diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler/CHANGELOG.md b/projects/rocprofiler/CHANGELOG.md
index c6ca02ee18..35132d9011 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -219,3 +219,4 @@ The resulting `a.out` will depend on
 - rocprof in ROCm/5.4.1 fails to generate kernel info.
 - rocprof clobbers LD_PRELOAD.
 - Samples are fixed to show the new usage of phases.
+- Plugin option validates the plugin names.
diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler/bin/rocprofv2 b/projects/rocprofiler/bin/rocprofv2
index d02036bbf5..a5b677589a 100755
--- a/projects/rocprofiler/bin/rocprofv2
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler/bin/rocprofv2
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ CURRENT_DIR="$( dirname -- "$0"; )";
 ROCPROFV2_DIR=$(dirname -- $(realpath ${BASH_SOURCE[0]}));
 ROCM_DIR=$(dirname -- ${ROCPROFV2_DIR})
 ROCM_PATH="${ROCM_PATH:=/opt/rocm}"
+PLUGIN_LIST=("ctf" "perfetto" "file" "att")
 RUN_FROM_BUILD=0
 if [[ $ROCPROFV2_DIR == *"/build"* ]]; then
   RUN_FROM_BUILD=1
@@ -198,6 +199,11 @@ while [ 1 ] ; do
   elif [ "$1" = "--plugin" ] ; then
     if [ -n $2 ] ; then
       PLUGIN=$2
+      if [[ ! "${PLUGIN_LIST[*]}" =~ $PLUGIN ]]; then
+      echo -e "Wrong input \"$2\" for plugin!"
+      usage
+      exit 1
+      fi
       if [ $RUN_FROM_BUILD == 1 ]; then
         export ROCPROFILER_PLUGIN_LIB=lib${PLUGIN}_plugin.so
       else