diff --git a/checks.c b/checks.c
index 4ae5c62..5adfc8f 100644
--- a/checks.c
+++ b/checks.c
@@ -880,6 +880,30 @@ static void check_simple_bus_reg(struct check *c, struct dt_info *dti, struct no
 }
 WARNING(simple_bus_reg, check_simple_bus_reg, NULL, &reg_format, &simple_bus_bridge);
 
+static void check_unit_address_format(struct check *c, struct dt_info *dti,
+				      struct node *node)
+{
+	const char *unitname = get_unitname(node);
+
+	if (node->parent && node->parent->bus)
+		return;
+
+	if (!unitname[0])
+		return;
+
+	if (!strncmp(unitname, "0x", 2)) {
+		FAIL(c, dti, "Node %s unit name should not have leading \"0x\"",
+		    node->fullpath);
+		/* skip over 0x for next test */
+		unitname += 2;
+	}
+	if (unitname[0] == '0' && isxdigit(unitname[1]))
+		FAIL(c, dti, "Node %s unit name should not have leading 0s",
+		    node->fullpath);
+}
+WARNING(unit_address_format, check_unit_address_format, NULL,
+	&node_name_format, &pci_bridge, &simple_bus_bridge);
+
 /*
  * Style checks
  */
@@ -951,6 +975,7 @@ static struct check *check_table[] = {
 	&addr_size_cells, &reg_format, &ranges_format,
 
 	&unit_address_vs_reg,
+	&unit_address_format,
 
 	&pci_bridge,
 	&pci_device_reg,
diff --git a/tests/run_tests.sh b/tests/run_tests.sh
index ed489db..0f5c3db 100755
--- a/tests/run_tests.sh
+++ b/tests/run_tests.sh
@@ -540,6 +540,8 @@ dtc_tests () {
     check_tests obsolete-chosen-interrupt-controller.dts obsolete_chosen_interrupt_controller
     check_tests reg-without-unit-addr.dts unit_address_vs_reg
     check_tests unit-addr-without-reg.dts unit_address_vs_reg
+    check_tests unit-addr-leading-0x.dts unit_address_format
+    check_tests unit-addr-leading-0s.dts unit_address_format
     run_sh_test dtc-checkfails.sh node_name_chars -- -I dtb -O dtb bad_node_char.dtb
     run_sh_test dtc-checkfails.sh node_name_format -- -I dtb -O dtb bad_node_format.dtb
     run_sh_test dtc-checkfails.sh prop_name_chars -- -I dtb -O dtb bad_prop_char.dtb
diff --git a/tests/unit-addr-leading-0s.dts b/tests/unit-addr-leading-0s.dts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc017e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit-addr-leading-0s.dts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/dts-v1/;
+
+/ {
+	#address-cells = <1>;
+	#size-cells = <1>;
+
+	bus {
+		node@001 {
+			reg = <1 0>;
+		};
+	};
+};
diff --git a/tests/unit-addr-leading-0x.dts b/tests/unit-addr-leading-0x.dts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74f1967
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit-addr-leading-0x.dts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/dts-v1/;
+
+/ {
+	#address-cells = <1>;
+	#size-cells = <1>;
+
+	bus {
+		node@0x1 {
+			reg = <1 0>;
+		};
+	};
+};