diff --git a/app/uk/gov/hmrc/apisubscriptionfields/model/Model.scala b/app/uk/gov/hmrc/apisubscriptionfields/model/Model.scala
index 1e3d7c3..af35b50 100644
--- a/app/uk/gov/hmrc/apisubscriptionfields/model/Model.scala
+++ b/app/uk/gov/hmrc/apisubscriptionfields/model/Model.scala
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package uk.gov.hmrc.apisubscriptionfields.model
 
 import cats.data.{NonEmptyList => NEL}
 import uk.gov.hmrc.apisubscriptionfields.model.FieldDefinitionType.FieldDefinitionType
+import org.apache.commons.validator.routines.UrlValidator
 import eu.timepit.refined._
 import Types._
 
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ case class RegexValidationRule(regex: RegexExpr) extends ValidationRule {
 case object UrlValidationRule extends ValidationRule {
   def validateAgainstRule(value: FieldValue): Boolean = {
     val schemes = Array("http","https")
-    val urlValidator = new org.apache.commons.validator.routines.UrlValidator(schemes)
+    val urlValidator = new org.apache.commons.validator.routines.UrlValidator(schemes, UrlValidator.ALLOW_LOCAL_URLS)
     urlValidator.isValid(value)
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/uk/gov/hmrc/apisubscriptionfields/model/ModelSpec.scala b/test/uk/gov/hmrc/apisubscriptionfields/model/ModelSpec.scala
index d90b3fd..1c6d5a3 100644
--- a/test/uk/gov/hmrc/apisubscriptionfields/model/ModelSpec.scala
+++ b/test/uk/gov/hmrc/apisubscriptionfields/model/ModelSpec.scala
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ class UrlValidationRuleSpec extends FunSpec with ValidationRuleTestData with Mat
     UrlValidationRule.validate(validUrl) shouldBe true
   }
 
+  describe("pass for localhost") {
+    UrlValidationRule.validate(localValidUrl) shouldBe true
+  }
+
   describe("return true when the value is blank") {
     UrlValidationRule.validate("") shouldBe true
   }
diff --git a/test/uk/gov/hmrc/apisubscriptionfields/model/ValidationRuleTestData.scala b/test/uk/gov/hmrc/apisubscriptionfields/model/ValidationRuleTestData.scala
index 395b835..ca36abd 100644
--- a/test/uk/gov/hmrc/apisubscriptionfields/model/ValidationRuleTestData.scala
+++ b/test/uk/gov/hmrc/apisubscriptionfields/model/ValidationRuleTestData.scala
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ trait ValidationRuleTestData {
   val atLeastTenLongRule: ValidationRule = RegexValidationRule("""^.{10}.*$""")
 
   val validUrl = "https://www.example.com/here/and/there"
+  val localValidUrl = "https://localhost:9000/"
   val invalidUrls = List("www.example.com", "ftp://example.com/abc", "https://www example.com", "https://www&example.com", "https://www,example.com")
 
 }