diff --git a/alfresco-transformer-base/src/main/java/org/alfresco/transformer/AbstractTransformerController.java b/alfresco-transformer-base/src/main/java/org/alfresco/transformer/AbstractTransformerController.java
index f041e82e..5c02e5c6 100644
--- a/alfresco-transformer-base/src/main/java/org/alfresco/transformer/AbstractTransformerController.java
+++ b/alfresco-transformer-base/src/main/java/org/alfresco/transformer/AbstractTransformerController.java
@@ -39,12 +39,14 @@ import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.StringJoiner;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 
 import org.alfresco.transform.client.model.TransformReply;
 import org.alfresco.transform.client.model.TransformRequest;
+import org.alfresco.transform.client.model.TransformRequestValidator;
 import org.alfresco.transformer.model.FileRefResponse;
 import org.alfresco.util.TempFileProvider;
 import org.alfresco.util.exec.RuntimeExec;
@@ -59,6 +61,8 @@ import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.ui.Model;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
+import org.springframework.validation.DirectFieldBindingResult;
+import org.springframework.validation.Errors;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.MissingServletRequestParameterException;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ExceptionHandler;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
@@ -108,6 +112,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractTransformerController
     @Autowired
     private AlfrescoSharedFileStoreClient alfrescoSharedFileStoreClient;
 
+    @Autowired
+    private TransformRequestValidator transformRequestValidator;
+
     protected static Log logger;
 
     protected RuntimeExec transformCommand;
@@ -158,6 +165,17 @@ public abstract class AbstractTransformerController
         transformReply.setSchema(transformRequest.getSchema());
         transformReply.setClientData(transformRequest.getClientData());
 
+        Errors errors = validateTransformRequest(transformRequest);
+        if (!errors.getAllErrors().isEmpty())
+        {
+            transformReply.setStatus(HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST.value());
+            transformReply.setErrorDetails(errors.getAllErrors().stream().map(Object::toString)
+                .collect(Collectors.joining(", ")));
+
+            return new ResponseEntity<>(transformReply,
+                HttpStatus.valueOf(transformReply.getStatus()));
+        }
+
         // Load the source file
         File sourceFile;
         try
@@ -253,6 +271,13 @@ public abstract class AbstractTransformerController
         return new ResponseEntity<>(transformReply, HttpStatus.valueOf(transformReply.getStatus()));
     }
 
+    private Errors validateTransformRequest(TransformRequest transformRequest)
+    {
+        DirectFieldBindingResult errors = new DirectFieldBindingResult(transformRequest, "request");
+        transformRequestValidator.validate(transformRequest, errors);
+        return errors;
+    }
+
     protected abstract void processTransform(File sourceFile, File targetFile,
         Map<String, String> transformOptions, Long timeout);
 
diff --git a/alfresco-transformer-base/src/main/java/org/alfresco/transformer/WebApplicationConfig.java b/alfresco-transformer-base/src/main/java/org/alfresco/transformer/WebApplicationConfig.java
index 720dd662..1e9ca806 100644
--- a/alfresco-transformer-base/src/main/java/org/alfresco/transformer/WebApplicationConfig.java
+++ b/alfresco-transformer-base/src/main/java/org/alfresco/transformer/WebApplicationConfig.java
@@ -30,13 +30,14 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.InterceptorRegistry;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.WebMvcConfigurerAdapter;
+import org.alfresco.transform.client.model.TransformRequestValidator;
 
 @Configuration
 public class WebApplicationConfig extends WebMvcConfigurerAdapter {
 
     @Override
     public void addInterceptors(InterceptorRegistry registry) {
-        registry.addInterceptor(transformInterceptor()).addPathPatterns("/transform", "/live", "/ready");;
+        registry.addInterceptor(transformInterceptor()).addPathPatterns("/transform", "/live", "/ready");
     }
 
     @Bean
@@ -55,4 +56,10 @@ public class WebApplicationConfig extends WebMvcConfigurerAdapter {
     public AlfrescoSharedFileStoreClient alfrescoSharedFileStoreClient(){
         return new AlfrescoSharedFileStoreClient();
     }
+
+    @Bean
+    public TransformRequestValidator transformRequestValidator()
+    {
+        return new TransformRequestValidator();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9e25a262..95a61a7d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         <dependency.alfresco-jodconverter-core.version>3.0.1.1</dependency.alfresco-jodconverter-core.version>
         <dependency.ch-qos-logback.version>1.2.3</dependency.ch-qos-logback.version>
         <env.project_version>${project.version}</env.project_version>
-        <alfresco-transform-data-model.version>0.0.4</alfresco-transform-data-model.version>
+        <alfresco-transform-data-model.version>0.0.5-SNAPSHOT</alfresco-transform-data-model.version>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>