diff --git a/components/engine/daemon/volumes_linux_unit_test.go b/components/engine/daemon/volumes_linux_unit_test.go
index 6f4ab882dc..63181bf278 100644
--- a/components/engine/daemon/volumes_linux_unit_test.go
+++ b/components/engine/daemon/volumes_linux_unit_test.go
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ func TestParseBindMount(t *testing.T) {
 		{"name:/tmp:ro", "local", "/tmp", "", "name", "local", false, false},
 		{"local/name:/tmp:rw", "", "/tmp", "", "local/name", "local", true, false},
 		{"/tmp:tmp", "", "", "", "", "", true, true},
+		{"./name:/tmp", "", "", "", "", "", true, true},
+		{"../name:/tmp", "", "", "", "", "", true, true},
+		{"./:/tmp", "", "", "", "", "", true, true},
+		{"../:/tmp", "", "", "", "", "", true, true},
 	}
 
 	for _, c := range cases {
diff --git a/components/engine/daemon/volumes_unix.go b/components/engine/daemon/volumes_unix.go
index 3b32c65f9a..9fea1cf3a5 100644
--- a/components/engine/daemon/volumes_unix.go
+++ b/components/engine/daemon/volumes_unix.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"regexp"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -102,6 +103,12 @@ func parseBindMount(spec, volumeDriver string) (*mountPoint, error) {
 	}
 
 	if len(source) == 0 {
+		//validate the name of named volume
+		nameRegex := regexp.MustCompile(`(^.+[^0-9A-Za-z_]+$)|(/)`)
+		if nameRegex.MatchString(name) {
+			return nil, derr.ErrorCodeVolumeName.WithArgs(name)
+		}
+
 		bind.Driver = volumeDriver
 		if len(bind.Driver) == 0 {
 			bind.Driver = volume.DefaultDriverName
diff --git a/components/engine/errors/daemon.go b/components/engine/errors/daemon.go
index 991388e4d7..88024bc1ab 100644
--- a/components/engine/errors/daemon.go
+++ b/components/engine/errors/daemon.go
@@ -385,6 +385,14 @@ var (
 		HTTPStatusCode: http.StatusInternalServerError,
 	})
 
+	// ErrorCodeVolumeName is generated when the name of named volume isn't valid.
+	ErrorCodeVolumeName = errcode.Register(errGroup, errcode.ErrorDescriptor{
+		Value:          "VOLUMENAME",
+		Message:        "%s looks like a relative path, but it's taken as a name. And it is not a valid name.",
+		Description:    "The name of named volume is invalid",
+		HTTPStatusCode: http.StatusInternalServerError,
+	})
+
 	// ErrorCodeVolumeFromBlank is generated when path to a volume is blank.
 	ErrorCodeVolumeFromBlank = errcode.Register(errGroup, errcode.ErrorDescriptor{
 		Value:          "VOLUMEFROMBLANK",