diff --git a/tools/clang-tidy-plugin/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/clang-tidy-plugin/CMakeLists.txt
index 9a591396e67e1..969b8617c79b8 100644
--- a/tools/clang-tidy-plugin/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/clang-tidy-plugin/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ add_library(
     TestFilenameCheck.cpp
     TextStyleCheck.cpp
     TranslatorCommentsCheck.cpp
+    UseLocalizedSortingCheck.cpp
     UseNamedPointConstantsCheck.cpp
     UsePointApisCheck.cpp
     UsePointArithmeticCheck.cpp
diff --git a/tools/clang-tidy-plugin/CataTidyModule.cpp b/tools/clang-tidy-plugin/CataTidyModule.cpp
index 8b8dd43e321a7..cd8666dcc28c6 100644
--- a/tools/clang-tidy-plugin/CataTidyModule.cpp
+++ b/tools/clang-tidy-plugin/CataTidyModule.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "TestFilenameCheck.h"
 #include "TextStyleCheck.h"
 #include "TranslatorCommentsCheck.h"
+#include "UseLocalizedSortingCheck.h"
 #include "UseNamedPointConstantsCheck.h"
 #include "UsePointApisCheck.h"
 #include "UsePointArithmeticCheck.h"
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ class CataModule : public ClangTidyModule
             CheckFactories.registerCheck<TestFilenameCheck>( "cata-test-filename" );
             CheckFactories.registerCheck<TextStyleCheck>( "cata-text-style" );
             CheckFactories.registerCheck<TranslatorCommentsCheck>( "cata-translator-comments" );
+            CheckFactories.registerCheck<UseLocalizedSortingCheck>( "cata-use-localized-sorting" );
             CheckFactories.registerCheck<UseNamedPointConstantsCheck>(
                 "cata-use-named-point-constants" );
             CheckFactories.registerCheck<UsePointApisCheck>( "cata-use-point-apis" );
diff --git a/tools/clang-tidy-plugin/UseLocalizedSortingCheck.cpp b/tools/clang-tidy-plugin/UseLocalizedSortingCheck.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e579cc425338e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/clang-tidy-plugin/UseLocalizedSortingCheck.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+#include "UseLocalizedSortingCheck.h"
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <clang/AST/ASTContext.h>
+#include <clang/AST/Decl.h>
+#include <clang/AST/DeclBase.h>
+#include <clang/AST/DeclTemplate.h>
+#include <clang/AST/Expr.h>
+#include <clang/AST/ExprCXX.h>
+#include <clang/AST/Type.h>
+#include <clang/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchFinder.h>
+#include <clang/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchers.h>
+#include <clang/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchersInternal.h>
+#include <clang/Basic/Diagnostic.h>
+#include <clang/Basic/DiagnosticIDs.h>
+#include <clang/Basic/LLVM.h>
+#include <clang/Basic/SourceLocation.h>
+#include <clang/Lex/Lexer.h>
+#include <climits>
+#include <llvm/ADT/Twine.h>
+#include <llvm/Support/Casting.h>
+#include <string>
+
+#include "Utils.h"
+#include "clang/Basic/OperatorKinds.h"
+
+using namespace clang::ast_matchers;
+
+namespace clang
+{
+namespace tidy
+{
+namespace cata
+{
+
+void UseLocalizedSortingCheck::registerMatchers( MatchFinder *Finder )
+{
+    Finder->addMatcher(
+        cxxOperatorCallExpr(
+            hasArgument(
+                0,
+                expr(
+                    hasType(
+                        qualType(
+                            anyOf( asString( "const std::string" ), asString( "std::string" ) )
+                        ).bind( "arg0Type" )
+                    )
+                ).bind( "arg0Expr" )
+            ),
+            hasOverloadedOperatorName( "<" )
+        ).bind( "call" ),
+        this
+    );
+}
+
+static void CheckCall( UseLocalizedSortingCheck &Check, const MatchFinder::MatchResult &Result )
+{
+    const CXXOperatorCallExpr *Call = Result.Nodes.getNodeAs<CXXOperatorCallExpr>( "call" );
+    const QualType *Arg0Type = Result.Nodes.getNodeAs<QualType>( "arg0Type" );
+    const Expr *Arg0Expr = Result.Nodes.getNodeAs<Expr>( "arg0Expr" );
+    if( !Call || !Arg0Type || !Arg0Expr ) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    StringRef Arg0Text = getText( Result, Arg0Expr );
+    if( Arg0Text.endswith( "id" ) ) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    Check.diag( Call->getBeginLoc(),
+                "Raw comparison of %0.  For UI purposes please use localized_compare from "
+                "translations.h." ) << *Arg0Type;
+}
+
+void UseLocalizedSortingCheck::check( const MatchFinder::MatchResult &Result )
+{
+    CheckCall( *this, Result );
+}
+
+} // namespace cata
+} // namespace tidy
+} // namespace clang
diff --git a/tools/clang-tidy-plugin/UseLocalizedSortingCheck.h b/tools/clang-tidy-plugin/UseLocalizedSortingCheck.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..29586eba5e37e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/clang-tidy-plugin/UseLocalizedSortingCheck.h
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#ifndef CATA_TOOLS_CLANG_TIDY_PLUGIN_USELOCALIZEDSORTINGCHECK_H
+#define CATA_TOOLS_CLANG_TIDY_PLUGIN_USELOCALIZEDSORTINGCHECK_H
+
+#include <clang/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchFinder.h>
+#include <llvm/ADT/StringRef.h>
+
+#include "ClangTidy.h"
+
+namespace clang
+{
+
+namespace tidy
+{
+class ClangTidyContext;
+
+namespace cata
+{
+
+class UseLocalizedSortingCheck : public ClangTidyCheck
+{
+    public:
+        UseLocalizedSortingCheck( StringRef Name, ClangTidyContext *Context )
+            : ClangTidyCheck( Name, Context ) {}
+        void registerMatchers( ast_matchers::MatchFinder *Finder ) override;
+        void check( const ast_matchers::MatchFinder::MatchResult &Result ) override;
+};
+
+} // namespace cata
+} // namespace tidy
+} // namespace clang
+
+#endif // CATA_TOOLS_CLANG_TIDY_PLUGIN_USELOCALIZEDSORTINGCHECK_H
diff --git a/tools/clang-tidy-plugin/test/use-localized-sorting.cpp b/tools/clang-tidy-plugin/test/use-localized-sorting.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..bdc23d552bd0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/clang-tidy-plugin/test/use-localized-sorting.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+// RUN: %check_clang_tidy %s cata-use-localized-sorting %t -- -plugins=%cata_plugin -- -isystem %cata_include
+
+namespace std
+{
+
+template<class T>
+struct allocator;
+
+template<class CharT>
+class char_traits;
+
+template <
+    class CharT,
+    class Traits = std::char_traits<CharT>,
+    class Allocator = std::allocator<CharT>
+    > class basic_string;
+
+typedef basic_string<char> string;
+
+template<class CharT, class Traits, class Alloc>
+bool operator<( const std::basic_string<CharT, Traits, Alloc> &lhs,
+                const std::basic_string<CharT, Traits, Alloc> &rhs ) noexcept;
+
+}
+
+class NonString
+{
+};
+
+bool operator<( const NonString &, const NonString &rhs ) noexcept;
+
+bool f0( const std::string &l, const std::string &r )
+{
+    return l < r;
+    // CHECK-MESSAGES: warning: Raw comparison of 'const std::string' (aka 'const basic_string<char>').  For UI purposes please use localized_compare from translations.h. [cata-use-localized-sorting]
+}
+
+bool f1( const NonString &l, const NonString &r )
+{
+    return l < r;
+}