diff --git a/src/errors.rs b/src/errors.rs
index 9c300ff..40fe950 100644
--- a/src/errors.rs
+++ b/src/errors.rs
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ error_chain! {
             display("The shares are incompatible with each other because they do not all have the same threshold.")
         }
 
+        IncompatibleDataLengths(sets: Vec<HashSet<u8>>) {
+            description("The shares are incompatible with each other because they do not all have the same share data length.")
+            display("The shares are incompatible with each other because they do not all have the same share data length.")
+        }
+
         MissingShares(provided: usize, required: u8) {
             description("The number of shares provided is insufficient to recover the secret.")
             display("{} shares are required to recover the secret, found only {}.", required, provided)
diff --git a/src/share/validation.rs b/src/share/validation.rs
index a94b4dd..93d0078 100644
--- a/src/share/validation.rs
+++ b/src/share/validation.rs
@@ -33,14 +33,17 @@ pub(crate) fn validate_shares<S: IsShare>(shares: Vec<S>) -> Result<(u8, Vec<S>)
     let mut result: Vec<S> = Vec::with_capacity(shares_count);
 
     let mut k_compatibility_sets = HashMap::new();
+    let mut data_len_compatibility_sets = HashMap::new();
 
     for share in shares {
-        let (id, threshold) = (share.get_id(), share.get_threshold());
+        let (id, threshold, data_len) = (share.get_id(), share.get_threshold(), share.get_data().len());
 
         if id < 1 {
             bail!(ErrorKind::ShareParsingInvalidShareId(id))
         } else if threshold < 2 {
             bail!(ErrorKind::ShareParsingInvalidShareThreshold(threshold, id))
+        } else if data_len < 1 {
+            bail!(ErrorKind::ShareParsingErrorEmptyShare(id))
         }
 
         k_compatibility_sets
@@ -53,9 +56,12 @@ pub(crate) fn validate_shares<S: IsShare>(shares: Vec<S>) -> Result<(u8, Vec<S>)
             bail!(ErrorKind::DuplicateShareId(id));
         }
 
-        if share.get_data().is_empty() {
-            bail!(ErrorKind::ShareParsingErrorEmptyShare(id))
-        }
+        data_len_compatibility_sets
+            .entry(data_len)
+            .or_insert_with(HashSet::new);
+        let data_len_set = data_len_compatibility_sets.get_mut(&data_len).unwrap();
+        data_len_set.insert(id);
+
 
         result.push(share);
     }
@@ -84,6 +90,23 @@ pub(crate) fn validate_shares<S: IsShare>(shares: Vec<S>) -> Result<(u8, Vec<S>)
         bail!(ErrorKind::MissingShares(shares_count, threshold));
     }
 
+    // Validate share length consistency
+    let data_len_sets = data_len_compatibility_sets.keys().count();
+
+    match data_len_sets {
+        1 => {} // All shares have the same `data` field len
+        _ => {
+            bail! {
+                ErrorKind::IncompatibleDataLengths(
+                    data_len_compatibility_sets
+                        .values()
+                        .map(|x| x.to_owned())
+                        .collect(),
+                )
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     Ok((threshold, result))
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/recovery_errors.rs b/tests/recovery_errors.rs
index 1fd7295..c8f13e1 100644
--- a/tests/recovery_errors.rs
+++ b/tests/recovery_errors.rs
@@ -66,6 +66,17 @@ fn test_recover_duplicate_shares_number() {
     recover_secret(&shares, false).unwrap();
 }
 
+#[test]
+#[should_panic(expected = "IncompatibleDataLengths")]
+fn test_recover_incompatible_data_lengths() {
+    let share1 = "2-1-CgnlCxRNtnkzENE".to_string();
+    let share2 = "2-2-ChbG46L1zRszs0PPn63XnnupmZTcgYJ3".to_string();
+
+    let shares = vec![share1, share2];
+
+    recover_secret(&shares, false).unwrap();
+}
+
 #[test]
 #[should_panic(expected = "MissingShares")]
 fn test_recover_too_few_shares() {