diff --git a/cmd/mdatagen/validate_test.go b/cmd/mdatagen/validate_test.go
index 888e910ccaf4..12871a4ab8c5 100644
--- a/cmd/mdatagen/validate_test.go
+++ b/cmd/mdatagen/validate_test.go
@@ -4,8 +4,12 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io/fs"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
@@ -101,3 +105,49 @@ func TestValidate(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestValidateMetricDuplicates(t *testing.T) {
+	allowedMetrics := map[string][]string{
+		"container.cpu.utilization": {"docker_stats", "kubeletstats"},
+		"container.memory.rss":      {"docker_stats", "kubeletstats"},
+		"container.uptime":          {"docker_stats", "kubeletstats"},
+	}
+	allMetrics := map[string][]string{}
+	err := filepath.Walk("../../receiver", func(path string, info fs.FileInfo, err error) error {
+		if info.Name() == "metadata.yaml" {
+			md, err := loadMetadata(path)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			if len(md.Metrics) > 0 {
+				for metricName := range md.Metrics {
+					allMetrics[md.Type] = append(allMetrics[md.Type], string(metricName))
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	seen := make(map[string]string)
+	for receiver, metrics := range allMetrics {
+		for _, metricName := range metrics {
+			if val, exists := seen[metricName]; exists {
+				receivers, allowed := allowedMetrics[metricName]
+				assert.True(
+					t,
+					allowed && contains(receiver, receivers) && contains(val, receivers),
+					fmt.Sprintf("Duplicate metric %v in receivers %v and %v. Please validate that this is intentional by adding the metric name and receiver types in the allowedMetrics map in this test\n", metricName, receiver, val),
+				)
+			}
+			seen[metricName] = receiver
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func contains(r string, rs []string) bool {
+	for _, s := range rs {
+		if s == r {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}