diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 585e37d..29b982f 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@
     - name: Uninstall Nebula (clean install)
       include_tasks: uninstall.yml
       when: nebula_clean_install|bool
-    
+
+    - name: Preflight checks
+      include_tasks: preflight.yml
+
     - name: Install Nebula on all hosts 
       include_tasks: nebula.yml
     
diff --git a/tasks/preflight.yml b/tasks/preflight.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a26ff0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/preflight.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+---
+- name: Preflight checks
+  block:
+    - name: Collecting all nebula_internal_ip_addr values
+      set_fact:
+        sorted_ips: "{{ hostvars | map('extract', hostvars, ['nebula_internal_ip_addr']) | list | sort }}"
+
+    - name: Initialize duplicated_ips list
+      set_fact:
+        duplicated_ips: []
+
+    - name: Looking for duplicate IP addresses
+      set_fact:
+        duplicated_ips: "{{ duplicated_ips + [item] }}"
+      loop: "{{ sorted_ips | unique }}"
+      when: "sorted_ips | select('equalto', item) | list | length > 1"
+
+    - name: Fail if duplicate IP addresses are found
+      fail:
+        msg: "You have one or more hosts with duplicate IP addresses assigned: {{ duplicated_ips }}"
+      when: duplicated_ips | length > 0
+  run_once: true