diff --git a/lib/internal/validators.js b/lib/internal/validators.js
index dde92b65847786..0267aca1233e56 100644
--- a/lib/internal/validators.js
+++ b/lib/internal/validators.js
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ function validateUnion(value, name, union) {
 }
 
 function validateLinkHeaderValue(value, name) {
-  const linkValueRegExp = /^(?:<[^>]*>;)\s*(?:rel=(")?[^;"]*\1;?)\s*(?:(?:as|anchor|title|crossorigin|disabled|fetchpriority|rel)=(")?[^;"]*\2)?$/;
+  const linkValueRegExp = /^(?:<[^>]*>;)\s*(?:rel=(")?[^;"]*\1;?)\s*(?:(?:as|anchor|title|crossorigin|disabled|fetchpriority|rel|referrerpolicy)=(")?[^;"]*\2)?$/;
 
   if (
     typeof value === 'undefined' ||