diff --git a/freqtrade/resolvers/iresolver.py b/freqtrade/resolvers/iresolver.py
index 6807b757d..b437166e7 100644
--- a/freqtrade/resolvers/iresolver.py
+++ b/freqtrade/resolvers/iresolver.py
@@ -148,6 +148,9 @@ class IResolver:
                 logger.debug("Ignoring broken symlink %s", entry)
                 continue
             module_path = entry.resolve()
+            if entry.read_text().find(f"class {object_name}(") == -1:
+                logger.debug(f"Skipping {module_path} as it does not contain class {object_name}.")
+                continue
 
             if obj := next(cls._get_valid_object(module_path, object_name), None):
                 obj[0].__file__ = str(entry)
diff --git a/tests/strategy/test_strategy_loading.py b/tests/strategy/test_strategy_loading.py
index 923f3635b..80ff025fb 100644
--- a/tests/strategy/test_strategy_loading.py
+++ b/tests/strategy/test_strategy_loading.py
@@ -96,6 +96,16 @@ def test_load_strategy_invalid_directory(caplog, default_conf, tmp_path):
     assert log_has_re(r"Path .*" + r"some.*path.*" + r".* does not exist", caplog)
 
 
+def test_load_strategy_skip_other_files(caplog, default_conf, tmp_path):
+    default_conf["user_data_dir"] = tmp_path
+    caplog.set_level(logging.DEBUG)
+
+    s = StrategyResolver._load_strategy("StrategyTestV3", config=default_conf)
+    assert isinstance(s, IStrategy)
+
+    assert log_has_re(r"Skipping .* as it does not contain class StrategyTestV3\.", caplog)
+
+
 def test_load_not_found_strategy(default_conf, tmp_path):
     default_conf["user_data_dir"] = tmp_path
     default_conf["strategy"] = "NotFoundStrategy"