diff --git a/pkg/api/helpers.go b/pkg/api/helpers.go
index 56787767cdb..aed3c5a7aa3 100644
--- a/pkg/api/helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/api/helpers.go
@@ -127,6 +127,16 @@ func IsStandardContainerResourceName(str string) bool {
 	return standardContainerResources.Has(str)
 }
 
+var standardLimitRangeTypes = sets.NewString(
+	string(LimitTypePod),
+	string(LimitTypeContainer),
+)
+
+// IsStandardLimitRangeType returns true if the type is Pod or Container
+func IsStandardLimitRangeType(str string) bool {
+	return standardLimitRangeTypes.Has(str)
+}
+
 var standardQuotaResources = sets.NewString(
 	string(ResourceCPU),
 	string(ResourceMemory),
diff --git a/pkg/api/validation/validation.go b/pkg/api/validation/validation.go
index d0f6426d92f..fed8a128445 100644
--- a/pkg/api/validation/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/api/validation/validation.go
@@ -2034,6 +2034,33 @@ func validateResourceQuotaResourceName(value string, fldPath *field.Path) field.
 	return field.ErrorList{}
 }
 
+// Validate limit range types
+func validateLimitRangeTypeName(value string, fldPath *field.Path) field.ErrorList {
+	allErrs := field.ErrorList{}
+	if !validation.IsQualifiedName(value) {
+		return append(allErrs, field.Invalid(fldPath, value, qualifiedNameErrorMsg))
+	}
+
+	if len(strings.Split(value, "/")) == 1 {
+		if !api.IsStandardLimitRangeType(value) {
+			return append(allErrs, field.Invalid(fldPath, value, "must be a standard limit type or fully qualified"))
+		}
+	}
+
+	return allErrs
+}
+
+// Validate limit range resource name
+// limit types (other than Pod/Container) could contain storage not just cpu or memory
+func validateLimitRangeResourceName(limitType api.LimitType, value string, fldPath *field.Path) field.ErrorList {
+	switch limitType {
+	case api.LimitTypePod, api.LimitTypeContainer:
+		return validateContainerResourceName(value, fldPath)
+	default:
+		return validateResourceName(value, fldPath)
+	}
+}
+
 // ValidateLimitRange tests if required fields in the LimitRange are set.
 func ValidateLimitRange(limitRange *api.LimitRange) field.ErrorList {
 	allErrs := ValidateObjectMeta(&limitRange.ObjectMeta, true, ValidateLimitRangeName, field.NewPath("metadata"))
@@ -2044,6 +2071,8 @@ func ValidateLimitRange(limitRange *api.LimitRange) field.ErrorList {
 	for i := range limitRange.Spec.Limits {
 		idxPath := fldPath.Index(i)
 		limit := &limitRange.Spec.Limits[i]
+		allErrs = append(allErrs, validateLimitRangeTypeName(string(limit.Type), idxPath.Child("type"))...)
+
 		_, found := limitTypeSet[limit.Type]
 		if found {
 			allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Duplicate(idxPath.Child("type"), limit.Type))
@@ -2058,12 +2087,12 @@ func ValidateLimitRange(limitRange *api.LimitRange) field.ErrorList {
 		maxLimitRequestRatios := map[string]resource.Quantity{}
 
 		for k, q := range limit.Max {
-			allErrs = append(allErrs, validateContainerResourceName(string(k), idxPath.Child("max").Key(string(k)))...)
+			allErrs = append(allErrs, validateLimitRangeResourceName(limit.Type, string(k), idxPath.Child("max").Key(string(k)))...)
 			keys.Insert(string(k))
 			max[string(k)] = q
 		}
 		for k, q := range limit.Min {
-			allErrs = append(allErrs, validateContainerResourceName(string(k), idxPath.Child("min").Key(string(k)))...)
+			allErrs = append(allErrs, validateLimitRangeResourceName(limit.Type, string(k), idxPath.Child("min").Key(string(k)))...)
 			keys.Insert(string(k))
 			min[string(k)] = q
 		}
@@ -2077,19 +2106,19 @@ func ValidateLimitRange(limitRange *api.LimitRange) field.ErrorList {
 			}
 		} else {
 			for k, q := range limit.Default {
-				allErrs = append(allErrs, validateContainerResourceName(string(k), idxPath.Child("default").Key(string(k)))...)
+				allErrs = append(allErrs, validateLimitRangeResourceName(limit.Type, string(k), idxPath.Child("default").Key(string(k)))...)
 				keys.Insert(string(k))
 				defaults[string(k)] = q
 			}
 			for k, q := range limit.DefaultRequest {
-				allErrs = append(allErrs, validateContainerResourceName(string(k), idxPath.Child("defaultRequest").Key(string(k)))...)
+				allErrs = append(allErrs, validateLimitRangeResourceName(limit.Type, string(k), idxPath.Child("defaultRequest").Key(string(k)))...)
 				keys.Insert(string(k))
 				defaultRequests[string(k)] = q
 			}
 		}
 
 		for k, q := range limit.MaxLimitRequestRatio {
-			allErrs = append(allErrs, validateContainerResourceName(string(k), idxPath.Child("maxLimitRequestRatio").Key(string(k)))...)
+			allErrs = append(allErrs, validateLimitRangeResourceName(limit.Type, string(k), idxPath.Child("maxLimitRequestRatio").Key(string(k)))...)
 			keys.Insert(string(k))
 			maxLimitRequestRatios[string(k)] = q
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/api/validation/validation_test.go b/pkg/api/validation/validation_test.go
index 851e0a0dcc5..ad10d7917cf 100644
--- a/pkg/api/validation/validation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/api/validation/validation_test.go
@@ -3864,6 +3864,14 @@ func getResourceList(cpu, memory string) api.ResourceList {
 	return res
 }
 
+func getStorageResourceList(storage string) api.ResourceList {
+	res := api.ResourceList{}
+	if storage != "" {
+		res[api.ResourceStorage] = resource.MustParse(storage)
+	}
+	return res
+}
+
 func TestValidateLimitRange(t *testing.T) {
 	successCases := []struct {
 		name string
@@ -3905,6 +3913,36 @@ func TestValidateLimitRange(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "thirdparty-fields-all-valid-standard-container-resources",
+			spec: api.LimitRangeSpec{
+				Limits: []api.LimitRangeItem{
+					{
+						Type:                 "thirdparty.com/foo",
+						Max:                  getResourceList("100m", "10000T"),
+						Min:                  getResourceList("5m", "100Mi"),
+						Default:              getResourceList("50m", "500Mi"),
+						DefaultRequest:       getResourceList("10m", "200Mi"),
+						MaxLimitRequestRatio: getResourceList("10", ""),
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "thirdparty-fields-all-valid-storage-resources",
+			spec: api.LimitRangeSpec{
+				Limits: []api.LimitRangeItem{
+					{
+						Type:                 "thirdparty.com/foo",
+						Max:                  getStorageResourceList("10000T"),
+						Min:                  getStorageResourceList("100Mi"),
+						Default:              getStorageResourceList("500Mi"),
+						DefaultRequest:       getStorageResourceList("200Mi"),
+						MaxLimitRequestRatio: getStorageResourceList(""),
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, successCase := range successCases {
@@ -4052,6 +4090,21 @@ func TestValidateLimitRange(t *testing.T) {
 			}},
 			"ratio 10 is greater than max/min = 4.000000",
 		},
+		"invalid non standard limit type": {
+			api.LimitRange{ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{Name: "abc", Namespace: "foo"}, Spec: api.LimitRangeSpec{
+				Limits: []api.LimitRangeItem{
+					{
+						Type:                 "foo",
+						Max:                  getStorageResourceList("10000T"),
+						Min:                  getStorageResourceList("100Mi"),
+						Default:              getStorageResourceList("500Mi"),
+						DefaultRequest:       getStorageResourceList("200Mi"),
+						MaxLimitRequestRatio: getStorageResourceList(""),
+					},
+				},
+			}},
+			"must be a standard limit type or fully qualified",
+		},
 	}
 
 	for k, v := range errorCases {