diff --git a/example/ck_tile/03_gemm/gemm_basic.cpp b/example/ck_tile/03_gemm/gemm_basic.cpp
index d687e35f5d..f92f6ef87a 100644
--- a/example/ck_tile/03_gemm/gemm_basic.cpp
+++ b/example/ck_tile/03_gemm/gemm_basic.cpp
@@ -5,16 +5,32 @@
 #include "run_gemm_example.inc"
 #include "run_gemm_example_common.hpp"
 #include "gemm_basic_invoker.hpp"
+#include "ck_tile/core/utility/gemm_validation.hpp"
 
 int run_gemm_example(ck_tile::ArgParser& arg_parser)
 {
     std::string data_type = arg_parser.get_str("prec");
     std::string a_layout  = arg_parser.get_str("a_layout");
     std::string b_layout  = arg_parser.get_str("b_layout");
+    std::string c_layout  = arg_parser.get_str("c_layout");
+
+    std::tuple<ck_tile::index_t, ck_tile::index_t, ck_tile::index_t> gemm_sizes =
+        parse_gemm_size(arg_parser);
+
+    int m = std::get<0>(gemm_sizes);
+    int n = std::get<1>(gemm_sizes);
+    int k = std::get<2>(gemm_sizes);
+
+    int stride_a = arg_parser.get_int("stride_a");
+    int stride_b = arg_parser.get_int("stride_b");
+    int stride_c = arg_parser.get_int("stride_c");
 
     using GemmConfig = GemmConfigBase;
     using Invoker    = BasicInvoker;
 
+    ck_tile::validate_gemm_stride(
+        a_layout, b_layout, c_layout, m, n, k, stride_a, stride_b, stride_c);
+
     if(data_type == "fp16")
     {
         return run_gemm_example_prec_type<GemmConfig, Invoker, ck_tile::half_t>(
diff --git a/example/ck_tile/03_gemm/run_gemm_example.inc b/example/ck_tile/03_gemm/run_gemm_example.inc
index 42a2d70692..d5f164c40f 100644
--- a/example/ck_tile/03_gemm/run_gemm_example.inc
+++ b/example/ck_tile/03_gemm/run_gemm_example.inc
@@ -254,6 +254,15 @@ bool do_verify(const ck_tile::HostTensor<CDataType>& c_m_n_dev_result,
     return pass;
 }
 
+std::tuple<ck_tile::index_t, ck_tile::index_t, ck_tile::index_t>
+parse_gemm_size(ck_tile::ArgParser& arg_parser)
+{
+    ck_tile::index_t M = arg_parser.get_int("m");
+    ck_tile::index_t N = arg_parser.get_int("n");
+    ck_tile::index_t K = arg_parser.get_int("k");
+    return std::make_tuple(M, N, K);
+}
+
 template <typename GemmConfig,
           typename Invoker,
           typename ADataType,
diff --git a/include/ck_tile/core.hpp b/include/ck_tile/core.hpp
index 92d19cf619..57ef8705c4 100644
--- a/include/ck_tile/core.hpp
+++ b/include/ck_tile/core.hpp
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
 #include "ck_tile/core/utility/env.hpp"
 #include "ck_tile/core/utility/functional.hpp"
 #include "ck_tile/core/utility/functional_with_tuple.hpp"
+#include "ck_tile/core/utility/gemm_validation.hpp"
 #include "ck_tile/core/utility/ignore.hpp"
 #include "ck_tile/core/utility/literals.hpp"
 #include "ck_tile/core/utility/magic_div.hpp"
diff --git a/include/ck_tile/core/utility/gemm_validation.hpp b/include/ck_tile/core/utility/gemm_validation.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bacf7e1e2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/ck_tile/core/utility/gemm_validation.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+// Copyright (c) 2018-2025, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved.
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <string>
+#include <stdexcept>
+#include "ck_tile/core/config.hpp"
+
+namespace ck_tile {
+
+inline void
+validate_stride(std::string Layout, int M, int N, int stride, const std::string& stride_name)
+{
+    if(Layout == "C" && stride < M)
+    {
+        throw std::runtime_error("For ColumnMajor layout, " + stride_name + "(" +
+                                 std::to_string(stride) + ") must be greater or equal to dim " +
+                                 std::to_string(M));
+    }
+    if(Layout == "R" && stride < N)
+    {
+        throw std::runtime_error("For RowMajor layout, " + stride_name + "(" +
+                                 std::to_string(stride) + ") must be greater or equal to dim " +
+                                 std::to_string(N));
+    }
+}
+
+inline void validate_gemm_stride(std::string a_layout,
+                                 std::string b_layout,
+                                 std::string c_layout,
+                                 int M,
+                                 int N,
+                                 int K,
+                                 int Stride_A,
+                                 int Stride_B,
+                                 int Stride_C)
+{
+    // set default stride
+    if(Stride_A <= 0)
+        Stride_A = (a_layout == "R") ? K : M;
+    if(Stride_B <= 0)
+        Stride_B = (b_layout == "R") ? N : K;
+    if(Stride_C <= 0)
+        Stride_C = (c_layout == "R") ? N : M;
+
+    validate_stride(a_layout, M, K, Stride_A, "Stride_A");
+    validate_stride(b_layout, K, N, Stride_B, "Stride_B");
+    validate_stride(c_layout, M, N, Stride_C, "Stride_C");
+}
+} // namespace ck_tile