diff --git a/backend/src/main/resources/i18n/messages.properties b/backend/src/main/resources/i18n/messages.properties
index 9789f7299..261600110 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/resources/i18n/messages.properties
+++ b/backend/src/main/resources/i18n/messages.properties
@@ -489,6 +489,9 @@ label.by=By
 label.source=Metadata Source
 label.provider=Metadata Provider
 
+label.url-validation-regex=URL validation regular expression
+tooltip.url-validation-regex=URL validation regular expression
+
 message.user-role-admin-group=Cannot change group for ROLE_ADMIN users.
 
 message.delete-user-title=Delete User?
diff --git a/ui/public/assets/schema/groups/group.json b/ui/public/assets/schema/groups/group.json
index 02bcb2dea..518293851 100644
--- a/ui/public/assets/schema/groups/group.json
+++ b/ui/public/assets/schema/groups/group.json
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@
             "type": "string",
             "minLength": 1,
             "maxLength": 255
+        },
+        "validationRegex": {
+            "title": "label.url-validation-regex",
+            "description": "tooltip.url-validation-regex",
+            "type": "string"
         }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/ui/src/app/admin/component/GroupForm.js b/ui/src/app/admin/component/GroupForm.js
index da8c5af8b..77ec82135 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/admin/component/GroupForm.js
+++ b/ui/src/app/admin/component/GroupForm.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
 import { faSpinner, faSave } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons';
 import Translate from '../../i18n/components/translate';
 
-import { useGroupUiSchema } from '../hooks';
+import { useGroupUiSchema, useGroupUiValidator } from '../hooks';
 import { fields, widgets } from '../../form/component';
 import { templates } from '../../form/component';
 import { FormContext, setFormDataAction, setFormErrorAction } from '../../form/FormManager';
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export function GroupForm ({group = {}, errors = [], loading = false, schema, on
     };
 
     const uiSchema = useGroupUiSchema();
+    const validator = useGroupUiValidator();
 
     return (<>
         <div className="container-fluid">
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ export function GroupForm ({group = {}, errors = [], loading = false, schema, on
                     <Form formData={group}
                         noHtml5Validate={true}
                         onChange={(form) => onChange(form)}
+                        validate={validator}
                         schema={schema}
                         uiSchema={uiSchema}
                         FieldTemplate={templates.FieldTemplate}
diff --git a/ui/src/app/admin/hooks.js b/ui/src/app/admin/hooks.js
index 28aef201a..483f1edeb 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/admin/hooks.js
+++ b/ui/src/app/admin/hooks.js
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import useFetch from 'use-http';
+import isNil from 'lodash/isNil';
+import {isValidRegex} from '../core/utility/is_valid_regex';
 import API_BASE_PATH from '../App.constant';
 
 export function useGroups (opts = { cachePolicy: 'no-cache' }) {
@@ -17,4 +19,18 @@ export function useGroupUiSchema () {
             'ui:widget': 'textarea'
         }
     };
+}
+
+export function useGroupUiValidator() {
+    console.log('hi')
+    return (formData, errors) => {
+        console.log(formData, errors)
+        if (!isNil(formData?.validationRegex)) {
+            const isValid = isValidRegex(formData.validationRegex);
+            if (!isValid) {
+                errors.validationRegex.addError('message.invalid-regex-pattern');
+            }
+        }
+        return errors;
+    }
 }
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