diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/FilterDefinition.java b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/FilterDefinition.java
index 8698e056..5923e871 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/FilterDefinition.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/FilterDefinition.java
@@ -24,12 +24,14 @@ import java.util.Objects;
 import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
 
 import org.springframework.cloud.gateway.support.NameUtils;
+import org.springframework.validation.annotation.Validated;
 
 import static org.springframework.util.StringUtils.tokenizeToStringArray;
 
 /**
  * @author Spencer Gibb
  */
+@Validated
 public class FilterDefinition {
 	@NotNull
 	private String name;
diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/PredicateDefinition.java b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/PredicateDefinition.java
index 94742c7d..f202b9d4 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/PredicateDefinition.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/PredicateDefinition.java
@@ -25,12 +25,14 @@ import javax.validation.ValidationException;
 import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
 
 import org.springframework.cloud.gateway.support.NameUtils;
+import org.springframework.validation.annotation.Validated;
 
 import static org.springframework.util.StringUtils.tokenizeToStringArray;
 
 /**
  * @author Spencer Gibb
  */
+@Validated
 public class PredicateDefinition {
 	@NotNull
 	private String name;
diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/route/RouteDefinition.java b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/route/RouteDefinition.java
index 5c7b87de..6fbece81 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/route/RouteDefinition.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/route/RouteDefinition.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package org.springframework.cloud.gateway.route;
 import org.hibernate.validator.constraints.NotEmpty;
 import org.springframework.cloud.gateway.filter.FilterDefinition;
 import org.springframework.cloud.gateway.handler.predicate.PredicateDefinition;
+import org.springframework.validation.annotation.Validated;
 
 import javax.validation.Valid;
 import javax.validation.ValidationException;
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ import static org.springframework.util.StringUtils.tokenizeToStringArray;
 /**
  * @author Spencer Gibb
  */
+@Validated
 public class RouteDefinition {
 	@NotEmpty
 	private String id = UUID.randomUUID().toString();