diff --git a/pkg/controller/che/che_controller.go b/pkg/controller/che/che_controller.go
index fd3751878..578a29649 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/che/che_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/che/che_controller.go
@@ -255,6 +255,14 @@ func (r *ReconcileChe) Reconcile(request reconcile.Request) (reconcile.Result, e
 		logrus.Errorf("An error occurred when detecting current infra: %s", err)
 	}
 
+	// Check Che CR correctness
+	if err := ValidateCheCR(instance, isOpenShift); err != nil {
+		// Che cannot be deployed with current configuration.
+		// Print error message in logs and wait until the configuration is changed.
+		logrus.Error(err)
+		return reconcile.Result{}, nil
+	}
+
 	if isOpenShift {
 		// delete oAuthClient before CR is deleted
 		doInstallOpenShiftoAuthProvider := instance.Spec.Auth.OpenShiftoAuth
diff --git a/pkg/controller/che/che_cr_validator.go b/pkg/controller/che/che_cr_validator.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fa33834f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/controller/che/che_cr_validator.go
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+//
+// Copyright (c) 2012-2019 Red Hat, Inc.
+// This program and the accompanying materials are made
+// available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
+// which is available at https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
+//
+// Contributors:
+//   Red Hat, Inc. - initial API and implementation
+//
+package che
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	orgv1 "github.com/eclipse/che-operator/pkg/apis/org/v1"
+)
+
+// ValidateCheCR checks Che CR configuration.
+// It should detect:
+// - configurations which miss required field(s) to deploy Che
+// - self-contradictory configurations
+// - configurations with which it is impossible to deploy Che
+func ValidateCheCR(checluster *orgv1.CheCluster, isOpenshift bool) error {
+	if !isOpenshift {
+		if checluster.Spec.K8s.IngressDomain == "" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Required field \"spec.K8s.IngressDomain\" is not set")
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}