diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/Jobset.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/Jobset.pm
index 7ef7c680..4d6db815 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/Jobset.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/Jobset.pm
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ sub clone_submit : Chained('jobsetChain') PathPart('clone/submit') Args(0) {
     requirePost($c);
 
     my $newJobsetName = trim $c->stash->{params}->{"newjobset"};
-    error($c, "Invalid jobset name: $newJobsetName") unless $newJobsetName =~ /^[[:alpha:]][\w\-]*$/;
+    error($c, "Invalid jobset name: $newJobsetName") if $newJobsetName !~ /^$jobsetNameRE$/;
 
     my $newJobset;
     txn_do($c->model('DB')->schema, sub {
diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Helper/CatalystUtils.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Helper/CatalystUtils.pm
index 67bfe88e..9f257418 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/Helper/CatalystUtils.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Helper/CatalystUtils.pm
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ Readonly our $relPathRE     => "(?:$pathCompRE(?:/$pathCompRE)*)";
 Readonly our $relNameRE     => "(?:[A-Za-z0-9-_][A-Za-z0-9-\._]*)";
 Readonly our $attrNameRE    => "(?:[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9-_]*)";
 Readonly our $projectNameRE => "(?:[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9-_]*)";
-Readonly our $jobsetNameRE  => "(?:[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9-_]*)";
+Readonly our $jobsetNameRE  => "(?:[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9-_\.]*)";
 Readonly our $jobNameRE     => "(?:$attrNameRE(?:\\.$attrNameRE)*)";
 Readonly our $systemRE      => "(?:[a-z0-9_]+-[a-z0-9_]+)";
 Readonly our $userNameRE    => "(?:[a-z][a-z0-9_\.]*)";