diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/rabbitmq_queue.rb b/lib/puppet/type/rabbitmq_queue.rb
index 63fc19ba5..d2279a8f2 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/type/rabbitmq_queue.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/rabbitmq_queue.rb
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
   newparam(:name, namevar: true) do
     desc 'Name of queue'
-    newvalues(%r{^\S*@\S+$})
+    newvalues(%r{^.*@.*$})
   end
 
   newparam(:durable) do