diff --git a/app/helpers/epp/domains_helper.rb b/app/helpers/epp/domains_helper.rb
index 968a902b4..604dc0fc5 100644
--- a/app/helpers/epp/domains_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/epp/domains_helper.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ module Epp::DomainsHelper
       if domain.errors.added?(:name, :taken)
         @code = '2302'
         @msg = 'Domain name already exists'
+      elsif domain.errors.added?(:name, :epp_domain_reserved)
+        @code = '2302'
+        @msg = domain.errors[:name].first
       end
+
       render '/epp/error'
     end
   end
diff --git a/app/models/domain.rb b/app/models/domain.rb
index 8c5503454..d358c4aa6 100644
--- a/app/models/domain.rb
+++ b/app/models/domain.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class Domain < ActiveRecord::Base
         end
 
         if !DomainNameValidator.validate_reservation(x)
-          res << {name: x, avail: 0, reason: 'Domain name is reserved or restricted'}
+          res << {name: x, avail: 0, reason: I18n.t('errors.messages.epp_domain_reserved')}
           next
         end
 
diff --git a/app/validators/domain_name_validator.rb b/app/validators/domain_name_validator.rb
index 291e23bc3..d350ce302 100644
--- a/app/validators/domain_name_validator.rb
+++ b/app/validators/domain_name_validator.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class DomainNameValidator < ActiveModel::EachValidator
     if !self.class.validate_format(value)
       record.errors[attribute] << (options[:message] || 'invalid format')
     elsif !self.class.validate_reservation(value)
-      record.errors[attribute] << (options[:message] || 'Domain name is reserved or restricted')
+      record.errors[attribute] << (options[:message] || I18n.t('errors.messages.epp_domain_reserved'))
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index 065395716..df5b989ac 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -20,4 +20,7 @@
 # available at http://guides.rubyonrails.org/i18n.html.
 
 en:
+  errors:
+    messages:
+      epp_domain_reserved: 'Domain name is reserved or restricted'
   hello: "Hello world"
diff --git a/spec/epp/domain_spec.rb b/spec/epp/domain_spec.rb
index 769e81425..9cc797e25 100644
--- a/spec/epp/domain_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/epp/domain_spec.rb
@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ describe 'EPP Domain', epp: true do
       expect(response[:clTRID]).to eq('ABC-12345')
     end
 
+    it 'does not create reserved domain' do
+      Fabricate(:reserved_domain)
+      response = epp_request('domains/create_reserved.xml')
+      expect(response[:result_code]).to eq('2302')
+      expect(response[:msg]).to eq('Domain name is reserved or restricted')
+      expect(response[:clTRID]).to eq('ABC-12345')
+    end
+
     it 'checks a domain' do
       response = epp_request('domains/check.xml')
       expect(response[:result_code]).to eq('1000')
diff --git a/spec/epp/requests/domains/create_reserved.xml b/spec/epp/requests/domains/create_reserved.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..681261d91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/epp/requests/domains/create_reserved.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<epp xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:epp-1.0">
+  <command>
+    <create>
+      <domain:create
+       xmlns:domain="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:domain-1.0">
+        <domain:name>1162.ee</domain:name>
+        <domain:period unit="y">1</domain:period>
+        <domain:ns>
+          <domain:hostObj>ns1.example.net</domain:hostObj>
+          <domain:hostObj>ns2.example.net</domain:hostObj>
+        </domain:ns>
+        <domain:registrant>jd1234</domain:registrant>
+        <domain:contact type="admin">sh8013</domain:contact>
+        <domain:contact type="tech">sh8013</domain:contact>
+        <domain:authInfo>
+          <domain:pw>2fooBAR</domain:pw>
+        </domain:authInfo>
+      </domain:create>
+    </create>
+    <clTRID>ABC-12345</clTRID>
+  </command>
+</epp>