diff --git a/.credo.exs b/.credo.exs
index baa1ea244..c78136331 100644
--- a/.credo.exs
+++ b/.credo.exs
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@
           ## Readability Checks
           #
           {Credo.Check.Readability.AliasOrder, []},
+          {Credo.Check.Readability.DuplicatedAliases, []},
           {Credo.Check.Readability.FunctionNames, []},
           {Credo.Check.Readability.LargeNumbers, []},
           {Credo.Check.Readability.MaxLineLength, [priority: :low, max_length: 120]},
diff --git a/lib/credo/check/readability/duplicated_aliases.ex b/lib/credo/check/readability/duplicated_aliases.ex
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8a2e256b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/credo/check/readability/duplicated_aliases.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+defmodule Credo.Check.Readability.DuplicatedAliases do
+  use Credo.Check,
+    base_priority: :low,
+    category: :readability,
+    explanations: [
+      check: """
+      Sometimes during code reviews in large projects with modules that use many
+      aliases, there can be issues when solving conflicts and some duplicated
+      may end up not being noticed by reviewers and get merged into the main
+      branch.
+
+      These duplicated alias can accumulate over many different files over time
+      and make the aliases section of a file larger and more confusing.
+      """
+    ]
+
+  alias Credo.SourceFile
+
+  def run(source_file, params \\ []) do
+    issue_meta = IssueMeta.for(source_file, params)
+    source_ast = SourceFile.ast(source_file)
+
+    {_, {_, _, issues}} = Macro.prewalk(source_ast, {%{}, issue_meta, []}, &traverse(&1, &2))
+    issues
+  end
+
+  defp traverse(
+         {:alias, _, [{:__aliases__, meta, alias_} | _]} = ast,
+         {cache, issue_meta, issues}
+       ) do
+    if Map.has_key?(cache, alias_) do
+      existing_alias_meta = Map.fetch!(cache, alias_)
+      issue = build_issue(alias_, meta[:line], existing_alias_meta[:line], issue_meta)
+      {ast, {cache, issue_meta, [issue | issues]}}
+    else
+      {ast, {Map.put(cache, alias_, meta), issue_meta, issues}}
+    end
+  end
+
+  defp traverse(ast, acc), do: {ast, acc}
+
+  defp build_issue(trigger, line_no, existing_alias_line_no, issue_meta) do
+    format_issue(
+      issue_meta,
+      message:
+        "Duplicated alias: #{format_alias(trigger)}, already defined in line #{existing_alias_line_no}",
+      trigger: format_alias(trigger),
+      line_no: line_no
+    )
+  end
+
+  defp format_alias(a) do
+    a
+    |> List.wrap()
+    |> Enum.join(".")
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/credo/check/readability/duplicated_aliases_test.exs b/test/credo/check/readability/duplicated_aliases_test.exs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4854cab8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/credo/check/readability/duplicated_aliases_test.exs
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+defmodule Credo.Check.Readability.DuplicatedAliasesTest do
+  use Credo.Test.Case
+
+  @described_check Credo.Check.Readability.DuplicatedAliases
+
+  test "should raise an issue for duplicated aliases" do
+    file = """
+    defmodule M1 do
+      alias URI
+      alias URI
+    end
+    """
+
+    file
+    |> to_source_file
+    |> run_check(@described_check)
+    |> assert_issue()
+  end
+
+  test "should raise an issue for duplicated nested aliases" do
+    file = """
+    defmodule M1 do
+      alias IO.ANSI
+      alias IO.ANSI
+    end
+    """
+
+    file
+    |> to_source_file
+    |> run_check(@described_check)
+    |> assert_issue()
+  end
+
+  test "should raise an issue if duplicated alias in function" do
+    file = """
+    defmodule M1 do
+      alias IO.ANSI
+
+      def test do
+        alias IO.ANSI
+
+        :ok
+      end
+    end
+    """
+
+    file
+    |> to_source_file
+    |> run_check(@described_check)
+    |> assert_issue()
+  end
+
+  test "should NOT raise an issue for single line alias + duplicated multi-alias" do
+    file = """
+    defmodule M1 do
+      alias IO.ANSI
+      alias {IO.ANSI, URI}
+    end
+    """
+
+    file
+    |> to_source_file
+    |> run_check(@described_check)
+    |> refute_issues()
+  end
+
+  test "should NOT raise an issue for duplicated alias between multi-aliases" do
+    file = """
+    defmodule M1 do
+      alias {IO.ANSI, URI}
+      alias {File, IO.ANSI}
+    end
+    """
+
+    file
+    |> to_source_file
+    |> run_check(@described_check)
+    |> refute_issues()
+  end
+end