diff --git a/gnocchi/resource_type.py b/gnocchi/resource_type.py
index 367acb88f..79c0e8b7f 100644
--- a/gnocchi/resource_type.py
+++ b/gnocchi/resource_type.py
@@ -40,6 +40,16 @@ class InvalidResourceAttributeName(Exception):
         self.name = name
 
 
+class InvalidResourceAttributeValue(ValueError):
+    """Error raised when the resource attribute min is greater than max"""
+    def __init__(self, min, max):
+        super(InvalidResourceAttributeValue, self).__init__(
+            "Resource attribute value min (or min_length) %s must be less  "
+            "than or equal to max (or max_length) %s!" % (str(min), str(max)))
+        self.min = min
+        self.max = max
+
+
 class CommonAttributeSchema(object):
     meta_schema_ext = {}
     schema_ext = None
@@ -80,10 +90,12 @@ class StringSchema(CommonAttributeSchema):
 
     def __init__(self, min_length, max_length, *args, **kwargs):
         super(StringSchema, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        if min_length > max_length:
+            raise InvalidResourceAttributeValue(min_length, max_length)
+
         self.min_length = min_length
         self.max_length = max_length
 
-    # TODO(sileht): ensure min_length <= max_length
     meta_schema_ext = {
         voluptuous.Required('min_length', default=0):
         voluptuous.All(int, voluptuous.Range(min=0, max=255)),
@@ -115,10 +127,12 @@ class NumberSchema(CommonAttributeSchema):
 
     def __init__(self, min, max, *args, **kwargs):
         super(NumberSchema, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        if max is not None and min > max:
+            raise InvalidResourceAttributeValue(min, max)
+
         self.min = min
         self.max = max
 
-    # TODO(sileht): ensure min_length <= max_length
     meta_schema_ext = {
         voluptuous.Required('min', default=None): voluptuous.Any(
             None, numbers.Real),
diff --git a/gnocchi/rest/__init__.py b/gnocchi/rest/__init__.py
index f80e0a0f9..3ac684038 100644
--- a/gnocchi/rest/__init__.py
+++ b/gnocchi/rest/__init__.py
@@ -790,6 +790,8 @@ class ResourceTypesController(rest.RestController):
             rt = schema.resource_type_from_dict(**body)
         except resource_type.InvalidResourceAttributeName as e:
             abort(400, e)
+        except resource_type.InvalidResourceAttributeValue as e:
+            abort(400, e)
 
         enforce("create resource type", body)
         try:
diff --git a/gnocchi/tests/gabbi/gabbits/resource-type.yaml b/gnocchi/tests/gabbi/gabbits/resource-type.yaml
index 2204bbaac..9fa32a5cd 100644
--- a/gnocchi/tests/gabbi/gabbits/resource-type.yaml
+++ b/gnocchi/tests/gabbi/gabbits/resource-type.yaml
@@ -58,6 +58,36 @@ tests:
           # - "Invalid input: not a valid value for dictionary value @ data[u'attributes'][u'foo'][u'type']"
           - "Invalid input:"
 
+    - name: post resource type bad min_length value
+      POST: $LAST_URL
+      request_headers:
+          x-roles: admin
+          content-type: application/json
+      data:
+          name: my_custom_resource
+          attributes:
+              name:
+                  type: string
+                  required: true
+                  max_length: 2
+                  min_length: 5
+      status: 400
+
+    - name: post resource type bad min value
+      POST: $LAST_URL
+      request_headers:
+          x-roles: admin
+          content-type: application/json
+      data:
+          name: my_custom_resource
+          attributes:
+              int:
+                  type: number
+                  required: false
+                  max: 3
+                  min: 8
+      status: 400
+
 # Create a type
 
     - name: post resource type