diff --git a/lib/kamal/configuration.rb b/lib/kamal/configuration.rb
index f31a3035..8ad0ad04 100644
--- a/lib/kamal/configuration.rb
+++ b/lib/kamal/configuration.rb
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ class Kamal::Configuration
       && ensure_required_keys_present \
       && ensure_valid_kamal_version \
       && ensure_retain_containers_valid \
+      && ensure_valid_service_name \
       && ensure_push_env_valid
   end
 
@@ -291,6 +292,12 @@ class Kamal::Configuration
       true
     end
 
+    def ensure_valid_service_name
+      raise ArgumentError, "Service name can only include alphanumeric characters, hyphens, and underscores" unless raw_config[:service] =~ /^[a-z0-9-_]+$/
+
+      true
+    end
+
     def ensure_valid_kamal_version
       if minimum_version && Gem::Version.new(minimum_version) > Gem::Version.new(Kamal::VERSION)
         raise ArgumentError, "Current version is #{Kamal::VERSION}, minimum required is #{minimum_version}"
diff --git a/test/configuration_test.rb b/test/configuration_test.rb
index 93ed487c..2373c56d 100644
--- a/test/configuration_test.rb
+++ b/test/configuration_test.rb
@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@ class ConfigurationTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     end
   end
 
+  test "service name valid" do
+    assert Kamal::Configuration.new(@deploy.tap { _1[:service] = "hey-app1_primary" }).valid?
+  end
+
+  test "service name invalid" do
+    assert_raise(ArgumentError) do
+      Kamal::Configuration.new @deploy.tap { _1[:service] = "app.com" }
+    end
+  end
+
   test "roles" do
     assert_equal %w[ web ], @config.roles.collect(&:name)
     assert_equal %w[ web workers ], @config_with_roles.roles.collect(&:name)