diff --git a/src/service.c b/src/service.c
index e3979f5e..21a17941 100644
--- a/src/service.c
+++ b/src/service.c
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ static int service_start(svc_t *svc)
 			if (strlen(arg) < (sizeof(buf) - strlen(buf)))
 				strlcat(buf, arg, sizeof(buf));
 		}
-		_d("Starting %s: %s", svc->cmd, buf);
+		_d("Starting %s %s", svc->cmd, buf);
 	}
 
 	logit(LOG_CONSOLE | LOG_NOTICE, "Starting %s[%d]", svc_ident(svc, NULL, 0), pid);
@@ -704,6 +704,9 @@ static void parse_name(svc_t *svc, char *arg)
 	}
 
 	strlcpy(svc->name, name, sizeof(svc->name));
+
+	/* Warn if svc generates same condition as an existing service */
+	svc_validate(svc);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -888,9 +891,8 @@ int service_register(int type, char *cfg, struct rlimit rlimit[], char *file)
 			return errno = ENOMEM;
 		}
 
-		if (type == SVC_TYPE_SERVICE && manual) {
+		if (type == SVC_TYPE_SERVICE && manual)
 			svc_stop(svc);
-		}
 	}
 
 	/* Always clear svc PID file, for now.  See TODO */
diff --git a/src/svc.c b/src/svc.c
index 17cd76bf..61b0efa7 100644
--- a/src/svc.c
+++ b/src/svc.c
@@ -141,6 +141,37 @@ int svc_del(svc_t *svc)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * svc_validate - Check if service asserts same condition as another service
+ * @svc: Pointer to an &svc_t object
+ *
+ * Logs to syslog if there is a name clash with existing services.
+ */
+void svc_validate(svc_t *svc)
+{
+	char ident[MAX_IDENT_LEN];
+	char cond[MAX_COND_LEN];
+	svc_t *iter = NULL;
+	svc_t *s;
+
+	mkcond(svc, cond, sizeof(cond));
+	svc_ident(svc, ident, sizeof(ident));
+
+	for (s = svc_iterator(&iter, 1); s; s = svc_iterator(&iter, 0)) {
+		char c[MAX_COND_LEN];
+
+		if (s == svc)
+			continue;
+
+		mkcond(s, c, sizeof(c));
+		if (!string_compare(cond, c))
+			continue;
+
+		logit(LOG_WARNING, "%s (%s) asserts the same condition as %s (%s) => %s",
+		      svc->cmd, ident, s->cmd, svc_ident(s, NULL, 0), c);
+	}
+}
+
 /**
  * svc_iterator - Naive iterator over all registered services.
  * @iter:  Iterator, must be a valid pointer
diff --git a/src/svc.h b/src/svc.h
index b205940c..83f3cd68 100644
--- a/src/svc.h
+++ b/src/svc.h
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ typedef struct svc {
 
 svc_t      *svc_new                (char *cmd, char *id, int type);
 int	    svc_del	           (svc_t *svc);
+void	    svc_validate	   (svc_t *svc);
 
 svc_t	   *svc_find	           (char *cmd, char *id);
 svc_t	   *svc_find_by_pid        (pid_t pid);