diff --git a/docs/troubleshooting/troubleshoot_SC4S_server.md b/docs/troubleshooting/troubleshoot_SC4S_server.md
index 8082ae6ec8..9c9e889182 100644
--- a/docs/troubleshooting/troubleshoot_SC4S_server.md
+++ b/docs/troubleshooting/troubleshoot_SC4S_server.md
@@ -102,6 +102,20 @@ just _one_ bad index will "taint" the entire batch (in this case, 1000 events) a
 imperative that the container logs be free of these kinds of errors in production._ You can use the alternate HEC debug destination (below)
 to help debug this condition by sending direct "curl" commands to the HEC endpoint outside of the SC4S setting.
 
+## Invalid SC4S listen ports
+
+SC4S can exclusively grant some port to device by using environment var `SC4S_LISTEN_{vendor}_{product}_{TCP/UDP/TLS}_PORT={port}`.
+
+During startup SC4S validating that listen ports configured correctly and in case of constraint error you will see it on logs.
+
+Example of error messages when listen ports for `MERAKI SWITCHES` configured incorrectly:
+
+```
+SC4S_LISTEN_MERAKI_SWITCHES_TCP_PORT: Impossible to use default ports like 514
+SC4S_LISTEN_MERAKI_SWITCHES_UDP_PORT: 7000 already used in another source, use unique port
+SC4S_LISTEN_MERAKI_SWITCHES_TLS_PORT: 999999999999 should be valid int [0, 10000]
+```
+
 ##  SC4S Local Disk Resource Considerations
 * Check the HEC connection to Splunk. If the connection is down for a long period of time, the local disk buffer used for backup will exhaust local
 disk resources.  The size of the local disk buffer is configured in the env_file: [Disk buffer configuration](https://splunk-connect-for-syslog.readthedocs.io/en/latest/configuration/#disk-buffer-variables)
diff --git a/package/Dockerfile b/package/Dockerfile
index 85f60d238a..e7a5a25924 100644
--- a/package/Dockerfile
+++ b/package/Dockerfile
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ COPY package/etc/local_config /etc/syslog-ng/local_config
 COPY package/etc/local_config /etc/syslog-ng/local_config
 COPY package/sbin/entrypoint.sh /
 COPY package/sbin/healthcheck.sh /
+COPY package/sbin/source_ports_validator.py /
 
 ENV SC4S_CONTAINER_OPTS=--no-caps
 ARG VERSION=unknown
diff --git a/package/Dockerfile.lite b/package/Dockerfile.lite
index 538ad6a779..e058814c92 100644
--- a/package/Dockerfile.lite
+++ b/package/Dockerfile.lite
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ COPY package/lite/etc/addons /etc/syslog-ng/addons
 
 COPY package/sbin/entrypoint.sh /
 COPY package/sbin/healthcheck.sh /
+COPY package/sbin/source_ports_validator.py /
 
 
 RUN chmod -R 755 /etc/syslog-ng/
diff --git a/package/sbin/entrypoint.sh b/package/sbin/entrypoint.sh
index e20ee84c78..99a089d355 100755
--- a/package/sbin/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/package/sbin/entrypoint.sh
@@ -201,6 +201,8 @@ fi
 export SOURCE_SIMPLE_SET=$(printenv | grep '^SC4S_LISTEN_SIMPLE_.*_PORT=.' | sed 's/^SC4S_LISTEN_SIMPLE_//;s/_..._PORT\=.*//;s/_[^_]*_PORT\=.*//' | sort | uniq |  xargs echo | sed 's/ /,/g' | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' )
 export SOURCE_ALL_SET=$(printenv | grep '^SC4S_LISTEN_.*_PORT=.' | grep -v "disabled" | sed 's/^SC4S_LISTEN_//;s/_..._PORT\=.*//;s/_[^_]*_PORT\=.*//' | sort | uniq |  xargs echo | sed 's/ /,/g' | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]' )
 
+python3 /source_ports_validator.py
+
 syslog-ng --no-caps --preprocess-into=- | grep vendor_product | grep set | grep -v 'set(.\$' | sed 's/^ *//' | grep 'value("fields.sc4s_vendor_product"' | grep -v "\`vendor_product\`" | sed s/^set\(// | cut -d',' -f1 | sed 's/\"//g' >/tmp/keys
 syslog-ng --no-caps --preprocess-into=- | grep 'meta_key(.' | sed 's/^ *meta_key(.//' | sed "s/')//" >>/tmp/keys
 rm -f $SC4S_ETC/conf.d/local/context/splunk_metadata.csv.example >/dev/null || true
diff --git a/package/sbin/source_ports_validator.py b/package/sbin/source_ports_validator.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ec694e9f99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/sbin/source_ports_validator.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import os
+import logging
+
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def is_valid_port(raw_port: str) -> bool:
+    return raw_port.isdigit() and int(raw_port) < 10000
+
+
+def validate_source_ports(sources: list[str]) -> None:
+    source_ports = []
+    for source in sources:
+        tcp_ports = os.getenv(f"SC4S_LISTEN_{source}_TCP_PORT", "disabled").split(",")
+        udp_ports = os.getenv(f"SC4S_LISTEN_{source}_UDP_PORT", "disabled").split(",")
+        tls_ports = os.getenv(f"SC4S_LISTEN_{source}_TLS_PORT", "disabled").split(",")
+
+        source_ports.extend((source, port, "TCP") for port in tcp_ports)
+        source_ports.extend((source, port, "UDP") for port in udp_ports)
+        source_ports.extend((source, port, "TLS") for port in tls_ports)
+
+
+    busy_ports = set()
+    for source, port, proto in source_ports:
+        env_var = f"SC4S_LISTEN_{source}_{port}_PORT"
+
+        if port in ["disabled", ""]:
+            continue
+        elif not is_valid_port(port):
+            logger.error(f"{env_var}: {port} should be valid int [0, 10000]")
+        elif source != "DEFAULT" and port in ["514", "614", "6514"]:
+            logger.error(f"{env_var}: Impossible to use default ports like {port}")
+        elif (port, proto) in busy_ports:
+            logger.error(f"{env_var}: {port} already used in another source, use unique port")
+        else:
+            busy_ports.add((port, proto))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sources = os.getenv("SOURCE_ALL_SET").split(",")
+    validate_source_ports(sources)