diff --git a/control-plane/api-gateway/binding/result.go b/control-plane/api-gateway/binding/result.go
index 1953d4836c..e6c0760e7a 100644
--- a/control-plane/api-gateway/binding/result.go
+++ b/control-plane/api-gateway/binding/result.go
@@ -241,7 +241,11 @@ var (
 	// Below is where any custom generic listener validation errors should go.
 	// We map anything under here to a custom ListenerConditionReason of Invalid on
 	// an Accepted status type.
-	errListenerNoTLSPassthrough = errors.New("TLS passthrough is not supported")
+	errListenerNoTLSPassthrough              = errors.New("TLS passthrough is not supported")
+	errListenerTLSCipherSuiteNotConfigurable = errors.New("tls_min_version does not allow tls_cipher_suites configuration")
+	errListenerUnsupportedTLSCipherSuite     = errors.New("unsupported cipher suite in tls_cipher_suites")
+	errListenerUnsupportedTLSMaxVersion      = errors.New("unsupported tls_max_version")
+	errListenerUnsupportedTLSMinVersion      = errors.New("unsupported tls_min_version")
 
 	// This custom listener validation error is used to differentiate between an errListenerPortUnavailable because of
 	// direct port conflicts defined by the user (two listeners on the same port) vs a port conflict because we map
diff --git a/control-plane/api-gateway/binding/validation.go b/control-plane/api-gateway/binding/validation.go
index b0482069e4..02e6db8438 100644
--- a/control-plane/api-gateway/binding/validation.go
+++ b/control-plane/api-gateway/binding/validation.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 package binding
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"strings"
 
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -264,14 +263,14 @@ func validateTLSOptions(options map[gwv1beta1.AnnotationKey]gwv1beta1.Annotation
 	tlsMinVersionValue := string(options[common.TLSMinVersionAnnotationKey])
 	if tlsMinVersionValue != "" {
 		if _, supported := allSupportedTLSVersions[tlsMinVersionValue]; !supported {
-			return errors.New("unsupported tls_min_version")
+			return errListenerUnsupportedTLSMinVersion
 		}
 	}
 
 	tlsMaxVersionValue := string(options[common.TLSMaxVersionAnnotationKey])
 	if tlsMaxVersionValue != "" {
 		if _, supported := allSupportedTLSVersions[tlsMaxVersionValue]; !supported {
-			return errors.New("unsupported tls_max_version")
+			return errListenerUnsupportedTLSMaxVersion
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -280,14 +279,14 @@ func validateTLSOptions(options map[gwv1beta1.AnnotationKey]gwv1beta1.Annotation
 		// If a minimum TLS version is configured, verify that it supports configuring cipher suites
 		if tlsMinVersionValue != "" {
 			if _, supported := allTLSVersionsWithConfigurableCipherSuites[tlsMinVersionValue]; !supported {
-				return errors.New("tls_min_version does not allow tls_cipher_suites configuration")
+				return errListenerTLSCipherSuiteNotConfigurable
 			}
 		}
 
 		for _, tlsCipherSuiteValue := range strings.Split(tlsCipherSuitesValue, ",") {
 			tlsCipherSuite := strings.TrimSpace(tlsCipherSuiteValue)
 			if _, supported := allSupportedTLSCipherSuites[tlsCipherSuite]; !supported {
-				return errors.New("unsupported cipher suite in tls_cipher_suites")
+				return errListenerUnsupportedTLSCipherSuite
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/control-plane/api-gateway/binding/validation_test.go b/control-plane/api-gateway/binding/validation_test.go
index 10cdf851c3..1f2b143387 100644
--- a/control-plane/api-gateway/binding/validation_test.go
+++ b/control-plane/api-gateway/binding/validation_test.go
@@ -510,6 +510,47 @@ func TestValidateTLS(t *testing.T) {
 			expectedResolvedRefsErr: nil,
 			expectedAcceptedErr:     nil,
 		},
+		"invalid cipher suite": {
+			gateway: gatewayWithFinalizer(gwv1beta1.GatewaySpec{}),
+			tls: &gwv1beta1.GatewayTLSConfig{
+				Options: map[gwv1beta1.AnnotationKey]gwv1beta1.AnnotationValue{
+					common.TLSCipherSuitesAnnotationKey: "invalid",
+				},
+			},
+			certificates:        nil,
+			expectedAcceptedErr: errListenerUnsupportedTLSCipherSuite,
+		},
+		"cipher suite not configurable": {
+			gateway: gatewayWithFinalizer(gwv1beta1.GatewaySpec{}),
+			tls: &gwv1beta1.GatewayTLSConfig{
+				Options: map[gwv1beta1.AnnotationKey]gwv1beta1.AnnotationValue{
+					common.TLSMinVersionAnnotationKey:   "TLSv1_3",
+					common.TLSCipherSuitesAnnotationKey: "TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256",
+				},
+			},
+			certificates:        nil,
+			expectedAcceptedErr: errListenerTLSCipherSuiteNotConfigurable,
+		},
+		"invalid max version": {
+			gateway: gatewayWithFinalizer(gwv1beta1.GatewaySpec{}),
+			tls: &gwv1beta1.GatewayTLSConfig{
+				Options: map[gwv1beta1.AnnotationKey]gwv1beta1.AnnotationValue{
+					common.TLSMaxVersionAnnotationKey: "invalid",
+				},
+			},
+			certificates:        nil,
+			expectedAcceptedErr: errListenerUnsupportedTLSMaxVersion,
+		},
+		"invalid min version": {
+			gateway: gatewayWithFinalizer(gwv1beta1.GatewaySpec{}),
+			tls: &gwv1beta1.GatewayTLSConfig{
+				Options: map[gwv1beta1.AnnotationKey]gwv1beta1.AnnotationValue{
+					common.TLSMinVersionAnnotationKey: "invalid",
+				},
+			},
+			certificates:        nil,
+			expectedAcceptedErr: errListenerUnsupportedTLSMinVersion,
+		},
 	} {
 		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			resources := common.NewResourceMap(common.ResourceTranslator{}, NewReferenceValidator(tt.grants), logrtest.NewTestLogger(t))