diff --git a/sasjslint-schema.json b/sasjslint-schema.json
index e47b6c4..ea853c4 100644
--- a/sasjslint-schema.json
+++ b/sasjslint-schema.json
@@ -64,6 +64,14 @@
       "default": "/**{lineEnding}  @file{lineEnding}  @brief <Your brief here>{lineEnding}  <h4> SAS Macros </h4>{lineEnding}**/",
       "examples": []
     },
+    "noGremlins": {
+      "$id": "#/properties/noGremlins",
+      "type": "array",
+      "title": "noGremlins",
+      "description": "",
+      "default": [true],
+      "examples": [true, false]
+    },
     "hasMacroNameInMend": {
       "$id": "#/properties/hasMacroNameInMend",
       "type": "boolean",
@@ -193,6 +201,13 @@
           "enum": ["error", "warn"],
           "default": "warn"
         },
+        "noGremlins": {
+          "$id": "#/properties/severityLevel/noGremlins",
+          "title": "noGremlins",
+          "type": "string",
+          "enum": ["error", "warn"],
+          "default": "warn"
+        },
         "hasMacroNameInMend": {
           "$id": "#/properties/severityLevel/hasMacroNameInMend",
           "title": "hasMacroNameInMend",
diff --git a/src/rules/line/index.ts b/src/rules/line/index.ts
index a61f46c..c012e22 100644
--- a/src/rules/line/index.ts
+++ b/src/rules/line/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+export { noGremlins } from './noGremlins'
 export { indentationMultiple } from './indentationMultiple'
 export { maxLineLength } from './maxLineLength'
 export { noEncodedPasswords } from './noEncodedPasswords'
diff --git a/src/rules/line/noGremlins.ts b/src/rules/line/noGremlins.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b38539
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/rules/line/noGremlins.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+import { Diagnostic, LintConfig } from '../../types'
+import { LineLintRule } from '../../types/LintRule'
+import { LintRuleType } from '../../types/LintRuleType'
+import { Severity } from '../../types/Severity'
+
+const name = 'noGremlins'
+const description = 'Disallow characters specified in grimlins array'
+const message = 'Line contains a grimlin character'
+
+const test = (value: string, lineNumber: number, config?: LintConfig) => {
+  const severity = config?.severityLevel[name] || Severity.Warning
+
+  const diagnostics: Diagnostic[] = []
+
+  const gremlins: any = {}
+
+  for (const [hexCode, config] of Object.entries(gremlinCharacters)) {
+    gremlins[charFromHex(hexCode)] = Object.assign({}, config, {
+      hexCode
+    })
+  }
+
+  const regexpWithAllChars = new RegExp(
+    Object.keys(gremlins)
+      .map((char) => `${char}+`)
+      .join('|'),
+    'g'
+  )
+
+  let match
+  while ((match = regexpWithAllChars.exec(value))) {
+    const matchedCharacter = match[0][0]
+    const gremlin = gremlins[matchedCharacter]
+
+    diagnostics.push({
+      message: `${message}: ${gremlin.description}, hexCode(${gremlin.hexCode})`,
+      lineNumber,
+      startColumnNumber: match.index + 1,
+      endColumnNumber: match.index + 1 + match[0].length,
+      severity
+    })
+  }
+
+  return diagnostics
+}
+
+/**
+ * Lint rule that checks if a given line of text contains any grimlin.
+ */
+export const noGremlins: LineLintRule = {
+  type: LintRuleType.Line,
+  name,
+  description,
+  message,
+  test
+}
+
+const charFromHex = (hexCode: string) => String.fromCodePoint(parseInt(hexCode))
+
+const gremlinCharacters = {
+  '0x2013': {
+    description: 'en dash'
+  },
+  '0x2018': {
+    description: 'left single quotation mark'
+  },
+  '0x2019': {
+    description: 'right single quotation mark'
+  },
+  '0x2029': {
+    zeroWidth: true,
+    description: 'paragraph separator'
+  },
+  '0x2066': {
+    zeroWidth: true,
+    description: 'Left to right'
+  },
+  '0x2069': {
+    zeroWidth: true,
+    description: 'Pop directional'
+  },
+  '0x0003': {
+    description: 'end of text'
+  },
+  '0x000b': {
+    description: 'line tabulation'
+  },
+  '0x00a0': {
+    description: 'non breaking space'
+  },
+  '0x00ad': {
+    description: 'soft hyphen'
+  },
+  '0x200b': {
+    zeroWidth: true,
+    description: 'zero width space'
+  },
+  '0x200c': {
+    zeroWidth: true,
+    description: 'zero width non-joiner'
+  },
+  '0x200e': {
+    zeroWidth: true,
+    description: 'left-to-right mark'
+  },
+  '0x201c': {
+    description: 'left double quotation mark'
+  },
+  '0x201d': {
+    description: 'right double quotation mark'
+  },
+  '0x202c': {
+    zeroWidth: true,
+    description: 'pop directional formatting'
+  },
+  '0x202d': {
+    zeroWidth: true,
+    description: 'left-to-right override'
+  },
+  '0x202e': {
+    zeroWidth: true,
+    description: 'right-to-left override'
+  },
+  '0xfffc': {
+    zeroWidth: true,
+    description: 'object replacement character'
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/types/LintConfig.ts b/src/types/LintConfig.ts
index 5a9c6e7..b532d00 100644
--- a/src/types/LintConfig.ts
+++ b/src/types/LintConfig.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ import {
   maxLineLength,
   noEncodedPasswords,
   noTabs,
-  noTrailingSpaces
+  noTrailingSpaces,
+  noGremlins
 } from '../rules/line'
 import { lowerCaseFileNames, noSpacesInFileNames } from '../rules/path'
 import { LineEndings } from './LineEndings'
@@ -119,6 +120,10 @@ export class LintConfig {
       this.fileLintRules.push(strictMacroDefinition)
     }
 
+    if (json?.noGremlins) {
+      this.lineLintRules.push(noGremlins)
+    }
+
     if (json?.severityLevel) {
       for (const [rule, severity] of Object.entries(json.severityLevel)) {
         if (severity === 'warn') this.severityLevel[rule] = Severity.Warning