diff --git a/core/src/Cabana_AoSoA.hpp b/core/src/Cabana_AoSoA.hpp
index 985c411b2..78b93f10a 100644
--- a/core/src/Cabana_AoSoA.hpp
+++ b/core/src/Cabana_AoSoA.hpp
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ class AoSoA
     // Member data types.
     static_assert( is_member_types<DataTypes>::value,
                    "AoSoA data types must be member types" );
+    static_assert( CheckMemberTypes<DataTypes>::value,
+                   "AoSoA data type failure" );
     using member_types = DataTypes;
 
     // Device type.
diff --git a/core/src/Cabana_MemberTypes.hpp b/core/src/Cabana_MemberTypes.hpp
index c19eae625..0c26974ec 100644
--- a/core/src/Cabana_MemberTypes.hpp
+++ b/core/src/Cabana_MemberTypes.hpp
@@ -74,6 +74,54 @@ struct MemberTypeAtIndex<M, MemberTypes<Types...>>
     using type = typename MemberTypeAtIndexImpl<M, Types...>::type;
 };
 
+//---------------------------------------------------------------------------//
+/*!
+  \class CheckMemberTypes
+  \brief Check that member types are valied.
+*/
+template <std::size_t M, typename T, typename... Types>
+struct CheckMemberTypesImpl;
+
+template <typename T, typename... Types>
+struct CheckMemberTypesImpl<0, T, Types...>
+{
+    using type = T;
+    static_assert( std::is_trivial<type>::value,
+                   "Member types must be trivial" );
+
+    using value_type = typename std::remove_all_extents<type>::type;
+    static_assert( std::is_arithmetic<value_type>::value,
+                   "Member value types must be arithmetic" );
+
+    // Return true so we get the whole stack to evaluate all the assertions.
+    static constexpr bool value = true;
+};
+
+template <std::size_t M, typename T, typename... Types>
+struct CheckMemberTypesImpl
+{
+    using type = T;
+    static_assert( std::is_trivial<type>::value,
+                   "Member types must be trivial" );
+
+    using value_type = typename std::remove_all_extents<type>::type;
+    static_assert( std::is_arithmetic<value_type>::value,
+                   "Member value types must be arithmetic" );
+
+    static constexpr bool value = CheckMemberTypesImpl<M - 1, Types...>::value;
+};
+
+template <typename... Types>
+struct CheckMemberTypes;
+
+template <typename... Types>
+struct CheckMemberTypes<MemberTypes<Types...>>
+{
+    static constexpr int size = MemberTypes<Types...>::size;
+    static constexpr bool value =
+        CheckMemberTypesImpl<size - 1, Types...>::value;
+};
+
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------//
 
 } // end namespace Cabana