diff --git a/r2/r2/controllers/promotecontroller.py b/r2/r2/controllers/promotecontroller.py
index 0f50e7efb..202f55501 100644
--- a/r2/r2/controllers/promotecontroller.py
+++ b/r2/r2/controllers/promotecontroller.py
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ from r2.lib.validator import (
     VOneOf,
     VPromoCampaign,
     VRatelimit,
+    VShamedDomain,
     VSponsor,
     VSponsorAdmin,
     VSponsorAdminOrAdminSecret,
@@ -355,6 +356,7 @@ class PromoteController(ListingController):
                    VRatelimit(rate_user=True,
                               rate_ip=True,
                               prefix='create_promo_'),
+                   VShamedDomain('url'),
                    l=VLink('link_id'),
                    title=VTitle('title'),
                    url=VUrl('url', allow_self=False, lookup=False),
@@ -390,6 +392,11 @@ class PromoteController(ListingController):
         if not should_ratelimit:
             c.errors.remove((errors.RATELIMIT, 'ratelimit'))
 
+        # check for shame banned domains
+        if form.has_errors("url", errors.DOMAIN_BANNED):
+            g.stats.simple_event('spam.shame.link')
+            return
+
         # demangle URL in canonical way
         if url:
             if isinstance(url, (unicode, str)):
diff --git a/r2/r2/templates/promotelinkform.html b/r2/r2/templates/promotelinkform.html
index 24dc67907..7d9e360ac 100644
--- a/r2/r2/templates/promotelinkform.html
+++ b/r2/r2/templates/promotelinkform.html
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ ${self.javascript_setup()}
             value="${('self' if thing.link.is_self else thing.link.url) if thing.link else ""}" class="rounded"/>
   ${error_field("NO_URL", "url", "div")}
   ${error_field("BAD_URL", "url", "div")}
+  ${error_field("DOMAIN_BANNED", "url", "div")}
   ${error_field("ALREADY_SUB", "url", "div")}
   <div class="infotext rounded">
       <p>Provide the URL of your ad.&#32;<em>No redirects please!</em></p>