diff --git a/d2compiler/compile.go b/d2compiler/compile.go
index 007e8cacd..b3a0380eb 100644
--- a/d2compiler/compile.go
+++ b/d2compiler/compile.go
@@ -1047,16 +1047,18 @@ func (c *compiler) validateKey(obj *d2graph.Object, f *d2ir.Field) {
 
 func (c *compiler) validateLabels(g *d2graph.Graph) {
 	for _, obj := range g.Objects {
-		if !strings.EqualFold(obj.Shape.Value, d2target.ShapeText) {
-			continue
-		}
-		if obj.Attributes.Language != "" {
-			// blockstrings have already been validated
-			continue
-		}
-		if strings.TrimSpace(obj.Label.Value) == "" {
-			c.errorf(obj.Label.MapKey, "shape text must have a non-empty label")
-			continue
+		if strings.EqualFold(obj.Shape.Value, d2target.ShapeText) {
+			if obj.Attributes.Language != "" {
+				// blockstrings have already been validated
+				continue
+			}
+			if strings.TrimSpace(obj.Label.Value) == "" {
+				c.errorf(obj.Label.MapKey, "shape text must have a non-empty label")
+			}
+		} else if strings.EqualFold(obj.Shape.Value, d2target.ShapeSQLTable) {
+			if strings.Contains(obj.Label.Value, "\n") {
+				c.errorf(obj.Label.MapKey, "shape sql_table cannot have newlines")
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/d2compiler/compile_test.go b/d2compiler/compile_test.go
index 5b5368434..6d0e818bc 100644
--- a/d2compiler/compile_test.go
+++ b/d2compiler/compile_test.go
@@ -3114,6 +3114,21 @@ layers: {
 				"y/n.d2": "p",
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "sql-table-header-newline",
+			text: `x: {
+  shape: sql_table
+  label: hello\nworld
+}
+
+y: "hello\nworld" {
+  shape: sql_table
+	hi: there
+}
+`,
+			expErr: `d2/testdata/d2compiler/TestCompile/sql-table-header-newline.d2:3:3: shape sql_table cannot have newlines
+d2/testdata/d2compiler/TestCompile/sql-table-header-newline.d2:6:1: shape sql_table cannot have newlines`,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
diff --git a/testdata/d2compiler/TestCompile/sql-table-header-newline.exp.json b/testdata/d2compiler/TestCompile/sql-table-header-newline.exp.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b38cb4925
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/d2compiler/TestCompile/sql-table-header-newline.exp.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "graph": null,
+  "err": {
+    "errs": [
+      {
+        "range": "d2/testdata/d2compiler/TestCompile/sql-table-header-newline.d2,2:2:26-2:21:45",
+        "errmsg": "d2/testdata/d2compiler/TestCompile/sql-table-header-newline.d2:3:3: shape sql_table cannot have newlines"
+      },
+      {
+        "range": "d2/testdata/d2compiler/TestCompile/sql-table-header-newline.d2,5:0:49-8:1:100",
+        "errmsg": "d2/testdata/d2compiler/TestCompile/sql-table-header-newline.d2:6:1: shape sql_table cannot have newlines"
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+}