diff --git a/scp_and_reload.sh b/scp_and_reload.sh
index 8061e91..866a036 100644
--- a/scp_and_reload.sh
+++ b/scp_and_reload.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ for file in $CHFILENAMES; do
             exit 1
         fi
         ZONE=$(echo $file | sed 's/\.zone//')
+        echo "Check uploaded zone file"
+        ssh -i /root/.ssh/id_rsa -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null "$PLUGIN_USER"@"$PLUGIN_HOSTS" nsd-checkzone $ZONE "$PLUGIN_TARGET"/"$file"
+        if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+            echo "Zone file check failed" 1>&2
+            exit 1
+        fi
         echo "Reload $ZONE zone"
         ssh -i /root/.ssh/id_rsa -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null "$PLUGIN_USER"@"$PLUGIN_HOSTS" nsd-control reload $ZONE
         if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then