diff --git a/tools/libinput-replay b/tools/libinput-replay
index 401dbbc3..556cf481 100755
--- a/tools/libinput-replay
+++ b/tools/libinput-replay
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 try:
     import libevdev
     import yaml
+    import pyudev
 except ModuleNotFoundError as e:
     print('Error: {}'.format(e), file=sys.stderr)
     print('One or more python modules are missing. Please install those '
@@ -60,6 +61,41 @@ def fetch(yaml, key):
         raise YamlException('Failed to get \'{}\' from recording.'.format(key))
 
 
+def check_udev_properties(yaml_data, uinput):
+    '''
+    Compare the properties our new uinput device has with the ones from the
+    recording and ring the alarm bell if one of them is off.
+    '''
+    yaml_udev_section = fetch(yaml_data, 'udev')
+    yaml_udev_props = fetch(yaml_udev_section, 'properties')
+    yaml_props = {k: v for (k, v) in [prop.split('=', maxsplit=1) for prop in yaml_udev_props]}
+    try:
+        # We don't assign this one to virtual devices
+        del yaml_props['LIBINPUT_DEVICE_GROUP']
+    except KeyError:
+        pass
+
+    # give udev some time to catch up
+    time.sleep(0.2)
+    context = pyudev.Context()
+    udev_device = pyudev.Devices.from_device_file(context, uinput.devnode)
+    for name, value in udev_device.properties.items():
+        if name in yaml_props:
+            if yaml_props[name] != value:
+                error(f'Warning: udev property mismatch: recording has {name}={yaml_props[name]}, device has {name}={value}')
+            del yaml_props[name]
+        else:
+            # The list of properties we add to the recording, see libinput-record.c
+            prefixes = ("ID_INPUT", "LIBINPUT", "EVDEV_ABS", "MOUSE_DPI", "POINTINGSTICK_")
+            for prefix in prefixes:
+                if name.startswith(prefix):
+                    error(f'Warning: unexpected property: {name}={value}')
+
+    # the ones we found above were removed from the dict
+    for name, value in yaml_props.items():
+        error(f'Warning: device is missing recorded udev property: {name}={value}')
+
+
 def create(device):
     evdev = fetch(device, 'evdev')
 
@@ -95,6 +131,9 @@ def create(device):
         d.enable(libevdev.propbit(prop))
 
     uinput = d.create_uinput_device()
+
+    check_udev_properties(device, uinput)
+
     return uinput