diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 90d5f6dc8..7f71864e3 100755
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -165,3 +165,10 @@ if (ENABLE_SIO)
     DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}"
     )
 endif()
+
+add_executable(podio_test_hashes test_hashes.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(podio_test_hashes PRIVATE podio::podio)
+install(TARGETS podio_test_hashes
+  EXPORT podioTargets
+  DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}"
+)
diff --git a/src/test_hashes.cpp b/src/test_hashes.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..41168ae58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test_hashes.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+#include "MurmurHash3.h"
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <iomanip>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <iterator>
+#include <map>
+#include <string>
+#include <utility>
+#include <vector>
+
+auto readCollNames(const std::string& fileName) {
+  std::vector<std::string> collNames{};
+
+  std::ifstream inputFile(fileName);
+  if (!inputFile.is_open()) {
+    std::cerr << "Failed to open file \'" << fileName << "\' for reading collection names" << std::endl;
+    return collNames;
+  }
+
+  std::string name;
+  while (inputFile >> name) {
+    collNames.emplace_back(std::move(name));
+  }
+
+  return collNames;
+}
+
+/// Hash all passed strings using the passed in HashFunc with an interface like
+/// the MurmurHash3 methods
+template <typename HashFunc, typename HashT = uint32_t>
+auto hashStrings(const std::vector<std::string>& strings, HashFunc hashFunc) {
+  std::vector<HashT> hashes;
+  hashes.reserve(strings.size());
+
+  for (const auto& s : strings) {
+    HashT id = 0;
+    hashFunc(s.c_str(), s.size(), 0, &id);
+    hashes.emplace_back(id);
+  }
+
+  return hashes;
+}
+
+/// Hash all the passed in strings and check for collisions. Returns a vector of
+/// Hashes and the corresponding colliding strings. Empty vector corresponds to
+/// no collisions
+template <typename HashFunc, typename HashT = uint32_t>
+auto getCollisions(const std::vector<std::string>& strings, HashFunc hashFunc) {
+  auto hashes = hashStrings<HashFunc, HashT>(strings, hashFunc);
+
+  // Use a multimap for collision detection
+  std::multimap<HashT, std::string> hashMap{};
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < hashes.size(); ++i) {
+    hashMap.emplace(hashes[i], strings[i]);
+  }
+
+  std::vector<std::tuple<HashT, std::vector<std::string>>> collidingStrings;
+  auto firstIt = hashMap.begin();
+  while (firstIt != hashMap.end()) {
+    auto rangeIts = hashMap.equal_range(firstIt->first);
+    if (std::distance(rangeIts.first, rangeIts.second) != 1) {
+      std::vector<std::string> names;
+      names.reserve(2); // Most likely case hopefully
+      for (auto it = rangeIts.first; it != rangeIts.second; ++it) {
+        names.emplace_back(it->second);
+      }
+
+      collidingStrings.emplace_back(rangeIts.first->first, std::move(names));
+    }
+
+    firstIt = rangeIts.second;
+  }
+
+  return collidingStrings;
+}
+
+template <typename T, typename A>
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const std::vector<T, A>& vec) {
+  os << '[';
+  if (!vec.empty()) {
+    os << vec[0];
+  }
+  for (size_t i = 1; i < vec.size(); ++i) {
+    os << ", " << vec[i];
+  }
+  return os << ']';
+}
+
+constexpr static auto usage = R"USAGE(usage: podio_test_hashes [-h] collNameFile)USAGE";
+constexpr static auto help = R"HELP(
+Check if any of the collection names provided lead to a collision in the collection IDs
+
+positional arguments:
+  collNameFile      a text file containing all collection names to be checked
+
+optional arguments:
+  -h, --help        show this help message and exit
+)HELP";
+
+int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
+  if (argc == 1) {
+    std::cerr << usage << std::endl;
+    return 1;
+  }
+  if (argc == 2 && (argv[1] == std::string("-h") || argv[1] == std::string("--help"))) {
+    std::cerr << usage << '\n' << help << std::endl;
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  const auto collNames = readCollNames(argv[1]);
+  const auto collisions = getCollisions(collNames, MurmurHash3_x86_32);
+
+  if (!collisions.empty()) {
+    std::cerr << "Found collisions between names" << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "hash: " << '\n';
+    for (const auto& [hash, colls] : collisions) {
+      std::cout << std::hex << std::setw(8) << std::setfill('0') << hash << ": " << colls << '\n';
+    }
+
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  return 0;
+}