diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 01bb873ed..a6e19cce9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ Validator                               | Description
 **isMultibyte(str)**                    | check if the string contains one or more multibyte chars.
 **isNumeric(str [, options])**                      | check if the string contains only numbers.<br/><br/>`options` is an object which defaults to `{no_symbols: false}` it also has locale as an option. If `no_symbols` is true, the validator will reject numeric strings that feature a symbol (e.g. `+`, `-`, or `.`).<br/><br/>`locale` determine the decimal separator and is one of `['ar', 'ar-AE', 'ar-BH', 'ar-DZ', 'ar-EG', 'ar-IQ', 'ar-JO', 'ar-KW', 'ar-LB', 'ar-LY', 'ar-MA', 'ar-QA', 'ar-QM', 'ar-SA', 'ar-SD', 'ar-SY', 'ar-TN', 'ar-YE', 'bg-BG', 'cs-CZ', 'da-DK', 'de-DE', 'en-AU', 'en-GB', 'en-HK', 'en-IN', 'en-NZ', 'en-US', 'en-ZA', 'en-ZM', 'es-ES', 'fr-FR', 'hu-HU', 'it-IT', 'nb-NO', 'nl-NL', 'nn-NO', 'pl-PL', 'pt-BR', 'pt-PT', 'ru-RU', 'sl-SI', 'sr-RS', 'sr-RS@latin', 'sv-SE', 'tr-TR', 'uk-UA']`.
 **isOctal(str)**                        | check if the string is a valid octal number.
-**isPassportNumber(str, countryCode)**    | check if the string is a valid passport number.<br/><br/>(countryCode is one of `[ 'AM', 'AR', 'AT', 'AU', 'BE', 'BG', 'CA', 'CH', 'CN', 'CY', 'CZ', 'DE', 'DK', 'DZ', 'EE', 'ES', 'FI', 'FR', 'GB', 'GR', 'HR', 'HU', 'IE' 'IN', 'IS', 'IT', 'JP', 'KR', 'LT', 'LU', 'LV', 'MT', 'NL', 'PO', 'PT', 'RO', 'SE', 'SL', 'SK', 'TR', 'UA', 'US' ]`.
+**isPassportNumber(str, countryCode)**    | check if the string is a valid passport number.<br/><br/>(countryCode is one of `[ 'AM', 'AR', 'AT', 'AU', 'BE', 'BG', 'BY', 'CA', 'CH', 'CN', 'CY', 'CZ', 'DE', 'DK', 'DZ', 'EE', 'ES', 'FI', 'FR', 'GB', 'GR', 'HR', 'HU', 'IE' 'IN', 'IS', 'IT', 'JP', 'KR', 'LT', 'LU', 'LV', 'MT', 'NL', 'PO', 'PT', 'RO', 'SE', 'SL', 'SK', 'TR', 'UA', 'US' ]`.
 **isPort(str)**                         | check if the string is a valid port number.
 **isPostalCode(str, locale)**           | check if the string is a postal code,<br/><br/>(locale is one of `[ 'AD', 'AT', 'AU', 'AZ', 'BE', 'BG', 'BR', 'BY', 'CA', 'CH', 'CZ', 'DE', 'DK', 'DO', 'DZ', 'EE', 'ES', 'FI', 'FR', 'GB', 'GR', 'HR', 'HT', 'HU', 'ID', 'IE' 'IL', 'IN', 'IR', 'IS', 'IT', 'JP', 'KE', 'LI', 'LT', 'LU', 'LV', 'MT', 'MX', 'NL', 'NO', 'NP', 'NZ', 'PL', 'PR', 'PT', 'RO', 'RU', 'SA', 'SE', 'SI', 'TN', 'TW', 'UA', 'US', 'ZA', 'ZM' ]` OR 'any'. If 'any' is used, function will check if any of the locals match. Locale list is `validator.isPostalCodeLocales`.).
 **isRFC3339(str)**                      | check if the string is a valid [RFC 3339](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3339) date.
diff --git a/src/lib/isPassportNumber.js b/src/lib/isPassportNumber.js
index 99bf4a601..97cac98fb 100644
--- a/src/lib/isPassportNumber.js
+++ b/src/lib/isPassportNumber.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ const passportRegexByCountryCode = {
   AU: /^[A-Z]\d{7}$/, // AUSTRALIA
   BE: /^[A-Z]{2}\d{6}$/, // BELGIUM
   BG: /^\d{9}$/, // BULGARIA
+  BY: /^[A-Z]{2}\d{7}$/, // BELARUS
   CA: /^[A-Z]{2}\d{6}$/, // CANADA
   CH: /^[A-Z]\d{7}$/, // SWITZERLAND
   CN: /^[GE]\d{8}$/, // CHINA [G=Ordinary, E=Electronic] followed by 8-digits
diff --git a/test/validators.js b/test/validators.js
index 17336aac6..f9a0ae0cc 100644
--- a/test/validators.js
+++ b/test/validators.js
@@ -2090,6 +2090,18 @@ describe('Validators', () => {
       ],
     });
 
+    test({
+      validator: 'isPassportNumber',
+      args: ['BY'],
+      valid: [
+        'MP3899901',
+      ],
+      invalid: [
+        '345333454',
+        'FG53334542',
+      ],
+    });
+
     test({
       validator: 'isPassportNumber',
       args: ['CA'],