diff --git a/kodi_addon_checker/check_addon.py b/kodi_addon_checker/check_addon.py
index 5a5f72af..3d54d522 100644
--- a/kodi_addon_checker/check_addon.py
+++ b/kodi_addon_checker/check_addon.py
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ def start(addon_path, branch_name, all_repo_addons, pr, config=None):
 
             check_dependencies.check_reverse_dependencies(addon_report, addon_id, branch_name, all_repo_addons)
 
+            check_files.check_print_statement(addon_report, file_index)
+
             check_files.check_file_permission(addon_report, file_index)
 
             check_files.check_for_invalid_xml_files(addon_report, file_index)
diff --git a/kodi_addon_checker/check_files.py b/kodi_addon_checker/check_files.py
index 809e63b8..bde7e2e7 100644
--- a/kodi_addon_checker/check_files.py
+++ b/kodi_addon_checker/check_files.py
@@ -131,3 +131,19 @@ def check_file_permission(report: Report, file_index: list):
         file = os.path.join(file["path"], file["name"])
         if os.path.isfile(file) and os.access(str(file), os.X_OK):
             report.add(Record(PROBLEM, "%s is marked as stand-alone executable" % relative_path(str(file))))
+
+
+def check_print_statement(report: Report, file_index: list):
+    """Check whether any addon files have a print statement in them
+       or not
+        :file_index: list having names and path of all the files present in addon
+    """
+    pattern = "^print([\s\S]*)"
+    for file in file_index:
+        if os.path.splitext(file["name"])[1] == '.py':
+            file = os.path.join(file["path"], file["name"])
+            with open(file, 'r') as f:
+                for ind, line in enumerate(f, 1):
+                    if re.match(pattern, line):
+                        report.add(Record(WARNING, "%s have print statement on line number %s" %
+                                          (relative_path(str(file)), ind)))