diff --git a/CI/azure/check_kernel.sh b/CI/azure/check_kernel.sh
index 446c9e2a7..605f52ab2 100755
--- a/CI/azure/check_kernel.sh
+++ b/CI/azure/check_kernel.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ KERNEL_MODIFIER="/tmp/modifier.c"
 IIOH="./include/iio/iio.h"
 CHANNELC="./channel.c"
 CHANNELC_SHARP="./bindings/csharp/Channel.cs"
+IIO_PY="./bindings/python/iio.py"
 
 if [ ! -f ${IIOH} ] ; then
 	echo can not find ${IIOH}
@@ -22,6 +23,11 @@ if [ ! -f ${CHANNELC_SHARP} ] ; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 
+if [ ! -f ${IIO_PY} ] ; then
+	echo can not find ${IIO_PY}
+	exit 1
+fi
+
 rm -f ${KERNEL_TYPES} ${KERNEL_MODIFIER}
 wget -O ${KERNEL_TYPES} https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/plain/include/uapi/linux/iio/types.h
 wget -O ${KERNEL_MODIFIER} https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/plain/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
@@ -118,5 +124,29 @@ do
 	fi
 done
 
+echo Checking Python bindings
+
+python_enums=("ChannelType" "ChannelModifier" "EventType" "EventDirection")
+
+for i in {0..3}
+do
+	echo "looking for ${python_enums[i]}"
+	sed "0,/^class ${python_enums[i]}/d" ${IIO_PY} | \
+		sed '0,/^$/d' | sed -n '/^$/q;p'| sed -e 's/^[ \t]*//' -e 's/ .*//' | \
+		grep -v IIO_CHAN_TYPE_UNKNOWN > "/tmp/libiio_py_${python_enums[i]}"
+
+	echo "Differences in ${python_enums[i]}"
+	set +e
+	diff -u -w "/tmp/libiio_py_${python_enums[i]}" "/tmp/kernel_${iio_groups[i]}"
+	count=$(diff -u -w  "/tmp/libiio_py_${python_enums[i]}" "/tmp/kernel_${iio_groups[i]}" | wc -l)
+	set -e
+	if [ "$count" -ne "0" ] ; then
+		ret=1
+		echo "difference between upstream kernel types.h and iio.py in ${python_enums[i]}"
+	else
+		echo none
+	fi
+done
+
 rm -f /tmp/kernel_modifier /tmp/libiio_iio_modifier /tmp/libiio_iio_chan_type ${KERNEL_TYPES} ${KERNEL_MODIFIER}
 exit $ret