulSidecarService{},
+							SidecarTask: &api.SidecarTask{
+								Name: "my-sidecar",
+							},
+						},
+					}},
+				}},
+			},
+			false,
+		},
 		{
 			"reschedule-job.hcl",
 			&api.Job{
diff --git a/jobspec/test-fixtures/service-connect-sidecar_task-name.hcl b/jobspec/test-fixtures/service-connect-sidecar_task-name.hcl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e46d8ce3d5f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jobspec/test-fixtures/service-connect-sidecar_task-name.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+job "sidecar_task_name" {
+  type = "service"
+
+  group "group" {
+    service {
+      name = "example"
+      connect {
+        sidecar_service {}
+        sidecar_task {
+          name = "my-sidecar"
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
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