diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 9f4444973..e27706e53 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
     [ BUG FIXES ]
     * GH #447: Setting the apphandler now triggers the Dancer Runner
       configuration change, which works. (Sawyer X)
-
+    * GH #567: Check for proper module names in loading engines. Might help
+      with taint mode. (Sawyer X)
 
     [ DOCUMENTATION ]
     * Fix doc for params(). Ported from Dancer#1025 (Stefan Hornburg)
diff --git a/lib/Dancer2/Core/App.pm b/lib/Dancer2/Core/App.pm
index 0f9ec2779..21da2c697 100644
--- a/lib/Dancer2/Core/App.pm
+++ b/lib/Dancer2/Core/App.pm
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use Moo;
 use File::Spec;
 use Scalar::Util 'blessed';
 use Carp 'croak';
+use Module::Runtime 'is_module_name';
 
 use Dancer2::FileUtils 'path', 'read_file_content';
 use Dancer2::Core;
@@ -99,6 +100,9 @@ sub _build_logger_engine {
     # a runner.
     $value = 'console' if !defined $value;
 
+    is_module_name($value)
+        or croak "Cannot load logger engine '$value': illegal module name";
+
     my $engine_options =
         $self->_get_config_for_engine( logger => $value, $config );
 
@@ -123,6 +127,9 @@ sub _build_session_engine {
     $value = 'simple' if !defined $value;
     return $value     if ref($value);
 
+    is_module_name($value)
+        or croak "Cannot load session engine '$value': illegal module name";
+
     my $engine_options =
           $self->_get_config_for_engine( session => $value, $config );
 
@@ -142,6 +149,9 @@ sub _build_template_engine {
     return undef  if !defined $value;
     return $value if ref($value);
 
+    is_module_name($value)
+        or croak "Cannot load template engine '$value': illegal module name";
+
     my $engine_options =
           $self->_get_config_for_engine( template => $value, $config );
 
diff --git a/t/engine.t b/t/engine.t
index 0620a5741..96d3489c7 100644
--- a/t/engine.t
+++ b/t/engine.t
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 use Test::More;
+use Test::Fatal;
+use Dancer2::Core::App;
 use Dancer2::Template::Tiny;
 
 my $f = Dancer2::Template::Tiny->new();
@@ -8,6 +10,43 @@ isa_ok $f, 'Dancer2::Template::Tiny';
 ok( $f->does('Dancer2::Core::Role::Engine') );
 ok( $f->does('Dancer2::Core::Role::Template') );
 
-is $f->name, 'Tiny';
+is( $f->name, 'Tiny' );
+
+# checks for validity of engine names
+
+my $app = Dancer2::Core::App->new();
+isa_ok( $app, 'Dancer2::Core::App' );
+
+{
+    no warnings qw<redefine once>;
+    *Dancer2::Core::Factory::create = sub { $_[1] };
+}
+
+foreach my $engine_type ( qw<logger session template> ) {
+    my $engine;
+    my $build_method = "_build_${engine_type}_engine";
+
+    is(
+        exception {
+            $engine = $app->$build_method(
+                undef, { $engine_type => 'Fake43Thing' }
+            );
+        },
+        undef,
+        "Built $engine_type successfully",
+    );
+
+    like(
+        exception {
+            $engine = $app->$build_method(
+                undef, { $engine_type => '7&&afail' }
+            );
+        },
+        qr/^Cannot load $engine_type engine '7&&afail': illegal module name/,
+        "Built $engine_type successfully",
+    );
+
+    is( $engine, $engine_type, 'Correct response from override' );
+}
 
 done_testing;