diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8dcb701bf..ef1428c40 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@
             <artifactId>monasca-common-util</artifactId>
             <version>${mon.common.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+	<dependency>
+	    <groupId>commons-validator</groupId>
+	    <artifactId>commons-validator</artifactId>
+	    <version>1.4.0</version>
+	</dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>monasca-common</groupId>
             <artifactId>monasca-common-kafka</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/monasca/api/app/command/CreateNotificationMethodCommand.java b/src/main/java/monasca/api/app/command/CreateNotificationMethodCommand.java
index 3355a1827..92a1c032d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/monasca/api/app/command/CreateNotificationMethodCommand.java
+++ b/src/main/java/monasca/api/app/command/CreateNotificationMethodCommand.java
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ package monasca.api.app.command;
 
 import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
 import javax.validation.constraints.Size;
-
+import org.apache.commons.validator.routines.EmailValidator;
+import org.apache.commons.validator.routines.UrlValidator;
 import org.hibernate.validator.constraints.NotEmpty;
 
 import monasca.api.domain.model.notificationmethod.NotificationMethodType;
@@ -64,10 +65,17 @@ public class CreateNotificationMethodCommand {
   }
 
   public void validate() {
-    int atPos = address.indexOf("@");
-    int commaPos = address.indexOf(",");
-    if (type == NotificationMethodType.EMAIL
-        && (atPos <= 0 || atPos == address.length() - 1 || commaPos >= 0))
-      throw Exceptions.unprocessableEntity("Address %s is not of correct format", address);
+    switch (type) {
+      case EMAIL : {
+        if (!EmailValidator.getInstance().isValid(address))
+          throw Exceptions.unprocessableEntity("Address %s is not of correct format", address);
+      }; break;
+      case WEBHOOK : {
+        String[] schemes = {"http","https"};
+        UrlValidator urlValidator = new UrlValidator(schemes, UrlValidator.ALLOW_LOCAL_URLS | UrlValidator.ALLOW_2_SLASHES);
+        if (!urlValidator.isValid(address))
+          throw Exceptions.unprocessableEntity("Address %s is not of correct format", address);
+      }; break;
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/monasca/api/app/command/CreateNotificationMethodTest.java b/src/test/java/monasca/api/app/command/CreateNotificationMethodTest.java
index 74ec4b6af..6cc1754c7 100644
--- a/src/test/java/monasca/api/app/command/CreateNotificationMethodTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/monasca/api/app/command/CreateNotificationMethodTest.java
@@ -17,9 +17,12 @@ package monasca.api.app.command;
 import static monasca.common.dropwizard.JsonHelpers.jsonFixture;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
 
+import javax.ws.rs.WebApplicationException;
+
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException;
+
 import monasca.api.app.command.CreateNotificationMethodCommand;
 import monasca.api.domain.model.AbstractModelTest;
 import monasca.api.domain.model.notificationmethod.NotificationMethodType;
@@ -53,4 +56,50 @@ public class CreateNotificationMethodTest extends AbstractModelTest {
     CreateNotificationMethodCommand other = fromJson(json, CreateNotificationMethodCommand.class);
     assertEquals(other, newNotificationMethod);
   }
-}
+
+  public void testValidationForEmail() {
+    CreateNotificationMethodCommand newNotificationMethod =
+        new CreateNotificationMethodCommand("MyEmail", NotificationMethodType.EMAIL, "name@domain.com");
+
+    Exception ex = null;
+
+    try {
+      newNotificationMethod.validate();
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      ex = e;
+    }
+
+    assertEquals(null, ex);
+  }
+
+  @Test(expectedExceptions = WebApplicationException.class)
+  public void testValidationExceptionForEmail() throws Exception {
+    CreateNotificationMethodCommand newNotificationMethod =
+        new CreateNotificationMethodCommand("MyEmail", NotificationMethodType.EMAIL, "name@domain");
+
+    newNotificationMethod.validate();
+  }
+
+  public void testValidationForWebhook() {
+    CreateNotificationMethodCommand newNotificationMethod =
+        new CreateNotificationMethodCommand("MyEmail", NotificationMethodType.WEBHOOK, "http://somedomain.com");
+
+    Exception ex = null;
+
+    try {
+      newNotificationMethod.validate();
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      ex = e;
+    }
+
+    assertEquals(null, ex);
+  }
+
+  @Test(expectedExceptions = WebApplicationException.class)
+  public void testValidationExceptionForWebhook() throws Exception {
+    CreateNotificationMethodCommand newNotificationMethod =
+        new CreateNotificationMethodCommand("MyWebhook", NotificationMethodType.WEBHOOK, "ftp://localhost");
+
+    newNotificationMethod.validate();
+  }
+}
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