diff --git a/swift/Sources/FlatBuffers/FlatbuffersErrors.swift b/swift/Sources/FlatBuffers/FlatbuffersErrors.swift
index c054d1661..13207b53a 100644
--- a/swift/Sources/FlatBuffers/FlatbuffersErrors.swift
+++ b/swift/Sources/FlatBuffers/FlatbuffersErrors.swift
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ import Foundation
 /// Collection of thrown from the Flatbuffer verifier
 public enum FlatbuffersErrors: Error, Equatable {
 
+  /// Thrown when trying to verify a buffer that doesnt have the length of an ID
+  case bufferDoesntContainID
   /// Thrown when verifying a file id that doesnt match buffer id
   case bufferIdDidntMatchPassedId
   /// Prefixed size doesnt match the current (readable) buffer size
diff --git a/swift/Sources/FlatBuffers/Verifier.swift b/swift/Sources/FlatBuffers/Verifier.swift
index c989a5554..7b3170426 100644
--- a/swift/Sources/FlatBuffers/Verifier.swift
+++ b/swift/Sources/FlatBuffers/Verifier.swift
@@ -201,8 +201,12 @@ public struct Verifier {
     _depth -= 1
   }
 
+  @inline(__always)
   mutating func verify(id: String) throws {
     let size = MemoryLayout<Int32>.size
+    guard _capacity >= (size * 2) else {
+      throw FlatbuffersErrors.bufferDoesntContainID
+    }
     let str = _buffer.readString(at: size, count: size)
     if id == str {
       return
diff --git a/tests/swift/tests/Tests/FlatBuffers.Test.SwiftTests/FlatbuffersVerifierTests.swift b/tests/swift/tests/Tests/FlatBuffers.Test.SwiftTests/FlatbuffersVerifierTests.swift
index 00b02b760..71a007890 100644
--- a/tests/swift/tests/Tests/FlatBuffers.Test.SwiftTests/FlatbuffersVerifierTests.swift
+++ b/tests/swift/tests/Tests/FlatBuffers.Test.SwiftTests/FlatbuffersVerifierTests.swift
@@ -63,6 +63,17 @@ final class FlatbuffersVerifierTests: XCTestCase {
     XCTAssertThrowsError(try Verifier(buffer: &buffer))
   }
 
+  func testFailingID() {
+    let dutData : [UInt8] = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7]
+    var buff  = ByteBuffer(bytes: dutData)
+    do {
+      let _: Monster = try getCheckedRoot(byteBuffer: &buff, fileId: "ABCD")
+      XCTFail("This should always fail")
+    } catch {
+      XCTAssertEqual(error as? FlatbuffersErrors, .bufferDoesntContainID)
+    }
+  }
+
   func testVerifierCheckAlignment() {
     var verifier = try! Verifier(buffer: &buffer)
     do {