diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-iam/lib/role.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-iam/lib/role.ts
index 5ed1302543d47..b8937d7b951aa 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-iam/lib/role.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-iam/lib/role.ts
@@ -413,6 +413,10 @@ export class Role extends Resource implements IRole {
       physicalName: props.roleName,
     });
 
+    if (props.roleName && !Token.isUnresolved(props.roleName) && !/^[\w+=,.@-]{1,64}$/.test(props.roleName)) {
+      throw new Error('Invalid roleName. The name must be a string of characters consisting of upper and lowercase alphanumeric characters with no spaces. You can also include any of the following characters: _+=,.@-. Length must be between 1 and 64 characters.');
+    }
+
     const externalIds = props.externalIds || [];
     if (props.externalId) {
       externalIds.push(props.externalId);
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-iam/test/role.test.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-iam/test/role.test.ts
index 5d239254d5bbc..88ee4f2d6cbbc 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-iam/test/role.test.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-iam/test/role.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { testDeprecated } from '@aws-cdk/cdk-build-tools';
 import { Construct } from 'constructs';
 import { Template, Match, Annotations } from '../../assertions';
-import { Duration, Stack, App, CfnResource, RemovalPolicy, Lazy, Stage, DefaultStackSynthesizer, CliCredentialsStackSynthesizer, PERMISSIONS_BOUNDARY_CONTEXT_KEY, PermissionsBoundary } from '../../core';
+import { Duration, Stack, App, CfnResource, RemovalPolicy, Lazy, Stage, DefaultStackSynthesizer, CliCredentialsStackSynthesizer, PERMISSIONS_BOUNDARY_CONTEXT_KEY, PermissionsBoundary, Token } from '../../core';
 import { AnyPrincipal, ArnPrincipal, CompositePrincipal, FederatedPrincipal, ManagedPolicy, PolicyStatement, Role, ServicePrincipal, User, Policy, PolicyDocument, Effect } from '../lib';
 
 describe('isRole() returns', () => {
@@ -1325,3 +1325,84 @@ test('cross-env role ARNs include path', () => {
     },
   });
 });
+
+test('doesn\'t throw with roleName of 64 chars', () => {
+  const app = new App();
+  const stack = new Stack(app, 'MyStack');
+  const valdName = 'a'.repeat(64);
+
+  expect(() => {
+    new Role(stack, 'Test', {
+      assumedBy: new ServicePrincipal('sns.amazonaws.com'),
+      roleName: valdName,
+    });
+  }).not.toThrow('Invalid roleName');
+});
+
+test('throws with roleName over 64 chars', () => {
+  const app = new App();
+  const stack = new Stack(app, 'MyStack');
+  const longName = 'a'.repeat(65);
+
+  expect(() => {
+    new Role(stack, 'Test', {
+      assumedBy: new ServicePrincipal('sns.amazonaws.com'),
+      roleName: longName,
+    });
+  }).toThrow('Invalid roleName');
+});
+
+describe('roleName validation', () => {
+  const app = new App();
+  const stack = new Stack(app, 'MyStack');
+  const invalidChars = '!#$%^&*()';
+
+  it('rejects names with spaces', () => {
+    expect(() => {
+      new Role(stack, 'test spaces', {
+        assumedBy: new ServicePrincipal('sns.amazonaws.com'),
+        roleName: 'invalid name',
+      });
+    }).toThrow('Invalid roleName');
+  });
+
+  invalidChars.split('').forEach(char => {
+    it(`rejects name with ${char}`, () => {
+      expect(() => {
+        new Role(stack, `test ${char}`, {
+          assumedBy: new ServicePrincipal('sns.amazonaws.com'),
+          roleName: `invalid${char}`,
+        });
+      }).toThrow('Invalid roleName');
+    });
+  });
+
+});
+
+test('roleName validation with Tokens', () =>{
+  const app = new App();
+  const stack = new Stack(app, 'MyStack');
+  const token = Lazy.string({ produce: () => 'token' });
+
+  // Mock isUnresolved to return false
+  jest.spyOn(Token, 'isUnresolved').mockReturnValue(false);
+
+  expect(() => {
+    new Role(stack, 'Valid', {
+      assumedBy: new ServicePrincipal('sns.amazonaws.com'),
+      roleName: token,
+    });
+  }).toThrow('Invalid roleName');
+
+  // Mock isUnresolved to return true
+  jest.spyOn(Token, 'isUnresolved').mockReturnValue(true);
+
+  expect(() => {
+    new Role(stack, 'Invalid', {
+      assumedBy: new ServicePrincipal('sns.amazonaws.com'),
+      roleName: token,
+    });
+  }).not.toThrow('Invalid roleName');
+
+  jest.clearAllMocks();
+});
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