diff --git a/app/controllers/epp_controller.rb b/app/controllers/epp_controller.rb
index 013abf73e..d2c1a1dda 100644
--- a/app/controllers/epp_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/epp_controller.rb
@@ -59,6 +59,13 @@ class EppController < ApplicationController
     validation_method = "validate_#{params[:action]}"
     return unless respond_to?(validation_method, true)
     send(validation_method)
+
+    # validate legal document's type here because it may be in most of the requests
+    @prefix = nil
+    if element_count('extension > extdata > legalDocument') > 0
+      requires_attribute('extension > extdata > legalDocument', 'type', values: LegalDocument::TYPES)
+    end
+
     handle_errors and return if epp_errors.any?
   end
 
diff --git a/app/models/legal_document.rb b/app/models/legal_document.rb
index 0f690480b..07c27fd2a 100644
--- a/app/models/legal_document.rb
+++ b/app/models/legal_document.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 class LegalDocument < ActiveRecord::Base
   belongs_to :documentable, polymorphic: true
+
+  TYPES = %w(pdf bdoc ddoc zip rar gz tar 7z)
 end
diff --git a/spec/epp/domain_spec.rb b/spec/epp/domain_spec.rb
index 1a0c74cbd..eec1bb810 100644
--- a/spec/epp/domain_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/epp/domain_spec.rb
@@ -1420,6 +1420,35 @@ describe 'EPP Domain', epp: true do
       end
     end
 
+    it 'validates legal document type' do
+      xml = epp_xml.domain.info({
+        name: { value: domain.name }
+      }, {
+        _anonymus: [
+          legalDocument: {
+            value: 'JVBERi0xLjQKJcOkw7zDtsOfCjIgMCBvYmoKPDwvTGVuZ3RoIDMgMCBSL0Zp==',
+            attrs: { type: 'jpg' }
+          }
+        ]
+      })
+
+      response = epp_plain_request(xml, :xml)
+      response[:msg].should == 'Attribute is invalid: type'
+
+      xml = epp_xml.domain.info({
+        name: { value: domain.name }
+      }, {
+        _anonymus: [
+          legalDocument: {
+            value: 'JVBERi0xLjQKJcOkw7zDtsOfCjIgMCBvYmoKPDwvTGVuZ3RoIDMgMCBSL0Zp=='
+          }
+        ]
+      })
+
+      response = epp_plain_request(xml, :xml)
+      response[:msg].should == 'Attribute is invalid: type'
+    end
+
     ### DELETE ###
     it 'deletes domain' do
       response = epp_plain_request(epp_xml.domain.delete({
@@ -1537,7 +1566,6 @@ describe 'EPP Domain', epp: true do
       name[:avail].should == '0'
       reason.text.should == 'invalid format'
     end
-
   end
 
 end