diff --git a/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Tables/SimpleTable.cpp b/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Tables/SimpleTable.cpp
index 69f018d0a..be021d39e 100644
--- a/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Tables/SimpleTable.cpp
+++ b/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Tables/SimpleTable.cpp
@@ -153,6 +153,16 @@ void SimpleTable::checkMonotonic(const std::string& columnName,
     }
 }
 
+void SimpleTable::checkRange(const std::string& columnName)
+{
+    int columnIdx = m_columnNames.at(columnName);
+    int nRows = numRows();
+    if (m_columns[columnIdx][0] != 0.0 || m_columns[columnIdx][nRows-1] != 1.0) {
+        throw std::invalid_argument("Column " + columnName + " must span range [0 1]");
+    }
+
+}
+
 void SimpleTable::applyDefaultsConstant(const std::string& columnName, double value)
 {
     int columnIdx = m_columnNames.at(columnName);
diff --git a/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Tables/SimpleTable.hpp b/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Tables/SimpleTable.hpp
index 80e226cc1..df012e2bf 100644
--- a/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Tables/SimpleTable.hpp
+++ b/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Tables/SimpleTable.hpp
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ namespace Opm {
         void checkMonotonic(const std::string& columnName,
                              bool isAscending,
                              bool isStrictlyMonotonic = true);
+        void checkRange(const std::string& columnName);
         void applyDefaultsConstant(const std::string& columnName, double value);
         void applyDefaultsLinear(const std::string& columnName);
         void createColumns(const std::vector<std::string> &columnNames);