diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 8f6034d..d43e43f 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ install_requires =
     numpy
     xarray
     cfunits
+    cf-units
     polars[pyarrow]
     tomli>=2.0.1; python_version < "3.11"
 
diff --git a/src/pyaro_readers/eeareader/EEATimeseriesReader.py b/src/pyaro_readers/eeareader/EEATimeseriesReader.py
index 3be04b6..faa84e3 100644
--- a/src/pyaro_readers/eeareader/EEATimeseriesReader.py
+++ b/src/pyaro_readers/eeareader/EEATimeseriesReader.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 from tqdm import tqdm
 import numpy as np
+import cf_units
 import polars
 from pyaro.timeseries.AutoFilterReaderEngine import (
     AutoFilterReader,
@@ -39,7 +40,13 @@ def units(self) -> str:
         if len(units) == 0:
             raise EEAReaderException("No units present in this dataset")
         elif len(units) != 1:
-            raise EEAReaderException("Multiple different units present in this dataset")
+            base_unit = cf_units.Unit(units[0])
+            for unit in units[1:]:
+                if base_unit.convert(1, unit) != 1.0:
+                    raise EEAReaderException(
+                        f"Multiple different units present in this dataset ({units[0]} and {unit})"
+                    )
+
         return units[0]
 
     def keys(self):