diff --git a/samtranslator/validator/sam_schema/definitions/parameter.json b/samtranslator/validator/sam_schema/definitions/parameter.json
index 26cdcc3f4..79f951f11 100644
--- a/samtranslator/validator/sam_schema/definitions/parameter.json
+++ b/samtranslator/validator/sam_schema/definitions/parameter.json
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@
             "List<AWS::EC2::Volume::Id>",
             "List<AWS::EC2::VPC::Id>",
             "List<AWS::Route53::HostedZone::Id>",
-            "List<String>"
+            "List<String>",
+            "AWS::SSM::Parameter::Value<String>"
           ],
           "type": "string"
         }
diff --git a/tests/validator/input/root/error_minimal_template_with_parameters.yaml b/tests/validator/input/root/error_minimal_template_with_parameters.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..747888b6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/validator/input/root/error_minimal_template_with_parameters.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+# Smallest possible API template
+Transform: AWS::Serverless-2016-10-31
+Parameters:
+  StringParameter:
+    Type: String
+    Default: 'String'
+  NumberParameter:
+    Type: Number
+    Default: 2
+  CommaDelimitedListParameter:
+    Type: CommaDelimitedList
+    Default: 'String,1,6'
+  AWSZoneParameter:
+    Type: "AWS::EC2::AvailabilityZone::Name"
+    Default: 'us-east-1'
+  AWSImageId:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::Image::Id
+    Default: 'Image_ID_1'
+  AWSInstanceID:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::Instance::Id
+    Default: 'Instance_ID_1'
+  AWSKeyPairName:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::KeyPair::KeyName
+    Default: 'Key_Name_1'
+  AWSSecurityGroupName:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup::GroupName
+    Default: 'Group_Name_1'
+  AWSSecurityGroupID:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup::Id
+    Default: 'Sec_Group_ID_1'
+  AWSSubnetID:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::Subnet::Id
+    Default: 'Sub_net_ID_1'
+  AWSVolumeID:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::Volume::Id
+    Default: 'Vol_ID_1'
+  AWSVPCID:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::VPC::Id
+    Default: 'VPC_ID_1'
+  AWSHostedZoneID:
+    Type: AWS::Route53::HostedZone::Id
+    Default: 'Hosted_Zone_ID_1'
+  AWSParameterValue:
+    Type: AWS::SSM::Parameter::Value<String>
+    Default: 'Parameter_SSM_1'
+  StringParameterList:
+    Type: List<String>
+    Default: 
+      - 'String'
+      - 'Other srtring'
+  NumberParameterList:
+    Type: List<Number>
+    Default: 
+      - 1
+      - 2
+  AWSZoneParameterList:
+    Type: List<AWS::EC2::AvailabilityZone::Name>
+    Default: 
+      - 'us-east-1'
+      - 'us-east-2'
+  AWSImageIDList:
+    Type: List<AWS::EC2::Image::Id>
+    Default:
+      - 'Image_ID_1'
+      - 'Image_ID_2'
+  AWSInstanceIDList:
+    Type: List<AWS::EC2::Instance::Id>
+    Default: 
+      - 'Instance_ID_1'
+      - 'Instance_ID_2'
+  AWSSecurityGroupNameList:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup::GroupName
+    Default: 
+      - 'Group_Name_1'
+      - 'Group_Name_2'
+  AWSSecurityGroupIDList:
+    Type: List<AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup::Id>
+    Default: 
+      - 'Sec_Group_ID_1'
+      - 'Sec_Group_ID_2'
+  AWSSubnetIDList:
+    Type: List<AWS::EC2::Subnet::Id>
+    Default: 
+      - 'Sub_net_ID_1'
+      - 'Sub_net_ID_2'
+  AWSVolumeIDList:
+    Type: List<AWS::EC2::Volume::Id>
+    Default: 
+      - 'Vol_ID_1'
+      - 'Vol_ID_2'
+  AWSVPCIDList:
+    Type: List<AWS::EC2::VPC::Id>
+    Default: 
+      - 'VPC_ID_1'
+      - 'VPC_ID_2'
+  AWSHostedZoneIDList:
+    Type: List<AWS::Route53::HostedZone::Id>
+    Default: 
+    - 'Hosted_Zone_ID_1'
+    - 'Hosted_Zone_ID_2'
+  BadTypeParameter:
+    Type: OtherThatIsNotOnTheEnumLikeTheOnesAbove
+    Default: 'This will trigger an error'
+Resources:
+  MyApi:
+    Type: AWS::Serverless::Api
+    Properties:
+      StageName: Stage Name
diff --git a/tests/validator/input/root/success_minimal_template_with_parameters.yaml b/tests/validator/input/root/success_minimal_template_with_parameters.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a153ec8f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/validator/input/root/success_minimal_template_with_parameters.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+# Smallest possible API template
+Transform: AWS::Serverless-2016-10-31
+Parameters:
+  StringParameter:
+    Type: String
+    Default: 'String'
+  NumberParameter:
+    Type: Number
+    Default: 2
+  CommaDelimitedListParameter:
+    Type: CommaDelimitedList
+    Default: 'String,1,6'
+  AWSZoneParameter:
+    Type: "AWS::EC2::AvailabilityZone::Name"
+    Default: 'us-east-1'
+  AWSImageId:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::Image::Id
+    Default: 'Image_ID_1'
+  AWSInstanceID:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::Instance::Id
+    Default: 'Instance_ID_1'
+  AWSKeyPairName:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::KeyPair::KeyName
+    Default: 'Key_Name_1'
+  AWSSecurityGroupName:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup::GroupName
+    Default: 'Group_Name_1'
+  AWSSecurityGroupID:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup::Id
+    Default: 'Sec_Group_ID_1'
+  AWSSubnetID:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::Subnet::Id
+    Default: 'Sub_net_ID_1'
+  AWSVolumeID:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::Volume::Id
+    Default: 'Vol_ID_1'
+  AWSVPCID:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::VPC::Id
+    Default: 'VPC_ID_1'
+  AWSHostedZoneID:
+    Type: AWS::Route53::HostedZone::Id
+    Default: 'Hosted_Zone_ID_1'
+  AWSParameterValue:
+    Type: AWS::SSM::Parameter::Value<String>
+    Default: 'Parameter_SSM_1'
+  StringParameterList:
+    Type: List<String>
+    Default: 
+      - 'String'
+      - 'Other srtring'
+  NumberParameterList:
+    Type: List<Number>
+    Default: 
+      - 1
+      - 2
+  AWSZoneParameterList:
+    Type: List<AWS::EC2::AvailabilityZone::Name>
+    Default: 
+      - 'us-east-1'
+      - 'us-east-2'
+  AWSImageIDList:
+    Type: List<AWS::EC2::Image::Id>
+    Default:
+      - 'Image_ID_1'
+      - 'Image_ID_2'
+  AWSInstanceIDList:
+    Type: List<AWS::EC2::Instance::Id>
+    Default: 
+      - 'Instance_ID_1'
+      - 'Instance_ID_2'
+  AWSSecurityGroupNameList:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup::GroupName
+    Default: 
+      - 'Group_Name_1'
+      - 'Group_Name_2'
+  AWSSecurityGroupIDList:
+    Type: List<AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup::Id>
+    Default: 
+      - 'Sec_Group_ID_1'
+      - 'Sec_Group_ID_2'
+  AWSSubnetIDList:
+    Type: List<AWS::EC2::Subnet::Id>
+    Default: 
+      - 'Sub_net_ID_1'
+      - 'Sub_net_ID_2'
+  AWSVolumeIDList:
+    Type: List<AWS::EC2::Volume::Id>
+    Default: 
+      - 'Vol_ID_1'
+      - 'Vol_ID_2'
+  AWSVPCIDList:
+    Type: List<AWS::EC2::VPC::Id>
+    Default: 
+      - 'VPC_ID_1'
+      - 'VPC_ID_2'
+  AWSHostedZoneID:
+    Type: List<AWS::Route53::HostedZone::Id>
+    Default: 
+    - 'Hosted_Zone_ID_1'
+    - 'Hosted_Zone_ID_2'
+Resources:
+  MyApi:
+    Type: AWS::Serverless::Api
+    Properties:
+      StageName: Stage Name
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/validator/output/root/error_minimal_template_with_parameters.json b/tests/validator/output/root/error_minimal_template_with_parameters.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b85bc35d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/validator/output/root/error_minimal_template_with_parameters.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[
+"[Parameters.BadTypeParameter.Type] 'OtherThatIsNotOnTheEnumLikeTheOnesAbove' is not one of ['String', 'Number', 'List<Number>', 'CommaDelimitedList', 'AWS::EC2::AvailabilityZone::Name', 'AWS::EC2::Image::Id', 'AWS::EC2::Instance::Id', 'AWS::EC2::KeyPair::KeyName', 'AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup::GroupName', 'AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup::Id', 'AWS::EC2::Subnet::Id', 'AWS::EC2::Volume::Id', 'AWS::EC2::VPC::Id', 'AWS::Route53::HostedZone::Id', 'List<AWS::EC2::AvailabilityZone::Name>', 'List<AWS::EC2::Image::Id>', 'List<AWS::EC2::Instance::Id>', 'List<AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup::GroupName>', 'List<AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup::Id>', 'List<AWS::EC2::Subnet::Id>', 'List<AWS::EC2::Volume::Id>', 'List<AWS::EC2::VPC::Id>', 'List<AWS::Route53::HostedZone::Id>', 'List<String>', 'AWS::SSM::Parameter::Value<String>']"
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/validator/test_validator_root.py b/tests/validator/test_validator_root.py
index b404f0464..f343834be 100644
--- a/tests/validator/test_validator_root.py
+++ b/tests/validator/test_validator_root.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ class TestValidatorRoot(TestValidatorBase):
         [
             "error_awstemplateformatversion_unknown",
             "error_empty_template",
+            "error_minimal_template_with_parameters",
             "error_resources_empty",
             "error_resources_missing",
             "error_resources_not_object",
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ def test_errors(self, template):
 
     @parameterized.expand(
         [
+            "success_minimal_template_with_parameters",
             "success_minimal_template",
         ],
     )