diff --git a/src/Forms/EmailField.php b/src/Forms/EmailField.php
index 68ea66d4199..f484a04feaa 100644
--- a/src/Forms/EmailField.php
+++ b/src/Forms/EmailField.php
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@
 
 namespace SilverStripe\Forms;
 
+use SilverStripe\Validation\EmailValidator;
+
 /**
- * Text input field with validation for correct email format according to RFC 2822.
+ * Text input field with validation for correct email format
  */
 class EmailField extends TextField
 {
+    protected string $fieldValidatorClass = EmailValidator::class;
 
     protected $inputType = 'email';
     /**
@@ -17,39 +20,6 @@ public function Type()
         return 'email text';
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Validates for RFC 2822 compliant email addresses.
-     *
-     * @see http://www.regular-expressions.info/email.html
-     * @see http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2822.txt
-     *
-     * @param Validator $validator
-     *
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function validate($validator)
-    {
-        $result = true;
-        $this->value = trim($this->value ?? '');
-
-        $pattern = '^[a-z0-9!#$%&\'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+(?:\\.[a-z0-9!#$%&\'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+)*@(?:[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?\\.)+[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?$';
-
-        // Escape delimiter characters.
-        $safePattern = str_replace('/', '\\/', $pattern ?? '');
-
-        if ($this->value && !preg_match('/' . $safePattern . '/i', $this->value ?? '')) {
-            $validator->validationError(
-                $this->name,
-                _t('SilverStripe\\Forms\\EmailField.VALIDATION', 'Please enter an email address'),
-                'validation'
-            );
-
-            $result = false;
-        }
-
-        return $this->extendValidationResult($result, $validator);
-    }
-
     public function getSchemaValidation()
     {
         $rules = parent::getSchemaValidation();
diff --git a/src/Forms/FormField.php b/src/Forms/FormField.php
index 0d210436b0f..07d426ca79d 100644
--- a/src/Forms/FormField.php
+++ b/src/Forms/FormField.php
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 use SilverStripe\View\AttributesHTML;
 use SilverStripe\View\SSViewer;
 use SilverStripe\Model\ModelData;
+use SilverStripe\Core\Injector\Injector;
+use SilverStripe\Validation\FieldValidator;
 
 /**
  * Represents a field in a form.
@@ -87,6 +89,8 @@ class FormField extends RequestHandler
     /** @see $schemaDataType */
     const SCHEMA_DATA_TYPE_STRUCTURAL = 'Structural';
 
+    protected string $fieldValidatorClass;
+
     /**
      * @var Form
      */
@@ -1230,16 +1234,29 @@ protected function extendValidationResult(bool $result, Validator $validator): b
         return $result;
     }
 
+
     /**
-     * Abstract method each {@link FormField} subclass must implement, determines whether the field
-     * is valid or not based on the value.
-     *
+     * Subclasses can define an existing FieldValidatorClass to validate the FormField value
+     * They may also override this method to provide custom validation logic
+     * 
      * @param Validator $validator
      * @return bool
      */
     public function validate($validator)
     {
-        return $this->extendValidationResult(true, $validator);
+        $isValid = true;
+        if (!isset($this->fieldValidatorClass)) {
+            return;
+        }
+        $args = [$this->getName(), $this->getValue()];
+        /** @var FieldValidator $fieldValidator */
+        $fieldValidator = Injector::inst()->createWithArgs($this->fieldValidatorClass, $args);
+        $validationResult = $fieldValidator->validate();
+        if (!$validationResult->isValid()) {
+            $validator->getResult()->combineAnd($validationResult);
+            $isValid = false;
+        }
+        return $this->extendValidationResult($isValid, $validator);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/ORM/FieldType/DBEmail.php b/src/ORM/FieldType/DBEmail.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..397c3d8d89d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ORM/FieldType/DBEmail.php
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?php
+
+use SilverStripe\ORM\FieldType\DBVarchar;
+use SilverStripe\Validation\EmailValidator;
+
+class DBEmail extends DBVarchar
+{
+    protected string $fieldValidatorClass = EmailValidator::class;
+}
diff --git a/src/ORM/FieldType/DBField.php b/src/ORM/FieldType/DBField.php
index 38efb57583f..c744c506160 100644
--- a/src/ORM/FieldType/DBField.php
+++ b/src/ORM/FieldType/DBField.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 use SilverStripe\ORM\Filters\SearchFilter;
 use SilverStripe\ORM\Queries\SQLSelect;
 use SilverStripe\Model\ModelData;
+use SilverStripe\Core\Validation\ValidationResult;
 
 /**
  * Single field in the database.
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@
  */
 abstract class DBField extends ModelData implements DBIndexable
 {
+    protected string $fieldValidatorClass;
 
     /**
      * Raw value of this field
@@ -468,6 +470,21 @@ public function saveInto(ModelData $model): void
         }
     }
 
+    public function validate(): ValidationResult
+    {
+        $result = ValidationResult::create();
+        if (!isset($this->fieldValidatorClass)) {
+            return $result;
+        }
+        $args = [$this->getName(), $this->getValue()];
+        $fieldValidator = Injector::inst()->createWithArgs($this->fieldValidatorClass, $args);
+        $validationResult = $fieldValidator->validate();
+        if (!$validationResult->isValid()) {
+            $result->combineAnd($validationResult);
+        }
+        return $result;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns a FormField instance used as a default
      * for form scaffolding.
diff --git a/src/Validation/EmailValidator.php b/src/Validation/EmailValidator.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3db051e0d4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Validation/EmailValidator.php
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace SilverStripe\Validation;
+
+use SilverStripe\Core\Validation\ValidationResult;
+use SilverStripe\Validation\FieldValidator;
+
+class EmailValidator extends FieldValidator
+{
+    protected function validateValue(ValidationResult $result): ValidationResult
+    {
+        // Replace this with symfony constraint email validation
+        if (!filter_var($this->value, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {
+            $message = _t('SilverStripe\\Forms\\EmailField.VALIDATION', 'Please enter an email address');
+            $result->addFieldError($this->name, $message);
+        }
+        return $result;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Validation/FieldValidator.php b/src/Validation/FieldValidator.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..11cc9311b36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Validation/FieldValidator.php
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace SilverStripe\Validation;
+
+use SilverStripe\Core\Validation\ValidationResult;
+
+abstract class FieldValidator
+{
+    protected string $name;
+
+    protected mixed $value;
+
+    public function __construct(string $name, mixed $value)
+    {
+        $this->name = $name;
+        $this->value = $value;
+    }
+
+    public function validate(): ValidationResult
+    {
+        $result = ValidationResult::create();
+        $result = $this->validateValue($result);
+        return $result;
+    }
+
+    abstract protected function validateValue(ValidationResult $result): ValidationResult;
+}