diff --git a/src/tgbaalgos/powerset.cc b/src/tgbaalgos/powerset.cc
index 4715f0bf8..997142eb9 100644
--- a/src/tgbaalgos/powerset.cc
+++ b/src/tgbaalgos/powerset.cc
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@
 #include "tgba/tgbaproduct.hh"
 #include "tgba/bddprint.hh"
 #include "tgbaalgos/dotty.hh"
+#include "tgbaalgos/gtec/gtec.hh"
+#include "tgbaalgos/sccfilter.hh"
+#include "tgbaalgos/ltl2tgba_fm.hh"
+#include "tgbaalgos/dbacomp.hh"
+#include "ltlast/unop.hh"
 
 namespace spot
 {
@@ -309,4 +314,73 @@ namespace spot
     det->merge_transitions();
     return det;
   }
+
+  tgba*
+  tba_determinize_check(const tgba* aut,
+			const ltl::formula* f,
+			const tgba* neg_aut)
+  {
+    const tgba* built = 0;
+    if (f == 0 && neg_aut == 0)
+      return 0;
+    if (aut->number_of_acceptance_conditions() > 1)
+      return 0;
+
+    tgba_explicit_number* det = tba_determinize(aut);
+
+    if (neg_aut == 0)
+      {
+	const ltl::formula* neg_f =
+	  ltl::unop::instance(ltl::unop::Not, f->clone());
+	neg_aut = ltl_to_tgba_fm(neg_f, aut->get_dict());
+	neg_f->destroy();
+
+	// Remove useless SCCs.
+	const tgba* tmp = scc_filter(neg_aut, true);
+	delete neg_aut;
+	built = neg_aut = tmp;
+      }
+
+    bool ok = false;
+
+    tgba* p = new tgba_product(det, neg_aut);
+    emptiness_check* ec = couvreur99(p);
+    emptiness_check_result* res = ec->check();
+    if (!res)
+      {
+	delete ec;
+	delete p;
+
+	// Complement the DBA.
+	tgba* neg_det = dba_complement(det);
+
+	tgba* p = new tgba_product(aut, neg_det);
+	emptiness_check* ec = couvreur99(p);
+	res = ec->check();
+
+	if (!res)
+	  {
+	    // Finally, we are now sure that it was safe
+	    // to determinize the automaton.
+	    ok = true;
+	  }
+
+	delete res;
+	delete ec;
+	delete p;
+	delete neg_det;
+      }
+    else
+      {
+	delete res;
+	delete ec;
+	delete p;
+      }
+    delete built;
+
+    if (ok)
+      return det;
+    delete det;
+    return const_cast<tgba*>(aut);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/tgbaalgos/powerset.hh b/src/tgbaalgos/powerset.hh
index 512558c79..afb4245e9 100644
--- a/src/tgbaalgos/powerset.hh
+++ b/src/tgbaalgos/powerset.hh
@@ -124,6 +124,28 @@ namespace spot
   /// only adapted to work on TBA rather than BA.
   SPOT_API tgba_explicit_number*
   tba_determinize(const tgba* aut);
+
+  /// \brief Determinize a TBA and make sure it is correct.
+  ///
+  /// Apply tba_determinize(), then check that the result is
+  /// equivalent.  If it isn't, return the original automaton.
+  ///
+  /// Only one of \a f or \a neg_aut needs to be supplied.  If
+  /// \a neg_aut is not given, it will be built from \a f.
+  ///
+  /// \param aut the automaton to minimize
+  /// \param f the formula represented by the original automaton
+  /// \param neg_aut an automaton representing the negation of \a aut
+  ///
+  /// \return a new tgba if the automaton could be determinized, \a aut if
+  /// the automaton cannot be determinized, 0 if we do not know if the
+  /// determinization is correct because neither \a f nor \a neg_aut
+  /// were supplied.
+  tgba*
+  tba_determinize_check(const tgba* aut,
+			const ltl::formula* f = 0,
+			const tgba* neg_aut = 0);
+
 }
 
 #endif // SPOT_TGBAALGOS_POWERSET_HH
diff --git a/src/tgbatest/ltl2tgba.cc b/src/tgbatest/ltl2tgba.cc
index 6b2283410..d425968f2 100644
--- a/src/tgbatest/ltl2tgba.cc
+++ b/src/tgbatest/ltl2tgba.cc
@@ -1440,7 +1440,7 @@ main(int argc, char** argv)
 
       spot::tgba* determinized = 0;
       if (opt_determinize && a->number_of_acceptance_conditions() <= 1
-	  && f->is_syntactic_recurrence())
+	  && (!f || f->is_syntactic_recurrence()))
 	{
 	  tm.start("determinization");
 	  a = determinized = tba_determinize(a);
@@ -1702,6 +1702,12 @@ main(int argc, char** argv)
 	      if (minimized == 0)
 		{
 		  std::cout << "this is not an obligation property";
+		  const spot::tgba* tmp = tba_determinize_check(a, f);
+		  if (tmp != 0 && tmp != a)
+		    {
+		      std::cout << ", but it is a recurrence property";
+		      delete tmp;
+		    }
 		}
 	      else
 		{