diff --git a/plugin/pkg/admission/priority/admission.go b/plugin/pkg/admission/priority/admission.go
index 686f98bb5a6..ab39703b74d 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/admission/priority/admission.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/admission/priority/admission.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package admission
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"strings"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
@@ -41,6 +42,9 @@ const (
 	HighestUserDefinablePriority = 1000000000
 	// SystemCriticalPriority is the beginning of the range of priority values for critical system components.
 	SystemCriticalPriority = 2 * HighestUserDefinablePriority
+	// SystemPriorityClassPrefix is the prefix reserved for system priority class names. Other priority
+	// classes are not allowed to start with this prefix.
+	SystemPriorityClassPrefix = "system-"
 )
 
 // SystemPriorityClasses defines special priority classes which are used by system critical pods that should not be preempted by workload pods.
@@ -203,6 +207,9 @@ func (p *PriorityPlugin) validatePriorityClass(a admission.Attributes) error {
 	if pc.Value > HighestUserDefinablePriority {
 		return admission.NewForbidden(a, fmt.Errorf("maximum allowed value of a user defined priority is %v", HighestUserDefinablePriority))
 	}
+	if strings.HasPrefix(pc.Name, SystemPriorityClassPrefix) {
+		return admission.NewForbidden(a, fmt.Errorf("priority class names with '%v' prefix are reserved for system use only: %v", SystemPriorityClassPrefix, pc.Name))
+	}
 	if _, ok := SystemPriorityClasses[pc.Name]; ok {
 		return admission.NewForbidden(a, fmt.Errorf("the name of the priority class is a reserved name for system use only: %v", pc.Name))
 	}
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/admission/priority/admission_test.go b/plugin/pkg/admission/priority/admission_test.go
index c9122ac63f0..0066c2a731f 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/admission/priority/admission_test.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/admission/priority/admission_test.go
@@ -127,6 +127,21 @@ func TestPriorityClassAdmission(t *testing.T) {
 			systemClass,
 			true,
 		},
+		{
+			"forbidden system name prefix",
+			[]*scheduling.PriorityClass{},
+			&scheduling.PriorityClass{
+				TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+					Kind: "PriorityClass",
+				},
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name: "system-something",
+				},
+				Value:       5,
+				Description: "Name with 'system-' prefix is reserved for system use",
+			},
+			true,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {