diff --git a/SYCLStream.cpp b/SYCLStream.cpp
index 49ad3ac..00c043f 100644
--- a/SYCLStream.cpp
+++ b/SYCLStream.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ SYCLStream<T>::SYCLStream(const int ARRAY_SIZE, const int device_index)
     throw std::runtime_error("Invalid device index");
   device dev = devices[device_index];
 
+  // Check device can support FP64 if needed
+  if (sizeof(T) == sizeof(double))
+  {
+    if (dev.get_info<info::device::double_fp_config>().size() == 0) {
+      throw std::runtime_error("Device does not support double precision, please use --float");
+    }
+  }
+
   // Determine sensible dot kernel NDRange configuration
   if (dev.is_cpu())
   {