diff --git a/common/locales/en/groups.json b/common/locales/en/groups.json
index 2e0f245232..00257c8670 100644
--- a/common/locales/en/groups.json
+++ b/common/locales/en/groups.json
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@
     "inviteMissingEmail": "Missing email address in invite.",
     "partyMustbePrivate": "Parties must be private",
     "userAlreadyInGroup": "User already in that group.",
+    "cannotInviteSelfToGroup": "You cannot invite yourself to a group.",
     "userAlreadyInvitedToGroup": "User already invited to that group.",
     "userAlreadyPendingInvitation": "User already pending invitation.",
     "userAlreadyInAParty": "User already in a party.",
diff --git a/test/api/v3/integration/groups/POST-groups_invite.test.js b/test/api/v3/integration/groups/POST-groups_invite.test.js
index 92328463b2..3e6ed0be30 100644
--- a/test/api/v3/integration/groups/POST-groups_invite.test.js
+++ b/test/api/v3/integration/groups/POST-groups_invite.test.js
@@ -33,6 +33,17 @@ describe('Post /groups/:groupId/invite', () => {
       });
     });
 
+    it('returns an error when inviting yourself to a group', async () => {
+      await expect(inviter.post(`/groups/${group._id}/invite`, {
+        uuids: [inviter._id],
+      }))
+      .to.eventually.be.rejected.and.eql({
+        code: 400,
+        error: 'BadRequest',
+        message: t('cannotInviteSelfToGroup'),
+      });
+    });
+
     it('returns an error when uuids is not an array', async () => {
       let fakeID = generateUUID();
 
diff --git a/website/server/controllers/api-v3/groups.js b/website/server/controllers/api-v3/groups.js
index 07e9b5be54..de59bd7e17 100644
--- a/website/server/controllers/api-v3/groups.js
+++ b/website/server/controllers/api-v3/groups.js
@@ -487,6 +487,8 @@ async function _inviteByUUID (uuid, group, inviter, req, res) {
 
   if (!userToInvite) {
     throw new NotFound(res.t('userWithIDNotFound', {userId: uuid}));
+  } else if (inviter._id === userToInvite._id) {
+    throw new BadRequest(res.t('cannotInviteSelfToGroup'));
   }
 
   if (group.type === 'guild') {