diff --git a/pkg/config/keynames.go b/pkg/config/keynames.go
index 419a003f4..bb9756b43 100644
--- a/pkg/config/keynames.go
+++ b/pkg/config/keynames.go
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package config
 
 import (
+	"strings"
+	"unicode/utf8"
+
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/gocui"
 	"github.com/samber/lo"
 )
@@ -74,3 +77,17 @@ var LabelByKey = map[gocui.Key]string{
 }
 
 var KeyByLabel = lo.Invert(LabelByKey)
+
+func isValidKeybindingKey(key string) bool {
+	runeCount := utf8.RuneCountInString(key)
+	if key == "<disabled>" {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	if runeCount > 1 {
+		_, ok := KeyByLabel[strings.ToLower(key)]
+		return ok
+	}
+
+	return true
+}
diff --git a/pkg/config/user_config_validation.go b/pkg/config/user_config_validation.go
index 403119ada..41e63ab86 100644
--- a/pkg/config/user_config_validation.go
+++ b/pkg/config/user_config_validation.go
@@ -2,8 +2,12 @@ package config
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"reflect"
 	"slices"
 	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/constants"
 )
 
 func (config *UserConfig) Validate() error {
@@ -15,6 +19,9 @@ func (config *UserConfig) Validate() error {
 		[]string{"none", "onlyArrow", "arrowAndNumber"}); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	if err := validateKeybindings(config.Keybinding); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -25,3 +32,41 @@ func validateEnum(name string, value string, allowedValues []string) error {
 	allowedValuesStr := strings.Join(allowedValues, ", ")
 	return fmt.Errorf("Unexpected value '%s' for '%s'. Allowed values: %s", value, name, allowedValuesStr)
 }
+
+func validateKeybindingsRecurse(path string, node any) error {
+	value := reflect.ValueOf(node)
+	if value.Kind() == reflect.Struct {
+		for _, field := range reflect.VisibleFields(reflect.TypeOf(node)) {
+			var newPath string
+			if len(path) == 0 {
+				newPath = field.Name
+			} else {
+				newPath = fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", path, field.Name)
+			}
+			if err := validateKeybindingsRecurse(newPath,
+				value.FieldByName(field.Name).Interface()); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	} else if value.Kind() == reflect.Slice {
+		for i := 0; i < value.Len(); i++ {
+			if err := validateKeybindingsRecurse(
+				fmt.Sprintf("%s[%d]", path, i), value.Index(i).Interface()); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	} else if value.Kind() == reflect.String {
+		key := node.(string)
+		if !isValidKeybindingKey(key) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Unrecognized key '%s' for keybinding '%s'. For permitted values see %s",
+				key, path, constants.Links.Docs.CustomKeybindings)
+		}
+	} else {
+		log.Fatalf("Unexpected type for property '%s': %s", path, value.Kind())
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func validateKeybindings(keybindingConfig KeybindingConfig) error {
+	return validateKeybindingsRecurse("", keybindingConfig)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/config/user_config_validation_test.go b/pkg/config/user_config_validation_test.go
index 9f7b4d74c..f49b3479b 100644
--- a/pkg/config/user_config_validation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/config/user_config_validation_test.go
@@ -29,6 +29,19 @@ func TestUserConfigValidate_enums(t *testing.T) {
 				{value: "invalid_value", valid: false},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "Keybindings",
+			setup: func(config *UserConfig, value string) {
+				config.Keybinding.Universal.Quit = value
+			},
+			testCases: []testCase{
+				{value: "", valid: true},
+				{value: "<disabled>", valid: true},
+				{value: "q", valid: true},
+				{value: "<c-c>", valid: true},
+				{value: "invalid_value", valid: false},
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, s := range scenarios {