diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Validation/Paths/RootFolderExistsValidator.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Validation/Paths/RootFolderExistsValidator.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b4c4e7a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Validation/Paths/RootFolderExistsValidator.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+using FluentValidation.Validators;
+using NzbDrone.Common.Extensions;
+using NzbDrone.Core.RootFolders;
+
+namespace NzbDrone.Core.Validation.Paths
+{
+    public class RootFolderExistsValidator : PropertyValidator
+    {
+        private readonly IRootFolderService _rootFolderService;
+
+        public RootFolderExistsValidator(IRootFolderService rootFolderService)
+        {
+            _rootFolderService = rootFolderService;
+        }
+
+        protected override string GetDefaultMessageTemplate() => "Root folder '{path}' does not exist";
+
+        protected override bool IsValid(PropertyValidatorContext context)
+        {
+            context.MessageFormatter.AppendArgument("path", context.PropertyValue?.ToString());
+
+            return context.PropertyValue == null || _rootFolderService.All().Exists(r => r.Path.PathEquals(context.PropertyValue.ToString()));
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Sonarr.Api.V3/ImportLists/ImportListController.cs b/src/Sonarr.Api.V3/ImportLists/ImportListController.cs
index 542158d6a..499043f33 100644
--- a/src/Sonarr.Api.V3/ImportLists/ImportListController.cs
+++ b/src/Sonarr.Api.V3/ImportLists/ImportListController.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using FluentValidation;
 using NzbDrone.Core.ImportLists;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Validation;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Validation.Paths;
@@ -11,13 +12,16 @@ namespace Sonarr.Api.V3.ImportLists
         public static readonly ImportListResourceMapper ResourceMapper = new ();
         public static readonly ImportListBulkResourceMapper BulkResourceMapper = new ();
 
-        public ImportListController(IImportListFactory importListFactory, QualityProfileExistsValidator qualityProfileExistsValidator)
+        public ImportListController(IImportListFactory importListFactory, RootFolderExistsValidator rootFolderExistsValidator, QualityProfileExistsValidator qualityProfileExistsValidator)
             : base(importListFactory, "importlist", ResourceMapper, BulkResourceMapper)
         {
-            Http.Validation.RuleBuilderExtensions.ValidId(SharedValidator.RuleFor(s => s.QualityProfileId));
+            SharedValidator.RuleFor(c => c.RootFolderPath).Cascade(CascadeMode.Stop)
+                .IsValidPath()
+                .SetValidator(rootFolderExistsValidator);
 
-            SharedValidator.RuleFor(c => c.RootFolderPath).IsValidPath();
-            SharedValidator.RuleFor(c => c.QualityProfileId).SetValidator(qualityProfileExistsValidator);
+            SharedValidator.RuleFor(c => c.QualityProfileId).Cascade(CascadeMode.Stop)
+                .ValidId()
+                .SetValidator(qualityProfileExistsValidator);
         }
     }
 }