diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/enrich/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/enrich/EnrichStore.java b/x-pack/plugin/enrich/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/enrich/EnrichStore.java
index 3eda3e8c71f31..96e9b99e50c99 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/enrich/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/enrich/EnrichStore.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/enrich/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/enrich/EnrichStore.java
@@ -16,9 +16,12 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.enrich.EnrichPolicy;
 
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
@@ -53,7 +56,11 @@ public static void putPolicy(String name, EnrichPolicy policy, ClusterService cl
         if (name.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT).equals(name) == false) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid policy name [" + name + "], must be lowercase");
         }
-        // TODO: add policy validation
+        Set<String> supportedPolicyTypes = new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList(EnrichPolicy.SUPPORTED_POLICY_TYPES));
+        if (supportedPolicyTypes.contains(policy.getType()) == false) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("unsupported policy type [" + policy.getType() +
+                "], supported types are " + Arrays.toString(EnrichPolicy.SUPPORTED_POLICY_TYPES));
+        }
 
         final EnrichPolicy finalPolicy;
         if (policy.getElasticsearchVersion() == null) {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/enrich/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/enrich/EnrichStoreCrudTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/enrich/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/enrich/EnrichStoreCrudTests.java
index d69a2c76e4958..ea5f307f7831b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/enrich/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/enrich/EnrichStoreCrudTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/enrich/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/enrich/EnrichStoreCrudTests.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentType;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.enrich.EnrichPolicy;
 
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 
@@ -89,6 +90,13 @@ public void testPutValidation() throws Exception {
                 expectThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> saveEnrichPolicy("myPolicy", policy, clusterService));
             assertThat(error.getMessage(), equalTo("Invalid policy name [myPolicy], must be lowercase"));
         }
+        {
+            EnrichPolicy invalidPolicy = new EnrichPolicy("unsupported_type", null, Collections.singletonList("index"),
+                "field", Collections.singletonList("field"));
+            IllegalArgumentException error =
+                expectThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> saveEnrichPolicy("name", invalidPolicy, clusterService));
+            assertThat(error.getMessage(), equalTo("unsupported policy type [unsupported_type], supported types are [match, geo_match]"));
+        }
     }
 
     public void testDeleteValidation() {