diff --git a/data/devices/receiver-check.py b/data/devices/receiver-check.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..60477171
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/devices/receiver-check.py
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# vim: set expandtab shiftwidth=4 tabstop=4:
+#
+# Copyright © 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+# copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
+# to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
+# the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
+# and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+# Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+#
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice (including the next
+# paragraph) shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the
+# Software.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL
+# THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+# FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
+# DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+#
+
+import argparse
+import os
+import sys
+import configparser
+
+# see the IDs from
+# https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/drivers/hid/hid-ids.h#L772
+# https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/drivers/hid/hid-logitech-dj.c#L1826
+logitech_receivers = [
+    0xc50c,  # USB_DEVICE_ID_S510_RECEIVER
+    0xc517,  # USB_DEVICE_ID_S510_RECEIVER_2
+    0xc512,  # USB_DEVICE_ID_LOGITECH_CORDLESS_DESKTOP_LX500
+    0xc513,  # USB_DEVICE_ID_MX3000_RECEIVER
+    0xc51b,  # USB_DEVICE_ID_LOGITECH_27MHZ_MOUSE_RECEIVER
+    0xc52b,  # USB_DEVICE_ID_LOGITECH_UNIFYING_RECEIVER
+    0xc52f,  # USB_DEVICE_ID_LOGITECH_NANO_RECEIVER
+    0xc532,  # USB_DEVICE_ID_LOGITECH_UNIFYING_RECEIVER_2
+    0xc534,  # USB_DEVICE_ID_LOGITECH_NANO_RECEIVER_2
+    0xc539,  # USB_DEVICE_ID_LOGITECH_NANO_RECEIVER_LIGHTSPEED_1
+    0xc53f,  # USB_DEVICE_ID_LOGITECH_NANO_RECEIVER_LIGHTSPEED_1_1
+    0xc53a,  # USB_DEVICE_ID_LOGITECH_NANO_RECEIVER_POWERPLAY
+]
+RECEIVERS = ['usb:046d:{}'.format(r) for r in logitech_receivers]
+
+
+def parse_data_file(path):
+    data = configparser.ConfigParser(strict=True)
+    # Don't convert to lowercase
+    data.optionxform = lambda option: option
+    data.read(path)
+
+    matches = data['Device']['DeviceMatch']
+    return matches.split(';')
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Checks that no unifying receiver ID is in the device files')
+    parser.add_argument('file', nargs='+')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    receiver_found = False
+    for path in args.file:
+        matches = parse_data_file(path)
+        fname = os.path.basename(path)
+        for m in matches:
+            if m in RECEIVERS:
+                print('Receiver ID {} found in file {}'.format(m, fname))
+                receiver_found = True
+
+    if receiver_found:
+        sys.exit(1)
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 7ad97473..a231872e 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -350,6 +350,9 @@ test('data-parse-test', data_parse_test, args:  data_files)
 duplicate_test = find_program(join_paths(meson.source_root(), 'data/devices/duplicate-check.py'))
 test('duplicate-test', duplicate_test, args : data_files)
 
+reciever_id_test = find_program(join_paths(meson.source_root(), 'data/devices/receiver-check.py'))
+test('receiver-id-test', reciever_id_test, args : data_files)
+
 #### tests ####
 enable_tests = get_option('tests')
 if enable_tests