diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-scheduler-alpha/lib/schedule.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-scheduler-alpha/lib/schedule.ts
index b9e543c5ef802..1d3774d432ed0 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-scheduler-alpha/lib/schedule.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-scheduler-alpha/lib/schedule.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Duration, IResource, Resource } from 'aws-cdk-lib';
+import { Duration, IResource, Resource, Token } from 'aws-cdk-lib';
 import * as cloudwatch from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-cloudwatch';
 import * as kms from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-kms';
 import { CfnSchedule } from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-scheduler';
@@ -324,6 +324,9 @@ export class Schedule extends Resource implements ISchedule {
     const flexibleTimeWindow = props.timeWindow ?? TimeWindow.off();
 
     this.validateTimeFrame(props.start, props.end);
+    if (props.scheduleName && !Token.isUnresolved(props.scheduleName) && props.scheduleName.length > 64) {
+      throw new Error(`scheduleName cannot be longer than 64 characters, got: ${props.scheduleName.length}`);
+    }
 
     const resource = new CfnSchedule(this, 'Resource', {
       name: this.physicalName,
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-scheduler-alpha/test/schedule.test.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-scheduler-alpha/test/schedule.test.ts
index 901c053d3839f..bb2563d46f6ad 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-scheduler-alpha/test/schedule.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-scheduler-alpha/test/schedule.test.ts
@@ -215,6 +215,17 @@ describe('Schedule', () => {
       }).toThrow('The provided duration must be between 1 minute and 1440 minutes, got 0');
     });
 
+    test('throw error when scheduleName exceeds 64 characters', () => {
+      const name = 'an-extremely-unnecessarily-long-name-exceeding-64-characters-in-length';
+      expect(() => {
+        new Schedule(stack, 'TestSchedule', {
+          schedule: expr,
+          target: new SomeLambdaTarget(func, role),
+          scheduleName: name,
+        });
+      }).toThrow(`scheduleName cannot be longer than 64 characters, got: ${name.length}`);
+    });
+
     test('schedule with description', () => {
       // WHEN
       new Schedule(stack, 'TestSchedule', {