diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3b0171a..17b525c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-2016-08-12
+2016-09-26
 
         * Version 1.2.0 released
         =========================
 
+        Check CTA response table dimension for consistency (#1848)
         Add GTestSuite::test_value() method with automatic precision computation
         Add GSkyMap::is_empty() method (#1828)
         Add GApplication access by index operator (#1838)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c55f48b..3450da8 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 New Features and Important Changes in GammaLib 1.2.0
 
-12 August 2016
+26 September 2016
 
 
 1. Introduction
@@ -191,7 +191,8 @@ None
 
 20. CTA interface
 -----------------
-None
+The dimension of response tables is now checked for being consistent with the
+axis dimension (#1848).
 
 
 21. COMPTEL interface
diff --git a/inst/cta/src/GCTAResponseTable.cpp b/inst/cta/src/GCTAResponseTable.cpp
index 0a8d919..833043d 100644
--- a/inst/cta/src/GCTAResponseTable.cpp
+++ b/inst/cta/src/GCTAResponseTable.cpp
@@ -1860,6 +1860,41 @@ void GCTAResponseTable::read_tables(const GFitsTable& hdu)
             throw GException::invalid_value(G_READ_TABLES, msg);
         }
 
+        // Check table dimension if there is dimension information
+        if (col->dim().size() > 0) {
+
+            // Check that the table dimension is identical to the number of
+            // axis pairs
+            if (axes() != col->dim().size()) {
+                std::string msg = "Table column \""+m_colname_table[i]+"\" "
+                                  "dimension "+
+                                  gammalib::str(col->dim().size())+" is "
+                                  "inconsistent with "+
+                                  gammalib::str(axes())+" axis pairs. Please "
+                                  "check the response table for consistency.";
+                throw GException::invalid_value(G_READ_TABLES, msg);
+            }
+
+            // Check for all axes that the length of the axis columns is
+            // identical to the size of the table in that axis direction
+            for (int i = 0; i < axes(); ++i) {
+                if (axis_bins(i) != col->dim()[i]) {
+                    std::string msg = "Table column \""+m_colname_table[i]+"\" "
+                                      "has "+gammalib::str(col->dim()[i])+
+                                      " bins in axis "+gammalib::str(i)+
+                                      " while corresponding axis columns \""+
+                                      m_colname_lo[i]+"\" and \""+
+                                      m_colname_hi[i]+"\" have a length of "+
+                                      gammalib::str(axis_bins(i))+". Please "
+                                      "check the response table for "
+                                      "consistency.";
+                    throw GException::invalid_value(G_READ_TABLES, msg);
+                }
+            }
+
+        } // endif: table had dimension information
+
+
         // Initialise table
         std::vector<double> table(num);