diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 03f5479..26c7dfb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [Unreleased]
+### Added
+- Size check when restoring firmware via USB/DFU.
+
 ## [1.0.0-alpha.3] - 2021-04-09
 ### Changed
 - Print BLE download progress after chunk is complete instead of before.
diff --git a/pybricksdev/dfu.py b/pybricksdev/dfu.py
index 9759f5b..085ad75 100644
--- a/pybricksdev/dfu.py
+++ b/pybricksdev/dfu.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
-# Copyright (c) 2019-2020 The Pybricks Authors
+# Copyright (c) 2019-2021 The Pybricks Authors
 
 import errno
 import os
@@ -93,6 +93,13 @@ def restore_dfu(file: BinaryIO) -> None:
     Args:
         file: the file that contains the firmware data
     """
+    file.seek(0, os.SEEK_END)
+    size = file.tell()
+    file.seek(0, os.SEEK_SET)
+
+    if size < 512:
+        raise ValueError("File is too small to be a valid firmware file")
+
     try:
         # TODO: implement this using pydfu
         raise NoBackendError