diff --git a/pkg/controller/registry/reconciler/grpc.go b/pkg/controller/registry/reconciler/grpc.go
index a73c9833c0..31e87bccb5 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/registry/reconciler/grpc.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/registry/reconciler/grpc.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"hash/fnv"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/operator-framework/operator-lifecycle-manager/pkg/controller/install"
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ func (s *grpcCatalogSourceDecorator) Annotations() map[string]string {
 func (s *grpcCatalogSourceDecorator) Service() *corev1.Service {
 	svc := &corev1.Service{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-			Name:      s.GetName(),
+			Name:      strings.ReplaceAll(s.GetName(), ".", "-"),
 			Namespace: s.GetNamespace(),
 		},
 		Spec: corev1.ServiceSpec{
diff --git a/pkg/controller/registry/reconciler/grpc_test.go b/pkg/controller/registry/reconciler/grpc_test.go
index 7fa8da39d0..2a8d69a595 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/registry/reconciler/grpc_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/registry/reconciler/grpc_test.go
@@ -62,6 +62,13 @@ func grpcCatalogSourceWithAnnotations(annotations map[string]string) *v1alpha1.C
 	return catsrc
 }
 
+func grpcCatalogSourceWithName(name string) *v1alpha1.CatalogSource {
+	catsrc := validGrpcCatalogSource("image", "")
+	catsrc.SetName(name)
+	catsrc.ObjectMeta.Labels["olm.catalogSource"] = name
+	return catsrc
+}
+
 func TestGrpcRegistryReconciler(t *testing.T) {
 	now := func() metav1.Time { return metav1.Date(2018, time.January, 26, 20, 40, 0, 0, time.UTC) }
 	blockOwnerDeletion := true
@@ -103,6 +110,21 @@ func TestGrpcRegistryReconciler(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			testName: "Grpc/NoExistingRegistry/CreateSuccessful/CatalogSourceWithPeriodInNameCreatesValidServiceName",
+			in: in{
+				catsrc: grpcCatalogSourceWithName("img.catalog"),
+			},
+			out: out{
+				status: &v1alpha1.RegistryServiceStatus{
+					CreatedAt:        now(),
+					Protocol:         "grpc",
+					ServiceName:      "img-catalog",
+					ServiceNamespace: testNamespace,
+					Port:             "50051",
+				},
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			testName: "Grpc/ExistingRegistry/CreateSuccessful",
 			in: in{