diff --git a/tools/custom_guidelines.py b/tools/custom_guidelines.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f435af6a4
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+++ b/tools/custom_guidelines.py
@@ -0,0 +1,274 @@
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+import argparse
+import re
+
+import six
+import sys
+
+from heat.common.i18n import _
+from heat.engine import constraints
+from heat.engine import resources
+from heat.engine import support
+
+
+class HeatCustomGuidelines(object):
+
+    _RULES = []
+
+    def __init__(self, exclude):
+        self.error_count = 0
+        self.resources_classes = []
+        global_env = resources.global_env()
+        for resource_type in global_env.get_types():
+            cls = global_env.get_class(resource_type)
+            if (lambda module: True
+                if [path for path in exclude if path in module]
+                    else False)(cls.__module__.replace('.', '/')):
+                continue
+            self.resources_classes.append(cls)
+
+    def run_check(self):
+        print(_('Heat custom guidelines check started.'))
+        for rule in self._RULES:
+            getattr(self, 'check_%s' % rule)()
+        if self.error_count > 0:
+            print(_('Heat custom guidelines check failed - '
+                    'found %s errors.') % self.error_count)
+            sys.exit(1)
+        else:
+            print(_('Heat custom guidelines check succeeded.'))
+
+    def check_resource_descriptions(self):
+        for cls in self.resources_classes:
+            # check resource's description
+            #self._check_resource_description(cls)
+            # check properties' descriptions
+            #self._check_resource_schemas(cls, cls.properties_schema,
+            #                             'property')
+            # check attributes' descriptions
+            #self._check_resource_schemas(cls, cls.attributes_schema,
+            #                             'attribute')
+            # check methods descriptions
+            #self._check_resource_methods(cls)
+            # TODO(prazumovsky): remove when at least one check will be
+            # available
+            pass
+
+    def _check_resource_description(self, resource):
+        description = resource.__doc__
+        if resource.support_status.status not in (support.SUPPORTED,
+                                                  support.UNSUPPORTED):
+            return
+        kwargs = {'path': resource.__module__, 'details': resource.__name__}
+        if not description:
+            kwargs.update({'message': _("Resource description missing, "
+                                        "should add resource description "
+                                        "about resource's purpose")})
+            self.print_guideline_error(**kwargs)
+            return
+
+        doclines = [key.strip() for key in description.split('\n')]
+        if len(doclines) == 1 or (len(doclines) == 2 and doclines[-1] == ''):
+            kwargs.update({'message': _("Resource description missing, "
+                                        "should add resource description "
+                                        "about resource's purpose")})
+            self.print_guideline_error(**kwargs)
+            return
+
+        self._check_description_summary(doclines[0], kwargs, 'resource')
+        self._check_description_details(doclines, kwargs, 'resource')
+
+    def _check_resource_schemas(self, resource, schema, schema_name,
+                                error_path=None):
+        for key, value in six.iteritems(schema):
+            if error_path is None:
+                error_path = [resource.__name__, key]
+            else:
+                error_path.append(key)
+            # need to check sub-schema of current schema, if exists
+            if (hasattr(value, 'schema') and
+                    getattr(value, 'schema') is not None):
+                self._check_resource_schemas(resource, value.schema,
+                                             schema_name, error_path)
+            description = value.description
+            kwargs = {'path': resource.__module__, 'details': error_path}
+            if description is None:
+                if (value.support_status.status == support.SUPPORTED and
+                        not isinstance(value.schema,
+                                       constraints.AnyIndexDict) and
+                        not isinstance(schema, constraints.AnyIndexDict)):
+                    kwargs.update({'message': _("%s description "
+                                                "missing, need to add "
+                                                "description about property's "
+                                                "purpose") % schema_name})
+                    self.print_guideline_error(**kwargs)
+                error_path.pop()
+                continue
+            self._check_description_summary(description, kwargs, schema_name)
+            error_path.pop()
+
+    def _check_resource_methods(self, resource):
+        for method in six.itervalues(resource.__dict__):
+            # need to skip non-functions attributes
+            if not callable(method):
+                continue
+            description = method.__doc__
+            if not description:
+                continue
+            if method.__name__.startswith('__'):
+                continue
+            doclines = [key.strip() for key in description.split('\n')]
+            kwargs = {'path': resource.__module__,
+                      'details': [resource.__name__, method.__name__]}
+
+            self._check_description_summary(doclines[0], kwargs, 'method')
+
+            if len(doclines) == 2:
+                kwargs.update({'message': _('Method description summary '
+                                            'should be in one line')})
+                self.print_guideline_error(**kwargs)
+                continue
+
+            if len(doclines) > 1:
+                self._check_description_details(doclines, kwargs, 'method')
+
+    def check_trailing_spaces(self):
+        for cls in self.resources_classes:
+            cls_file = open(cls.__module__.replace('.', '/') + '.py')
+            lines = [line.strip() for line in cls_file.readlines()]
+            idx = 0
+            kwargs = {'path': cls.__module__}
+            while idx < len(lines):
+                if ('properties_schema' in lines[idx] or
+                        'attributes_schema' in lines[idx]):
+                    level = len(re.findall('(\{|\()', lines[idx]))
+                    level -= len(re.findall('(\}|\))', lines[idx]))
+                    idx += 1
+                    while level != 0:
+                        level += len(re.findall('(\{|\()', lines[idx]))
+                        level -= len(re.findall('(\}|\))', lines[idx]))
+                        if re.search("^((\'|\") )", lines[idx]):
+                            kwargs.update(
+                                {'details': 'line %s' % idx,
+                                 'message': _('Trailing whitespace should '
+                                              'be on previous line'),
+                                 'snippet': lines[idx]})
+                            self.print_guideline_error(**kwargs)
+                        elif (re.search("(\S(\'|\"))$", lines[idx - 1]) and
+                              re.search("^((\'|\")\S)", lines[idx])):
+                            kwargs.update(
+                                {'details': 'line %s' % (idx - 1),
+                                 'message': _('Omitted whitespace at the '
+                                              'end of the line'),
+                                 'snippet': lines[idx - 1]})
+                            self.print_guideline_error(**kwargs)
+                        idx += 1
+                idx += 1
+
+    def _check_description_summary(self, description, error_kwargs,
+                                   error_key):
+        if re.search("^[a-z]", description):
+            error_kwargs.update(
+                {'message': _('%s description summary should start '
+                              'with uppercase letter') % error_key.title(),
+                 'snippet': description})
+            self.print_guideline_error(**error_kwargs)
+        if not description.endswith('.'):
+            error_kwargs.update(
+                {'message': _('%s description summary omitted '
+                              'terminator at the end') % error_key.title(),
+                 'snippet': description})
+            self.print_guideline_error(**error_kwargs)
+        if re.search("\s{2,}", description):
+            error_kwargs.update(
+                {'message': _('%s description contains double or more '
+                              'whitespaces') % error_key.title(),
+                 'snippet': description})
+            self.print_guideline_error(**error_kwargs)
+
+    def _check_description_details(self, doclines, error_kwargs,
+                                   error_key):
+        if re.search("\S", doclines[1]):
+            error_kwargs.update(
+                {'message': _('%s description summary and '
+                              'main resource description should be '
+                              'separated by blank line') % error_key.title(),
+                 'snippet': doclines[0]})
+            self.print_guideline_error(**error_kwargs)
+
+        if re.search("^[a-z]", doclines[2]):
+            error_kwargs.update(
+                {'message': _('%s description should start '
+                              'with with uppercase '
+                              'letter') % error_key.title(),
+                 'snippet': doclines[2]})
+            self.print_guideline_error(**error_kwargs)
+
+        if doclines[-1] != '':
+            error_kwargs.update(
+                {'message': _('%s description multistring '
+                              'should have singly closing quotes at '
+                              'the next line') % error_key.title(),
+                 'snippet': doclines[-1]})
+            self.print_guideline_error(**error_kwargs)
+
+        params = False
+        for line in doclines[1:]:
+                if re.search("\s{2,}", line):
+                    error_kwargs.update(
+                        {'message': _('%s description '
+                                      'contains double or more '
+                                      'whitespaces') % error_key.title(),
+                         'snippet': line})
+                    self.print_guideline_error(**error_kwargs)
+                if re.search("^(:param|:type|:returns|:rtype|:raises)",
+                             line):
+                    params = True
+        if not params and not doclines[-2].endswith('.'):
+            error_kwargs.update(
+                {'message': _('%s description omitted '
+                              'terminator at the end') % error_key.title(),
+                 'snippet': doclines[-2]})
+            self.print_guideline_error(**error_kwargs)
+
+    def print_guideline_error(self, path, details, message, snippet=None):
+        if isinstance(details, list):
+            details = '.'.join(details)
+        msg = _('ERROR (in %(path)s: %(details)s): %(message)s') % {
+            'message': message,
+            'path': path.replace('.', '/'),
+            'details': details
+        }
+        if snippet is not None:
+            msg = _('%(msg)s\n    (Error snippet): %(snippet)s') % {
+                'msg': msg,
+                'snippet': '%s...' % snippet[:79]
+            }
+        print(msg)
+        self.error_count += 1
+
+
+def parse_args():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('--exclude', '-e', metavar='<FOLDER>',
+                        nargs='+',
+                        help=_('Exclude specified paths from checking.'))
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    args = parse_args()
+    guidelines = HeatCustomGuidelines(args.exclude or [])
+    guidelines.run_check()
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 91dfec5517..53c657b640 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ commands =
     flake8 heat bin/heat-api bin/heat-api-cfn bin/heat-api-cloudwatch bin/heat-engine bin/heat-manage contrib heat_integrationtests doc/source
     # Check that .po and .pot files are valid:
     bash -c "find heat -type f -regex '.*\.pot?' -print0|xargs -0 -n 1 msgfmt --check-format -o /dev/null"
+    python tools/custom_guidelines.py --exclude heat/engine/resources/aws
 
 [testenv:venv]
 commands = {posargs}