diff --git a/cli/command/container/kill.go b/cli/command/container/kill.go
index feedbc0111..e83a580bd7 100644
--- a/cli/command/container/kill.go
+++ b/cli/command/container/kill.go
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ func NewKillCommand(dockerCli command.Cli) *cobra.Command {
 		Short: "Kill one or more running containers",
 		Args:  cli.RequiresMinArgs(1),
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			for _, name := range args {
+				if !cli.CheckContainerName(name) {
+					return fmt.Errorf("container name %s is invalid", name)
+				}
+			}
 			opts.containers = args
 			return runKill(dockerCli, &opts)
 		},
diff --git a/cli/command/container/rm.go b/cli/command/container/rm.go
index 2dcd4b6ace..cf0be9c51b 100644
--- a/cli/command/container/rm.go
+++ b/cli/command/container/rm.go
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ func NewRmCommand(dockerCli command.Cli) *cobra.Command {
 		Short: "Remove one or more containers",
 		Args:  cli.RequiresMinArgs(1),
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			for _, name := range args {
+				if !cli.CheckContainerName(name) {
+					return fmt.Errorf("container name %s is invalid", name)
+				}
+			}
 			opts.containers = args
 			return runRm(dockerCli, &opts)
 		},
diff --git a/cli/command/container/stop.go b/cli/command/container/stop.go
index e299175436..13ddcfd5bc 100644
--- a/cli/command/container/stop.go
+++ b/cli/command/container/stop.go
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ func NewStopCommand(dockerCli command.Cli) *cobra.Command {
 		Short: "Stop one or more running containers",
 		Args:  cli.RequiresMinArgs(1),
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			for _, name := range args {
+				if !cli.CheckContainerName(name) {
+					return fmt.Errorf("container name %s is invalid", name)
+				}
+			}
 			opts.containers = args
 			opts.timeChanged = cmd.Flags().Changed("time")
 			return runStop(dockerCli, &opts)
diff --git a/cli/names.go b/cli/names.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4b7c687125
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/names.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package cli
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/names"
+)
+
+var (
+	validContainerNamePattern = names.RestrictedNamePattern
+)
+
+// CheckContainerName check container's name is valid or not
+func CheckContainerName(name string) bool {
+	if len(name) == 0 {
+		return false
+	}
+	return validContainerNamePattern.MatchString(strings.TrimPrefix(name, "/"))
+}
diff --git a/cli/names/names.go b/cli/names/names.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d77e3ab14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/names/names.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package names
+
+import (
+	"regexp"
+)
+
+// RestrictedNameChars collects the characters allowed to represent a name, normally used to validate container and volume names.
+const RestrictedNameChars = `[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9_.-]`
+
+// RestrictedNamePattern is a regular expression to validate names against the collection of restricted characters.
+var RestrictedNamePattern = regexp.MustCompile(`^` + RestrictedNameChars + `+$`)