diff --git a/src/go/plugin/go.d/agent/module/charts.go b/src/go/plugin/go.d/agent/module/charts.go
index 55ffdf9f1ce7f9..fa4f1ba8894e76 100644
--- a/src/go/plugin/go.d/agent/module/charts.go
+++ b/src/go/plugin/go.d/agent/module/charts.go
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ func checkDim(d *Dim) error {
 	if d.ID == "" {
 		return errors.New("empty dim ID")
 	}
-	if id := checkID(d.ID); id != -1 {
+	if id := checkID(d.ID); id != -1 && (d.Name == "" || checkID(d.Name) != -1) {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unacceptable symbol in dim ID '%s' : '%c'", d.ID, id)
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/src/go/plugin/go.d/agent/module/charts_test.go b/src/go/plugin/go.d/agent/module/charts_test.go
index 7c35bb33e4c94e..b0dcf806fdf5d9 100644
--- a/src/go/plugin/go.d/agent/module/charts_test.go
+++ b/src/go/plugin/go.d/agent/module/charts_test.go
@@ -341,6 +341,9 @@ func TestDim_check(t *testing.T) {
 	dim = &Dim{ID: "id"}
 	dim.ID = "invalid id"
 	assert.Error(t, checkDim(dim))
+
+	dim = &Dim{ID: "i d", Name: "id"}
+	assert.NoError(t, checkDim(dim))
 }
 
 func TestVar_check(t *testing.T) {