diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/BUILD b/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/BUILD
index 49ec4e30f89..0784663d57c 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/BUILD
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/BUILD
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ go_library(
         "//cmd/kubeadm/app/util/runtime:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/net:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/version:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/PuerkitoBio/purell:go_default_library",
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks.go
index cd656189792..f219bef6d2c 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	netutil "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/net"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation"
 	versionutil "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 	kubeadmversion "k8s.io/component-base/version"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
@@ -402,8 +403,12 @@ func (HostnameCheck) Name() string {
 }
 
 // Check validates if hostname match dns sub domain regex.
+// Check hostname length and format
 func (hc HostnameCheck) Check() (warnings, errorList []error) {
-	klog.V(1).Infoln("checking whether the given node name is reachable using net.LookupHost")
+	klog.V(1).Infoln("checking whether the given node name is valid and reachable using net.LookupHost")
+	for _, msg := range validation.IsQualifiedName(hc.nodeName) {
+		warnings = append(warnings, errors.Errorf("invalid node name format %q: %s", hc.nodeName, msg))
+	}
 
 	addr, err := net.LookupHost(hc.nodeName)
 	if addr == nil {