diff --git a/src/security/virt-aa-helper.c b/src/security/virt-aa-helper.c
index ee3913d66a..07ece730e2 100644
--- a/src/security/virt-aa-helper.c
+++ b/src/security/virt-aa-helper.c
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ valid_name(const char *name)
 {
     /* just try to filter out any dangerous characters in the name that can be
      * used to subvert the profile */
-    const char *bad = "/[]*";
+    const char *bad = "/[]{}?^,\"*";
 
     if (strlen(name) == 0)
         return -1;
diff --git a/tests/virt-aa-helper-test b/tests/virt-aa-helper-test
index 0599046408..e8376687e7 100755
--- a/tests/virt-aa-helper-test
+++ b/tests/virt-aa-helper-test
@@ -211,6 +211,26 @@ testme "1" "-c with no os.type" "-c -u $valid_uuid" "$test_xml"
 sed -e "s,###UUID###,$uuid,g" -e "s,###DISK###,$disk1,g" -e "s,hvm</type>,hvm_invalid</type>,g" "$template_xml" > "$test_xml"
 testme "1" "-c with invalid hvm" "-c -u $valid_uuid" "$test_xml"
 
+sed -e "s,###UUID###,$uuid,g" -e "s,###DISK###,$disk1,g" -e "s,virt-aa-helper-test,virt-aa-helper-test-/,g" "$template_xml" > "$test_xml"
+testme "1" "-c with invalid domain name char /" "-c -u $valid_uuid" "$test_xml"
+sed -e "s,###UUID###,$uuid,g" -e "s,###DISK###,$disk1,g" -e "s,virt-aa-helper-test,virt-aa-helper-test-[,g" "$template_xml" > "$test_xml"
+testme "1" "-c with invalid domain name char [" "-c -u $valid_uuid" "$test_xml"
+sed -e "s,###UUID###,$uuid,g" -e "s,###DISK###,$disk1,g" -e "s,virt-aa-helper-test,virt-aa-helper-test-],g" "$template_xml" > "$test_xml"
+testme "1" "-c with invalid domain name char ]" "-c -u $valid_uuid" "$test_xml"
+sed -e "s,###UUID###,$uuid,g" -e "s,###DISK###,$disk1,g" -e "s,virt-aa-helper-test,virt-aa-helper-test-{,g" "$template_xml" > "$test_xml"
+testme "1" "-c with invalid domain name char {" "-c -u $valid_uuid" "$test_xml"
+sed -e "s,###UUID###,$uuid,g" -e "s,###DISK###,$disk1,g" -e "s,virt-aa-helper-test,virt-aa-helper-test-},g" "$template_xml" > "$test_xml"
+testme "1" "-c with invalid domain name char }" "-c -u $valid_uuid" "$test_xml"
+sed -e "s,###UUID###,$uuid,g" -e "s,###DISK###,$disk1,g" -e "s,virt-aa-helper-test,virt-aa-helper-test-?,g" "$template_xml" > "$test_xml"
+testme "1" "-c with invalid domain name char ?" "-c -u $valid_uuid" "$test_xml"
+sed -e "s,###UUID###,$uuid,g" -e "s,###DISK###,$disk1,g" -e "s,virt-aa-helper-test,virt-aa-helper-test-^,g" "$template_xml" > "$test_xml"
+testme "1" "-c with invalid domain name char ^" "-c -u $valid_uuid" "$test_xml"
+sed -e "s,###UUID###,$uuid,g" -e "s,###DISK###,$disk1,g" -e "s,virt-aa-helper-test,virt-aa-helper-test-\,,g" "$template_xml" > "$test_xml"
+testme "1" "-c with invalid domain name char ," "-c -u $valid_uuid" "$test_xml"
+sed -e "s,###UUID###,$uuid,g" -e "s,###DISK###,$disk1,g" -e "s,virt-aa-helper-test,virt-aa-helper-test-\",g" "$template_xml" > "$test_xml"
+testme "1" "-c with invalid domain name char \"" "-c -u $valid_uuid" "$test_xml"
+sed -e "s,###UUID###,$uuid,g" -e "s,###DISK###,$disk1,g" -e "s,virt-aa-helper-test,virt-aa-helper-test-*,g" "$template_xml" > "$test_xml"
+testme "1" "-c with invalid domain name char *" "-c -u $valid_uuid" "$test_xml"
 
 echo "Expected pass:" >$output
 sed -e "s,###UUID###,$uuid,g" -e "s,###DISK###,$disk1,g" "$template_xml" > "$test_xml"