diff --git a/tests/validations.test.js b/tests/validations.test.js
index a2484d581..a07ccf6fa 100644
--- a/tests/validations.test.js
+++ b/tests/validations.test.js
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ describe('validateDomainData', () => {
     { ...defaultDomain, record: { AAAA: ['182.22.222.22', '::1'] } },
     { ...defaultDomain, record: { AAAA: '182.22.222.22' } },
     { ...defaultDomain, record: { A: '::1' } },
+    { ...defaultDomain, name: '_discord' },
   ];
 
   const validCases = [
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ describe('validateDomainData', () => {
     { ...defaultDomain, record: { TXT: ['foobar wow nice!!!', 'more text'] } },
     { ...defaultDomain, record: { AAAA: ['::1', '2001:db8:3333:4444:5555:6666:7777:8888'] } },
     { ...defaultDomain, record: { A: ['122.222.222.222'] } },
+    { ...defaultDomain, name: '_discord.subdomain' },
   ];
 
   it('should return false for invalid data', () => {
diff --git a/utils/invalid-domains.json b/utils/invalid-domains.json
index a8943f3c4..ef66a5517 100644
--- a/utils/invalid-domains.json
+++ b/utils/invalid-domains.json
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@
   "ww3",
   "ww4",
   "wwww",
-  "your-domain-name"
+  "your-domain-name",
+  "_discord"
 ]
diff --git a/utils/validations.js b/utils/validations.js
index 65d1c5336..b9c851a19 100644
--- a/utils/validations.js
+++ b/utils/validations.js
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ const validateAAAARecord = R.propSatisfies(and([
 
 const checkRestrictedNames = R.complement(R.includes(R.__, INVALID_NAMES))
 
+const extraSupportedNames = [
+  testRegex(/^_github(-pages)?-challenge-[a-z0-9-_]+$/i), // Exception for github verification records
+  R.equals('_discord'),
+]
+
 const validateDomainData = validate({
   name: {
     reason: 'The name of the file is invalid. It must be lowercased, alphanumeric and each component must be more than 2 characters long',
@@ -43,17 +48,15 @@ const validateDomainData = validate({
       R.equals('@'),
       and([
         R.is(String),
+        checkRestrictedNames,
         R.compose(
           R.all(or([
-            and([
-              testRegex(/^_github(-pages)?-challenge-[a-z0-9-_]+$/i), // Exception for github verification records
-              checkRestrictedNames,
-            ]),
             and([
               R.compose(between(2, 100), R.length),
               testRegex(/^[a-z0-9-]+$/g),
               checkRestrictedNames,
-            ])
+            ]),
+            ...extraSupportedNames,
           ])),
           R.split('.'),
         ),