diff --git a/internal/weldr/api.go b/internal/weldr/api.go
index 374264323..4f843caae 100644
--- a/internal/weldr/api.go
+++ b/internal/weldr/api.go
@@ -1711,6 +1711,18 @@ func (api *API) blueprintsNewHandler(writer http.ResponseWriter, request *http.R
 		return
 	}
 
+	// Check the blueprint's distro to make sure it is valid
+	if len(blueprint.Distro) > 0 {
+		if !common.IsStringInSortedSlice(api.distros.List(), blueprint.Distro) {
+			errors := responseError{
+				ID:  "BlueprintsError",
+				Msg: fmt.Sprintf("'%s' is not a valid distribution", blueprint.Distro),
+			}
+			statusResponseError(writer, http.StatusBadRequest, errors)
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
 	commitMsg := "Recipe " + blueprint.Name + ", version " + blueprint.Version + " saved."
 	err = api.store.PushBlueprint(blueprint, commitMsg)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/weldr/api_test.go b/internal/weldr/api_test.go
index 3171fa3b5..742300384 100644
--- a/internal/weldr/api_test.go
+++ b/internal/weldr/api_test.go
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ func TestBlueprintsNew(t *testing.T) {
 		{"POST", "/api/v0/blueprints/new", `{"name":"test","description":"Test","packages:}`, http.StatusBadRequest, `{"status":false,"errors":[{"id":"BlueprintsError","msg":"400 Bad Request: The browser (or proxy) sent a request that this server could not understand: unexpected EOF"}]}`},
 		{"POST", "/api/v0/blueprints/new", `{"name":"","description":"Test","packages":[{"name":"httpd","version":"2.4.*"}],"version":"0.0.0"}`, http.StatusBadRequest, `{"status":false,"errors":[{"id":"InvalidChars","msg":"Invalid characters in API path"}]}`},
 		{"POST", "/api/v0/blueprints/new", ``, http.StatusBadRequest, `{"status":false,"errors":[{"id":"BlueprintsError","msg":"Missing blueprint"}]}`},
+		{"POST", "/api/v0/blueprints/new", `{"name":"test","description":"Test","distro":"test-distro","packages":[],"version":""}`, http.StatusOK, `{"status":true}`},
+		{"POST", "/api/v0/blueprints/new", `{"name":"test","description":"Test","distro":"fedora-1","packages":[],"version":""}`, http.StatusBadRequest, `{"status":false,"errors":[{"id":"BlueprintsError","msg":"'fedora-1' is not a valid distribution"}]}`},
 	}
 
 	tempdir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "weldr-tests-")