diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c
index df9c5bd843..4726f03f29 100644
--- a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c
@@ -201,6 +201,9 @@ gst_validate_report_load_issues (void)
   REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (CRITICAL, MISSING_PLUGIN,
       _("a gstreamer plugin is missing and prevented Validate from running"),
       NULL);
+  REGISTER_VALIDATE_ISSUE (WARNING, QUERY_POSITION_SUPERIOR_DURATION,
+      _("Query position reported a value superior than what query duration "
+          "returned"), NULL);
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h
index 207f63b2a8..9a09b20625 100644
--- a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.h
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ typedef enum {
 #define GST_VALIDATE_ISSUE_ID_ALLOCATION_FAILURE (((GstValidateIssueId) GST_VALIDATE_AREA_RUN_ERROR) << GST_VALIDATE_ISSUE_ID_SHIFT | 1)
 #define GST_VALIDATE_ISSUE_ID_MISSING_PLUGIN     (((GstValidateIssueId) GST_VALIDATE_AREA_RUN_ERROR) << GST_VALIDATE_ISSUE_ID_SHIFT | 2)
 
+#define GST_VALIDATE_ISSUE_ID_QUERY_POSITION_SUPERIOR_DURATION (((GstValidateIssueId) GST_VALIDATE_AREA_QUERY) << GST_VALIDATE_ISSUE_ID_SHIFT | 1)
+
 #define GST_VALIDATE_ISSUE_ID_AREA(id) ((guintptr)(id >> GST_VALIDATE_ISSUE_ID_SHIFT))
 
 typedef struct {
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c
index e8232b16f6..12724fa9c9 100644
--- a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c
@@ -473,10 +473,10 @@ static gboolean
 get_position (GstValidateScenario * scenario)
 {
   GList *tmp;
-  gint64 position;
   GstQuery *query;
   gdouble rate = 1.0;
   ScenarioAction *act;
+  gint64 position, duration;
   GstFormat format = GST_FORMAT_TIME;
   GstValidateScenarioPrivate *priv = scenario->priv;
   GstElement *pipeline = scenario->priv->pipeline;
@@ -495,6 +495,19 @@ get_position (GstValidateScenario * scenario)
   act = scenario->priv->actions->data;
   gst_element_query_position (pipeline, format, &position);
 
+  format = GST_FORMAT_TIME;
+  gst_element_query_duration (pipeline, format, &duration);
+
+  if (position > duration) {
+    GST_VALIDATE_REPORT (scenario,
+        QUERY_POSITION_SUPERIOR_DURATION,
+        "Reported position %" GST_TIME_FORMAT " > reported duration %"
+        GST_TIME_FORMAT, GST_TIME_ARGS (position), GST_TIME_ARGS (duration));
+
+    return TRUE;
+  }
+
+
   GST_LOG ("Current position: %" GST_TIME_FORMAT, GST_TIME_ARGS (position));
   if ((rate > 0 && (GstClockTime) position >= act->playback_time) ||
       (rate < 0 && (GstClockTime) position <= act->playback_time)) {