diff --git a/cmd/create/idp/github.go b/cmd/create/idp/github.go
index 06198129a4..117b6d8970 100644
--- a/cmd/create/idp/github.go
+++ b/cmd/create/idp/github.go
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ func buildGithubIdp(cmd *cobra.Command,
 			Help:     cmd.Flags().Lookup("hostname").Usage,
 			Default:  githubHostname,
 			Validators: []interactive.Validator{
-				interactive.IsURL,
+				interactive.IsValidHostname,
 			},
 		})
 		if err != nil {
@@ -201,9 +201,9 @@ func buildGithubIdp(cmd *cobra.Command,
 		return idpBuilder, fmt.Errorf("CA is not expected when not using a hosted instance of Github Enterprise")
 	}
 	if githubHostname != "" {
-		_, err = url.ParseRequestURI(githubHostname)
+		err := interactive.IsValidHostname(githubHostname)
 		if err != nil {
-			return idpBuilder, fmt.Errorf("Expected a valid Hostname: %s", err)
+			return idpBuilder, err
 		}
 		// Set the hostname, if any
 		githubIDP = githubIDP.Hostname(githubHostname)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fe4e108367..68abea4df8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ require (
 	go.uber.org/mock v0.3.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.29.2
+	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b
 )
 
 require (
@@ -112,7 +113,6 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/square/go-jose.v2 v2.6.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
-	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b // indirect
 )
 
 replace github.com/golang/glog => github.com/kubermatic/glog-logrus v0.0.0-20180829085450-3fa5b9870d1d
diff --git a/pkg/interactive/validation.go b/pkg/interactive/validation.go
index 712c3d6b1c..6bd64f888b 100644
--- a/pkg/interactive/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/interactive/validation.go
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
 
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation"
+	netutils "k8s.io/utils/net"
+
 	"github.com/AlecAivazis/survey/v2"
 	"github.com/AlecAivazis/survey/v2/core"
 	clustervalidations "github.com/openshift-online/ocm-common/pkg/cluster/validations"
@@ -59,6 +62,21 @@ func IsURL(val interface{}) error {
 	return err
 }
 
+func IsValidHostname(val interface{}) error {
+	if !_isValidHostname(val.(string)) {
+		return fmt.Errorf(fmt.Sprintf("'%s' hostname must be a valid DNS subdomain or IP address", val.(string)))
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// _isValidHostname is same validation as in the Open Shift GitHub IDP CRD
+// https://github.com/openshift/kubernetes/blob/91607f5d750ba4002f87d34a12ae1cfd45b45b81/openshift-kube-apiserver/admission/customresourcevalidation/oauth/helpers.go#L13
+//
+//nolint:lll
+func _isValidHostname(hostname string) bool {
+	return len(validation.IsDNS1123Subdomain(hostname)) == 0 || netutils.ParseIPSloppy(hostname) != nil
+}
+
 func IsURLHttps(val interface{}) error {
 	parsedUri, err := _isUrl(val)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/interactive/validation_test.go b/pkg/interactive/validation_test.go
index 73750aed30..11bd9834c7 100644
--- a/pkg/interactive/validation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/interactive/validation_test.go
@@ -77,5 +77,18 @@ var _ = Describe("Validation", func() {
 			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 		})
 	})
+	Context("GitHub Hostname", func() {
+		It("Fails validation if hostname is 'https://github.com'", func() {
+			err := IsValidHostname("https://github.com")
+			Expect(err).To(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(err.Error()).To(ContainSubstring(
+				"'https://github.com' hostname must be a valid DNS subdomain or IP address"),
+			)
+		})
+		It("Passes validation if hostname is 'domain.customer.com'", func() {
+			err := IsValidHostname("domain.customer.com")
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+		})
+	})
 
 })