diff --git a/gns3server/modules/virtualbox/__init__.py b/gns3server/modules/virtualbox/__init__.py
index 18253925..5ea015e0 100644
--- a/gns3server/modules/virtualbox/__init__.py
+++ b/gns3server/modules/virtualbox/__init__.py
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ class VirtualBox(BaseManager):
             raise VirtualBoxError("VBoxManage {} is not accessible".format(vboxmanage_path))
         if not os.access(vboxmanage_path, os.X_OK):
             raise VirtualBoxError("VBoxManage is not executable")
+        if os.path.basename(vboxmanage_path) not in ["VBoxManage", "VBoxManage.exe", "vboxmanage"]:
+            raise VirtualBoxError("Invalid VBoxManage executable name {}".format(os.path.basename(vboxmanage_path)))
 
         self._vboxmanage_path = vboxmanage_path
         return vboxmanage_path
diff --git a/tests/modules/virtualbox/test_virtualbox_manager.py b/tests/modules/virtualbox/test_virtualbox_manager.py
index 1dc647d6..3faf2e0f 100644
--- a/tests/modules/virtualbox/test_virtualbox_manager.py
+++ b/tests/modules/virtualbox/test_virtualbox_manager.py
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 
 import pytest
 import tempfile
+import os
+import stat
 
 from gns3server.modules.virtualbox import VirtualBox
 from gns3server.modules.virtualbox.virtualbox_error import VirtualBoxError
@@ -36,9 +38,28 @@ def test_vm_invalid_vboxmanage_path(manager):
         with pytest.raises(VirtualBoxError):
             manager.find_vboxmanage()
 
-
 def test_vm_non_executable_vboxmanage_path(manager):
     tmpfile = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile()
     with patch("gns3server.config.Config.get_section_config", return_value={"vboxmanage_path": tmpfile.name}):
         with pytest.raises(VirtualBoxError):
             manager.find_vboxmanage()
+
+def test_vm_invalid_executable_name_vboxmanage_path(manager, tmpdir):
+    path = str(tmpdir / "vpcs")
+    with open(path, "w+") as f:
+        f.write(path)
+    os.chmod(path, stat.S_IRUSR | stat.S_IWUSR | stat.S_IXUSR)
+    tmpfile = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile()
+    with patch("gns3server.config.Config.get_section_config", return_value={"vboxmanage_path": path}):
+        with pytest.raises(VirtualBoxError):
+            manager.find_vboxmanage()
+
+def test_vboxmanage_path(manager, tmpdir):
+    path = str(tmpdir / "VBoxManage")
+    with open(path, "w+") as f:
+        f.write(path)
+    os.chmod(path, stat.S_IRUSR | stat.S_IWUSR | stat.S_IXUSR)
+    tmpfile = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile()
+    with patch("gns3server.config.Config.get_section_config", return_value={"vboxmanage_path": path}):
+        assert manager.find_vboxmanage() == path
+
diff --git a/tests/modules/virtualbox/test_virtualbox_vm.py b/tests/modules/virtualbox/test_virtualbox_vm.py
index 8b91431e..be343170 100644
--- a/tests/modules/virtualbox/test_virtualbox_vm.py
+++ b/tests/modules/virtualbox/test_virtualbox_vm.py
@@ -54,3 +54,4 @@ def test_vm_invalid_virtualbox_api_version(loop, project, manager):
         with pytest.raises(VirtualBoxError):
             vm = VirtualBoxVM("test", "00010203-0405-0607-0809-0a0b0c0d0e0f", project, manager, "test", False)
             loop.run_until_complete(asyncio.async(vm.create()))
+