diff --git a/src/llvm/parser.c b/src/llvm/parser.c
index 57c989e..ae86e32 100644
--- a/src/llvm/parser.c
+++ b/src/llvm/parser.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <llvm-c/Target.h>
 #include <llvm-c/TargetMachine.h>
 #include <llvm-c/Types.h>
+#include <llvm-c/Analysis.h>
 #include <llvm/backend.h>
 #include <llvm/parser.h>
 #include <llvm/llvm-ir/types.h>
@@ -203,6 +204,15 @@ static BackendError build_module(LLVMBackendCompileUnit* unit,
     // TODO: implement functions
     err = impl_functions(unit, global_scope, module->functions);
 
+    char* error = NULL;
+    LLVMVerifyModule(unit->module, LLVMAbortProcessAction, &error);
+
+    if (error) {
+        print_message(Error, "Unable to compile due to: %s", error);
+        LLVMDisposeMessage(error);
+        err = new_backend_impl_error(Implementation, NULL, "LLVM backend verification error, see stdout");
+    }
+
     return err;
 }