diff --git a/src/apps/dashboard/routes/users/add.tsx b/src/apps/dashboard/routes/users/add.tsx
index be7a25f6c1..9e7cc0f22e 100644
--- a/src/apps/dashboard/routes/users/add.tsx
+++ b/src/apps/dashboard/routes/users/add.tsx
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ const UserNew = () => {
                             type='text'
                             id='txtUsername'
                             label='LabelName'
+                            validator={{ pattern: '^([\\w \\-\'._@+]*)([\\w\\-\'._@+])([\\w \\-\'._@+]*)$', errMessage: 'Username must not be empty and contain only numbers, letters, spaces, or the following symbols -\'._@+' }}
                             options={'required'}
                         />
                     </div>
diff --git a/src/elements/InputElement.tsx b/src/elements/InputElement.tsx
index ae7e757b69..c181b53057 100644
--- a/src/elements/InputElement.tsx
+++ b/src/elements/InputElement.tsx
@@ -2,23 +2,30 @@ import React, { type FC, useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef } from 'react';
 
 import globalize from 'lib/globalize';
 
+import './InputElementInvalidMessage.scss';
+
 interface CreateInputElementParams {
     type?: string
     id?: string
     label?: string
     initialValue?: string
+    validator?: { pattern: string, errMessage: string }
     options?: string
 }
 
-const createInputElement = ({ type, id, label, initialValue, options }: CreateInputElementParams) => ({
+const createInputElement = ({ type, id, label, initialValue, validator, options }: CreateInputElementParams) => ({
     __html: `<input
         is="emby-input"
         type="${type}"
         id="${id}"
         label="${label}"
         value="${initialValue}"
+        ${validator ? 'pattern="' + validator.pattern + '"' : ''}
         ${options}
-    />`
+    />
+    <div class="inputElementInvalidMessage">
+        ${validator?.errMessage || ''}
+    </div>`
 });
 
 type InputElementProps = {
@@ -33,7 +40,9 @@ const InputElement: FC<InputElementProps> = ({
     type,
     id,
     label,
+    validator,
     options = ''
+
 }) => {
     const container = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
 
@@ -44,14 +53,16 @@ const InputElement: FC<InputElementProps> = ({
             id,
             label: globalize.translate(label),
             initialValue,
+            validator,
             options
         })
     // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
     ), []);
 
     const onInput = useCallback((e: Event) => {
+        if (validator) (e.target as HTMLElement).parentElement?.querySelector('.inputElementInvalidMessage')?.classList.add('inputReadyForValidation');
         onChange((e.target as HTMLInputElement).value);
-    }, [ onChange ]);
+    }, [ onChange, validator ]);
 
     useEffect(() => {
         const inputElement = container?.current?.querySelector<HTMLInputElement>('input');
diff --git a/src/elements/InputElementInvalidMessage.scss b/src/elements/InputElementInvalidMessage.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..89cba5ea8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/elements/InputElementInvalidMessage.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+.inputElementInvalidMessage {
+    color: red;
+    display: none;
+}
+
+.emby-input:invalid + .inputElementInvalidMessage.inputReadyForValidation {
+    display: block;
+}