diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/add_argument_check_for_rundeck.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/add_argument_check_for_rundeck.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d918d0048
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/add_argument_check_for_rundeck.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+- rundeck_acl_policy - add check for rundeck_acl_policy name parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/612).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/web_infrastructure/rundeck_acl_policy.py b/plugins/modules/web_infrastructure/rundeck_acl_policy.py
index 978e3da1dc..28f287ac73 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/web_infrastructure/rundeck_acl_policy.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/web_infrastructure/rundeck_acl_policy.py
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
 from ansible.module_utils.urls import fetch_url, url_argument_spec
 from ansible.module_utils._text import to_text
 import json
+import re
 
 
 class RundeckACLManager:
@@ -230,6 +231,9 @@ def main():
         supports_check_mode=True
     )
 
+    if not bool(re.match("[a-zA-Z0-9,.+_-]+", module.params["name"])):
+        module.fail_json(msg="Name contains forbidden characters. The policy can contain the characters: a-zA-Z0-9,.+_-")
+
     if module.params["api_version"] < 14:
         module.fail_json(msg="API version should be at least 14")