diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 558d239..0dc5bb8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 - Files containing Bats tests can now be checked
 - Directory wide directives can now be placed in a `.shellcheckrc`
 - Verbose mode: Use `-S verbose` for especially pedantic suggestions
+- SC2249: Warn about `case` with missing default case (verbose)
 - SC2248: Warn about unquoted variables without special chars (verbose)
 - SC2247: Warn about $"(cmd)" and $"{var}"
 - SC2246: Warn if a shebang's interpreter ends with /
diff --git a/src/ShellCheck/Analytics.hs b/src/ShellCheck/Analytics.hs
index c6f61a4..fb7c0e0 100644
--- a/src/ShellCheck/Analytics.hs
+++ b/src/ShellCheck/Analytics.hs
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ nodeChecks = [
     ,checkRedirectionToCommand
     ,checkNullaryExpansionTest
     ,checkDollarQuoteParen
+    ,checkDefaultCase
     ]
 
 
@@ -3202,5 +3203,22 @@ checkDollarQuoteParen params t =
   where
     fix id = fixWith [replaceStart id params 2 "\"$"]
 
+prop_checkDefaultCase1 = verify checkDefaultCase "case $1 in a) true ;; esac"
+prop_checkDefaultCase2 = verify checkDefaultCase "case $1 in ?*?) true ;; *? ) true ;; esac"
+prop_checkDefaultCase3 = verifyNot checkDefaultCase "case $1 in x|*) true ;; esac"
+prop_checkDefaultCase4 = verifyNot checkDefaultCase "case $1 in **) true ;; esac"
+checkDefaultCase _ t =
+    case t of
+        T_CaseExpression id _ list ->
+            unless (any canMatchAny list) $
+                verbose id 2249 "Consider adding a default *) case, even if it just exits with error."
+        _ -> return ()
+  where
+    canMatchAny (_, list, _) = any canMatchAny' list
+    -- hlint objects to 'pattern' as a variable name
+    canMatchAny' pat = fromMaybe False $ do
+        pg <- wordToExactPseudoGlob pat
+        return $ pseudoGlobIsSuperSetof pg [PGMany]
+
 return []
 runTests =  $( [| $(forAllProperties) (quickCheckWithResult (stdArgs { maxSuccess = 1 }) ) |])
diff --git a/src/ShellCheck/AnalyzerLib.hs b/src/ShellCheck/AnalyzerLib.hs
index e52f4e3..c4f7cfa 100644
--- a/src/ShellCheck/AnalyzerLib.hs
+++ b/src/ShellCheck/AnalyzerLib.hs
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ warn  id code str = addComment $ makeComment WarningC id code str
 err   id code str = addComment $ makeComment ErrorC id code str
 info  id code str = addComment $ makeComment InfoC id code str
 style id code str = addComment $ makeComment StyleC id code str
+verbose id code str = addComment $ makeComment VerboseC id code str
 
 warnWithFix :: MonadWriter [TokenComment] m => Id -> Code -> String -> Fix -> m ()
 warnWithFix  = addCommentWithFix WarningC