diff --git a/lib/diaspora_federation/validators/rules/diaspora_id.rb b/lib/diaspora_federation/validators/rules/diaspora_id.rb
index 8dfd9a9..42bcc0b 100644
--- a/lib/diaspora_federation/validators/rules/diaspora_id.rb
+++ b/lib/diaspora_federation/validators/rules/diaspora_id.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ module Validation
     #
     # A simple rule to validate the base structure of diaspora* IDs.
     class DiasporaId
+      # Maximum length of a full diaspora* ID
+      DIASPORA_ID_MAX_LENGTH = 255
+
       # The Regex for a valid diaspora* ID
       DIASPORA_ID_REGEX = begin
         username       = "[[:lower:]\\d\\-\\.\\_]+"
@@ -29,7 +32,10 @@ module Validation
 
       # Determines if value is a valid diaspora* ID
       def valid_value?(value)
-        value.is_a?(String) && value =~ DIASPORA_ID
+        return false unless value.is_a?(String)
+        return false if value.length > DIASPORA_ID_MAX_LENGTH
+
+        value =~ DIASPORA_ID
       end
 
       # This rule has no params.
diff --git a/spec/lib/diaspora_federation/validators/rules/diaspora_id_spec.rb b/spec/lib/diaspora_federation/validators/rules/diaspora_id_spec.rb
index 15b0240..a796530 100644
--- a/spec/lib/diaspora_federation/validators/rules/diaspora_id_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/diaspora_federation/validators/rules/diaspora_id_spec.rb
@@ -99,6 +99,14 @@ describe Validation::Rule::DiasporaId do
       expect(validator.errors).to include(:diaspora_id)
     end
 
+    it "fails if the diaspora* ID is longer than 255 characters" do
+      validator = Validation::Validator.new(OpenStruct.new(diaspora_id: "#{'a' * 244}@example.com"))
+      validator.rule(:diaspora_id, :diaspora_id)
+
+      expect(validator).not_to be_valid
+      expect(validator.errors).to include(:diaspora_id)
+    end
+
     it "fails for nil and empty" do
       [nil, ""].each do |val|
         validator = Validation::Validator.new(OpenStruct.new(diaspora_id: val))