diff --git a/libdparse b/libdparse
index 4bf4e5a..c5b458b 160000
--- a/libdparse
+++ b/libdparse
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 4bf4e5aa09453570121134a819a4f436275fe3f7
+Subproject commit c5b458b518ec26c6a59b3d16ffb39d10fe121d27
diff --git a/src/analysis/config.d b/src/analysis/config.d
index cfc80fe..5872e66 100644
--- a/src/analysis/config.d
+++ b/src/analysis/config.d
@@ -106,5 +106,8 @@ struct StaticAnalysisConfig
 	bool auto_ref_assignment_check;
 
 	@INI("Checks for incorrect infinite range definitions")
-	bool incorrect_infinite_range;
+	bool incorrect_infinite_range_check;
+
+	@INI("Checks for asserts that are always true")
+	bool useless_assert_check;
 }
diff --git a/src/analysis/run.d b/src/analysis/run.d
index 3f9230e..a67054c 100644
--- a/src/analysis/run.d
+++ b/src/analysis/run.d
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ import analysis.label_var_same_name_check;
 import analysis.line_length;
 import analysis.auto_ref_assignment;
 import analysis.incorrect_infinite_range;
+import analysis.useless_assert;
 
 import dsymbol.string_interning : internString;
 import dsymbol.scope_;
@@ -264,7 +265,10 @@ MessageSet analyze(string fileName, const Module m,
 		checks ~= new LineLengthCheck(fileName, tokens);
 	if (analysisConfig.auto_ref_assignment_check)
 		checks ~= new AutoRefAssignmentCheck(fileName);
-	checks ~= new IncorrectInfiniteRangeCheck(fileName);
+	if (analysisConfig.incorrect_infinite_range_check)
+		checks ~= new IncorrectInfiniteRangeCheck(fileName);
+	if (analysisConfig.useless_assert_check)
+		checks ~= new UselessAssertCheck(fileName);
 	version (none)
 		if (analysisConfig.redundant_if_check)
 			checks ~= new IfStatementCheck(fileName, moduleScope);
diff --git a/src/analysis/useless_assert.d b/src/analysis/useless_assert.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18d4296
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/analysis/useless_assert.d
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+//          Copyright Brian Schott (Hackerpilot) 2015.
+// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+//    (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
+//          http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+module analysis.useless_assert;
+
+import analysis.base;
+import analysis.helpers;
+import dparse.ast;
+import dparse.lexer;
+
+import std.stdio;
+
+/**
+ * Checks for asserts that always succeed
+ */
+class UselessAssertCheck : BaseAnalyzer
+{
+	alias visit = BaseAnalyzer.visit;
+
+	///
+	this(string fileName)
+	{
+		super(fileName, null);
+	}
+
+	override void visit(const AssertExpression ae)
+	{
+		import std.conv : to;
+
+		UnaryExpression unary = cast(UnaryExpression) ae.assertion;
+		if (unary is null)
+		{
+			stderr.writeln("unary is null");
+			return;
+		}
+
+		if (unary.primaryExpression is null)
+			return;
+		immutable token = unary.primaryExpression.primary;
+		immutable skipSwitch = unary.primaryExpression.arrayLiteral !is null
+			|| unary.primaryExpression.assocArrayLiteral !is null
+			|| unary.primaryExpression.functionLiteralExpression !is null;
+		if (!skipSwitch) switch (token.type)
+		{
+		case tok!"doubleLiteral":
+			if (!token.text.to!double)
+				return;
+			break;
+		case tok!"floatLiteral":
+			if (!token.text.to!float)
+				return;
+			break;
+		case tok!"idoubleLiteral":
+		case tok!"ifloatLiteral":
+		case tok!"irealLiteral":
+			return; // `to` doesn't support imaginary numbers
+		case tok!"intLiteral":
+			if (!token.text.to!int)
+				return;
+			break;
+		case tok!"longLiteral":
+			if (!token.text.to!long)
+				return;
+			break;
+		case tok!"realLiteral":
+			if (!token.text.to!real)
+				return;
+			break;
+		case tok!"uintLiteral":
+			if (!token.text.to!uint)
+				return;
+			break;
+		case tok!"ulongLiteral":
+			if (!token.text.to!ulong)
+				return;
+			break;
+		case tok!"characterLiteral":
+			if (token.text == `'\0'`)
+				return;
+			break;
+		case tok!"dstringLiteral":
+		case tok!"stringLiteral":
+		case tok!"wstringLiteral":
+		case tok!"true":
+			break;
+		default:
+			return;
+		}
+		addErrorMessage(ae.line, ae.column, KEY, "Assert condition is always true");
+	}
+
+private:
+	enum string KEY = "dscanner.suspicious.useless_assert";
+}