diff --git a/MWAA/tests/test_verify_env.py b/MWAA/tests/test_verify_env.py
index 97d9579..979d957 100644
--- a/MWAA/tests/test_verify_env.py
+++ b/MWAA/tests/test_verify_env.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def test_validate_envname():
 
 def test_validate_profile():
     '''
-    test invalid and valid names for MWAA environment
+    test invalid and valid names for the profile
     '''
     with pytest.raises(argparse.ArgumentTypeError) as excinfo:
         profile_name = 'test space'
@@ -115,6 +115,12 @@ def test_validate_profile():
     profile_name = 'HelloWorld'
     result = verify_env.validation_profile(profile_name)
     assert result == profile_name
+    profile_name = '_HelloWorld'
+    result = verify_env.validation_profile(profile_name)
+    assert result == profile_name
+    profile_name = 'Hello-World'
+    result = verify_env.validation_profile(profile_name)
+    assert result == profile_name
 
 
 def test_check_ingress_acls():
diff --git a/MWAA/verify_env/verify_env.py b/MWAA/verify_env/verify_env.py
index 1d620af..08091c1 100644
--- a/MWAA/verify_env/verify_env.py
+++ b/MWAA/verify_env/verify_env.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def validation_profile(profile_name):
     '''
     verify profile name doesn't have path to files or unexpected input
     '''
-    if re.match(r"^[a-zA-Z0-9]*$", profile_name):
+    if re.match(r"^[a-zA-Z0-9-_]*$", profile_name):
         return profile_name
     raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError("%s is an invalid profile name value" % profile_name)