diff --git a/pkg/machinepool/validations/disk_size.go b/pkg/machinepool/validations/disk_size.go
index aeb3c6d1..dc3f4010 100644
--- a/pkg/machinepool/validations/disk_size.go
+++ b/pkg/machinepool/validations/disk_size.go
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ const (
 	// machinePoolRootVolumeSizeMaxAsOf414 is the maximum size of the root volume as of 4.14
 	// 16 TiB - limit as of 4.14
 	machinePoolRootVolumeSizeMaxAsOf414 = 16384
+	// constants for node pool root size validation
+	nodePoolRootAWSVolumeSizeMin = 128
+	nodePoolRootAWSVolumeSizeMax = 16384
 )
 
 // ValidateMachinePoolRootDiskSize validates the root volume size for a machine pool in AWS.
@@ -37,6 +40,19 @@ func ValidateMachinePoolRootDiskSize(version string, machinePoolRootVolumeSize i
 	return nil
 }
 
+// ValidateNodePoolRootDiskSize validates the root volume size for a node pool in AWS.
+func ValidateNodePoolRootDiskSize(nodePoolRootVolumeSize int) error {
+	if nodePoolRootVolumeSize < nodePoolRootAWSVolumeSizeMin ||
+		nodePoolRootVolumeSize > nodePoolRootAWSVolumeSizeMax {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Invalid root disk size: %d GiB. Must be between %d GiB and %d GiB.",
+			nodePoolRootVolumeSize,
+			nodePoolRootAWSVolumeSizeMin,
+			nodePoolRootAWSVolumeSizeMax)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // getAWSVolumeMaxSize returns the maximum size of the root volume for a machine pool in AWS.
 func getAWSVolumeMaxSize(version string) (int, error) {
 	version414, _ := semver.NewVersion("4.14.0")