diff --git a/src/Ocelot.Library/Infrastructure/Configuration/ConfigurationValidationResult.cs b/src/Ocelot.Library/Infrastructure/Configuration/ConfigurationValidationResult.cs
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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace Ocelot.Library.Infrastructure.Configuration
+{
+    public class ConfigurationValidationResult
+    {
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Ocelot.Library/Infrastructure/Configuration/ConfigurationValidator.cs b/src/Ocelot.Library/Infrastructure/Configuration/ConfigurationValidator.cs
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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using Ocelot.Library.Infrastructure.Responses;
+
+namespace Ocelot.Library.Infrastructure.Configuration
+{
+    public class ConfigurationValidator : IConfigurationValidator
+    {
+        public Response<ConfigurationValidationResult> IsValid(Configuration configuration)
+        {
+            var duplicateUpstreamTemplates = configuration.ReRoutes
+                .Select(r => r.DownstreamTemplate)
+                .GroupBy(r => r)
+                .Where(r => r.Count() > 1)
+                .Select(r => r.Key)
+                .ToList();
+
+            if (duplicateUpstreamTemplates.Count <= 0)
+            {
+                return new OkResponse<ConfigurationValidationResult>(new ConfigurationValidationResult());
+            }
+                
+            var errors = new List<Error>();
+
+            foreach (var duplicateUpstreamTemplate in duplicateUpstreamTemplates)
+            {
+                var error = new DownstreamTemplateAlreadyUsedError(string.Format("Duplicate DownstreamTemplate: {0}", 
+                    duplicateUpstreamTemplate));
+                errors.Add(error);
+            }
+
+            return new ErrorResponse<ConfigurationValidationResult>(errors);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Ocelot.Library/Infrastructure/Configuration/DownstreamTemplateAlreadyUsedError.cs b/src/Ocelot.Library/Infrastructure/Configuration/DownstreamTemplateAlreadyUsedError.cs
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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Ocelot.Library.Infrastructure.Responses;
+
+namespace Ocelot.Library.Infrastructure.Configuration
+{
+    public class DownstreamTemplateAlreadyUsedError : Error
+    {
+        public DownstreamTemplateAlreadyUsedError(string message) : base(message)
+        {
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Ocelot.Library/Infrastructure/Configuration/IConfigurationValidator.cs b/src/Ocelot.Library/Infrastructure/Configuration/IConfigurationValidator.cs
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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Ocelot.Library.Infrastructure.Responses;
+
+namespace Ocelot.Library.Infrastructure.Configuration
+{
+    public interface IConfigurationValidator
+    {
+        Response<ConfigurationValidationResult> IsValid(Configuration configuration);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/Ocelot.UnitTests/ConfigurationValidationTests.cs b/test/Ocelot.UnitTests/ConfigurationValidationTests.cs
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+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Ocelot.Library.Infrastructure.Configuration;
+using Ocelot.Library.Infrastructure.Responses;
+using Shouldly;
+using TestStack.BDDfy;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Ocelot.UnitTests
+{
+    public class ConfigurationValidationTests
+    {
+        private Configuration _configuration;
+        private readonly IConfigurationValidator _configurationValidator;
+        private Response<ConfigurationValidationResult> _result;
+
+        public ConfigurationValidationTests()
+        {
+            _configurationValidator = new ConfigurationValidator();
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void configuration_is_valid_with_one_reroute()
+        {
+            this.Given(x => x.GivenAConfiguration(new Configuration()
+            {
+                ReRoutes = new List<ReRoute>
+                {
+                    new ReRoute
+                    {
+                        DownstreamTemplate = "http://www.bbc.co.uk",
+                        UpstreamTemplate = "http://asdf.com"
+                    }
+                }
+            }))
+                .When(x => x.WhenIValidateTheConfiguration())
+                .Then(x => x.ThenTheResultIsValid())
+                .BDDfy();
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void configuration_is_not_valid_with_duplicate_reroutes()
+        {
+            this.Given(x => x.GivenAConfiguration(new Configuration()
+            {
+                ReRoutes = new List<ReRoute>
+                {
+                    new ReRoute
+                    {
+                        DownstreamTemplate = "http://www.bbc.co.uk",
+                        UpstreamTemplate = "http://asdf.com"
+                    },
+                    new ReRoute
+                    {
+                        DownstreamTemplate = "http://www.bbc.co.uk",
+                        UpstreamTemplate = "http://lol.com"
+                    }
+                }
+            }))
+                .When(x => x.WhenIValidateTheConfiguration())
+                .Then(x => x.ThenTheResultIsNotValid())
+                .BDDfy();
+        }
+
+        private void GivenAConfiguration(Configuration configuration)
+        {
+            _configuration = configuration;
+        }
+
+        private void WhenIValidateTheConfiguration()
+        {
+            _result = _configurationValidator.IsValid(_configuration);
+        }
+
+        private void ThenTheResultIsValid()
+        {
+            _result.IsError.ShouldBeFalse();
+        }
+
+        private void ThenTheResultIsNotValid()
+        {
+            _result.IsError.ShouldBeTrue();
+        }
+    }
+}