diff --git a/src/ImageRunModal.jsx b/src/ImageRunModal.jsx
index b875db75c..5f8730b8f 100644
--- a/src/ImageRunModal.jsx
+++ b/src/ImageRunModal.jsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 import { Button } from "@patternfly/react-core/dist/esm/components/Button";
 import { Checkbox } from "@patternfly/react-core/dist/esm/components/Checkbox";
 import { Form, FormGroup } from "@patternfly/react-core/dist/esm/components/Form";
+import { FormHelper } from "cockpit-components-form-helper.jsx";
 import { FormSelect, FormSelectOption } from "@patternfly/react-core/dist/esm/components/FormSelect";
 import { Grid, GridItem } from "@patternfly/react-core/dist/esm/layouts/Grid";
 import { Modal } from "@patternfly/react-core/dist/esm/components/Modal";
@@ -258,7 +259,7 @@ export class ImageRunModal extends React.Component {
     };
 
     async onCreateClicked(runImage = false) {
-        if (!this.validateForm())
+        if (!await this.validateForm())
             return;
 
         const Dialogs = this.props.dialogs;
@@ -591,8 +592,17 @@ export class ImageRunModal extends React.Component {
         return Object.keys(validationFailed).length == 0;
     };
 
-    validateForm = () => {
-        const { publish, volumes, env } = this.state;
+    async validateContainerName(containerName) {
+        try {
+            await client.containerExists(this.isSystem(), containerName);
+        } catch (error) {
+            return;
+        }
+        return _("Name already in use");
+    }
+
+    async validateForm() {
+        const { publish, volumes, env, containerName } = this.state;
         const validationFailed = { };
 
         const publishValidation = publish.map(a => {
@@ -626,10 +636,15 @@ export class ImageRunModal extends React.Component {
         if (envValidation.some(entry => Object.keys(entry).length > 0))
             validationFailed.env = envValidation;
 
+        const containerNameValidation = await this.validateContainerName(containerName);
+
+        if (containerNameValidation)
+            validationFailed.containerName = containerNameValidation;
+
         this.setState({ validationFailed });
 
         return this.isFormValid(validationFailed);
-    };
+    }
 
     /* Updates a validation object of the whole dynamic list's form (e.g. the whole port-mapping form)
     *
@@ -704,12 +719,22 @@ export class ImageRunModal extends React.Component {
         const defaultBody = (
             <Form>
                 {this.state.dialogError && <ErrorNotification errorMessage={this.state.dialogError} errorDetail={this.state.dialogErrorDetail} />}
-                <FormGroup fieldId='run-image-dialog-name' label={_("Name")} className="ct-m-horizontal">
+                <FormGroup id="image-name-group" fieldId='run-image-dialog-name' label={_("Name")} className="ct-m-horizontal">
                     <TextInput id='run-image-dialog-name'
                            className="image-name"
                            placeholder={_("Container name")}
+                           validated={dialogValues.validationFailed.containerName ? "error" : "default"}
                            value={dialogValues.containerName}
-                           onChange={(_, value) => this.onValueChanged('containerName', value)} />
+                           onChange={(_, value) => {
+                               utils.validationClear(dialogValues.validationFailed, "containerName", (value) => this.onValueChanged("validationFailed", value));
+                               utils.validationDebounce(async () => {
+                                   const delta = await this.validateContainerName(value);
+                                   if (delta)
+                                       this.onValueChanged("validationFailed", { ...dialogValues.validationFailed, containerName: delta });
+                               });
+                               this.onValueChanged('containerName', value);
+                           }} />
+                    <FormHelper helperTextInvalid={dialogValues.validationFailed.containerName} />
                 </FormGroup>
                 <Tabs activeKey={activeTabKey} onSelect={this.handleTabClick}>
                     <Tab eventKey={0} title={<TabTitleText>{_("Details")}</TabTitleText>} className="pf-v5-c-form pf-m-horizontal">
diff --git a/src/client.js b/src/client.js
index 572056243..41df29d27 100644
--- a/src/client.js
+++ b/src/client.js
@@ -179,3 +179,5 @@ export const pruneUnusedImages = system => podmanJson("libpod/images/prune?all=t
 export const imageHistory = (system, id) => podmanJson(`libpod/images/${id}/history`, "GET", {}, system);
 
 export const imageExists = (system, id) => podmanCall("libpod/images/" + id + "/exists", "GET", {}, system);
+
+export const containerExists = (system, id) => podmanCall("libpod/containers/" + id + "/exists", "GET", {}, system);
diff --git a/test/check-application b/test/check-application
index 85c72a6de..742a346b1 100755
--- a/test/check-application
+++ b/test/check-application
@@ -2289,6 +2289,9 @@ class TestApplication(testlib.MachineCase):
         b.click(f'#containers-images tbody tr:contains("{IMG_BUSYBOX}") .ct-container-create')
         b.wait_visible('div.pf-v5-c-modal-box header:contains("Create container")')
 
+        validateField("#image-name-group", "registry", "Name already in use")
+        validateField("#image-name-group", "registry", "Name already in use", tryCreate=True)
+
         # Switch to Integration tab
         b.click("#pf-tab-1-create-image-dialog-tab-integration")