diff --git a/tools/misc-sanity-checks.sh b/tools/misc-sanity-checks.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..234cbb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/misc-sanity-checks.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+TMPDIR=`mktemp -d /tmp/${0##*/}.XXXXXX` || exit 1
+export TMPDIR
+trap "rm -rf $TMPDIR" EXIT
+
+FAILURES=$TMPDIR/failures
+
+check_no_duplicate_api_test_idempotent_ids() {
+    # For API tests, an idempotent ID is assigned to each single API test,
+    # those IDs should be unique
+    output=$(check-uuid --package neutron_tempest_plugin)
+    if [ "$?" -ne 0 ]; then
+        echo "There are duplicate idempotent ids in the API tests" >>$FAILURES
+        echo "please, assign unique uuids to each API test:" >>$FAILURES
+        echo "$output" >>$FAILURES
+    fi
+}
+
+check_no_duplicate_api_test_idempotent_ids
+
+# Fail, if there are emitted failures
+if [ -f $FAILURES ]; then
+    cat $FAILURES
+    exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 74c85e5..dbd0526 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@
 commands = python setup.py test --slowest --testr-args='{posargs}'
 
 [testenv:pep8]
-commands = flake8 {posargs}
+commands =
+  sh ./tools/misc-sanity-checks.sh
+  flake8 {posargs}
+whitelist_externals =
+  sh
 
 [testenv:venv]
 commands = {posargs}