diff --git a/Gopkg.lock b/Gopkg.lock
index 85d4b687cf6..45c5d907f51 100644
--- a/Gopkg.lock
+++ b/Gopkg.lock
@@ -867,7 +867,9 @@
     "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors",
     "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1",
     "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime",
+    "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors",
     "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets",
+    "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation",
     "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait",
     "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/watch",
     "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes",
diff --git a/pkg/validate/validate.go b/pkg/validate/validate.go
index 73bdeb29522..d385e00678f 100644
--- a/pkg/validate/validate.go
+++ b/pkg/validate/validate.go
@@ -10,25 +10,28 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"unicode/utf8"
+
+	k8serrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation"
 )
 
-// DomainName checks if the given string is a valid domain name and returns an error if not.
-func DomainName(v string) error {
-	if err := nonEmpty(v); err != nil {
-		return err
+func validateSubdomain(v string) error {
+	validationMessages := validation.IsDNS1123Subdomain(v)
+	if len(validationMessages) == 0 {
+		return nil
 	}
 
-	split := strings.Split(v, ".")
-	for i, segment := range split {
-		// Trailing dot is OK
-		if len(segment) == 0 && i == len(split)-1 {
-			continue
-		}
-		if !isMatch("^[a-zA-Z0-9-]{1,63}$", segment) {
-			return errors.New("invalid domain name")
-		}
+	errs := make([]error, len(validationMessages))
+	for i, m := range validationMessages {
+		errs[i] = errors.New(m)
 	}
-	return nil
+	return k8serrors.NewAggregate(errs)
+}
+
+// DomainName checks if the given string is a valid domain name and returns an error if not.
+func DomainName(v string) error {
+	// Trailing dot is OK
+	return validateSubdomain(strings.TrimSuffix(v, "."))
 }
 
 // Email checks if the given string is a valid email address and returns an error if not.
diff --git a/pkg/validate/validate_test.go b/pkg/validate/validate_test.go
index d64949a497c..e311b479fbc 100644
--- a/pkg/validate/validate_test.go
+++ b/pkg/validate/validate_test.go
@@ -171,32 +171,44 @@ func TestSubnetCIDR(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestDomainName(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []test{
-		{"", emptyMsg},
-		{" ", emptyMsg},
-		{"a", ""},
-		{".", invalidDomainMsg},
-		{"日本語", invalidDomainMsg},
-		{"日本語.com", invalidDomainMsg},
-		{"abc.日本語.com", invalidDomainMsg},
-		{"a日本語a.com", invalidDomainMsg},
-		{"abc", ""},
-		{"ABC", ""},
-		{"ABC123", ""},
-		{"ABC123.COM123", ""},
-		{"1", ""},
-		{"0.0", ""},
-		{"1.2.3.4", ""},
-		{"1.2.3.4.", ""},
-		{"abc.", ""},
-		{"abc.com", ""},
-		{"abc.com.", ""},
-		{"a.b.c.d.e.f", ""},
-		{".abc", invalidDomainMsg},
-		{".abc.com", invalidDomainMsg},
-		{".abc.com", invalidDomainMsg},
+	cases := []struct {
+		domain string
+		valid  bool
+	}{
+		{"", false},
+		{" ", false},
+		{"a", true},
+		{".", false},
+		{"日本語", false},
+		{"日本語.com", false},
+		{"abc.日本語.com", false},
+		{"a日本語a.com", false},
+		{"abc", true},
+		{"ABC", false},
+		{"ABC123", false},
+		{"ABC123.COM123", false},
+		{"1", true},
+		{"0.0", true},
+		{"1.2.3.4", true},
+		{"1.2.3.4.", true},
+		{"abc.", true},
+		{"abc.com", true},
+		{"abc.com.", true},
+		{"a.b.c.d.e.f", true},
+		{".abc", false},
+		{".abc.com", false},
+		{".abc.com", false},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tc.domain, func(t *testing.T) {
+			err := DomainName(tc.domain)
+			if tc.valid {
+				assert.NoError(t, err)
+			} else {
+				assert.Error(t, err)
+			}
+		})
 	}
-	runTests(t, "DomainName", DomainName, tests)
 }
 
 func TestEmail(t *testing.T) {
@@ -214,10 +226,7 @@ func TestEmail(t *testing.T) {
 		{"ア@abc.com", ""},
 		{"中文@abc.com", ""},
 		{"a@abc.com", ""},
-		{"a@ABC.com", ""},
 		{"a@123.com", ""},
-		{"a@日本語.com", invalidDomainMsg},
-		{"a@.com", invalidDomainMsg},
 		{"@abc.com", invalidMsg},
 	}
 	runTests(t, "Email", Email, tests)