diff --git a/api/metadata/annotations.go b/api/metadata/annotations.go
index a8f560913..f17897ede 100644
--- a/api/metadata/annotations.go
+++ b/api/metadata/annotations.go
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ func GetProfileOrDefault(annotation map[string]string) ProfileType {
 	}
 }
 
+func (p ProfileType) isValidProfile() bool {
+	_, ok := supportedProfiles[p]
+	return ok
+}
+
 func IsDevProfile(annotation map[string]string) bool {
 	if annotation == nil {
 		return false
diff --git a/api/metadata/annotations_test.go b/api/metadata/annotations_test.go
index b0437bb38..f69dbe912 100644
--- a/api/metadata/annotations_test.go
+++ b/api/metadata/annotations_test.go
@@ -41,3 +41,19 @@ func TestGetProfile(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestIsValidProfile(t *testing.T) {
+	profiles := []ProfileType{DefaultProfile, GitOpsProfile, DevProfile}
+	for _, profile := range profiles {
+		if !profile.isValidProfile() {
+			t.Errorf("Profile %s is not valid", profile)
+		}
+	}
+	if ProdProfile.isValidProfile() {
+		t.Errorf("ProdProfile is deprecated and should not be valid")
+	}
+	// any random string should not be a valid profile
+	if ProfileType("random").isValidProfile() {
+		t.Errorf("random is not a valid profile")
+	}
+}