diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9afa91e1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+name: Lint
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+  push:
+    branches:
+    - main
+    - 5.*
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  pre-commit:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 5
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+    - uses: pre-commit/action@v3.0.0
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..175be59f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+repos:
+- repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+  rev: "v4.4.0"
+  hooks:
+  - id: check-added-large-files
+    args: ['--maxkb=1024']
+  - id: check-case-conflict
+  - id: check-merge-conflict
+  - id: check-symlinks
diff --git a/scripts/check_filenames.sh b/scripts/check_filenames.sh
index 25ca974d7..69833251b 100755
--- a/scripts/check_filenames.sh
+++ b/scripts/check_filenames.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,11 @@ unexpected_files=$(find . -mindepth 1 \( -type d \( \
   -path ./.git -o \
   -path ./ARCHIVE -o \
   -path ./scripts \
-\) -o -type f \( -name README.md -o -name "*.s4ext"  \)  \)  -prune -o -print)
+\) -o -type f \( \
+  -name .pre-commit-config.yaml -o \
+  -name README.md -o \
+  -name "*.s4ext" \
+\)  \)  -prune -o -print)
 
 for unexpected_file in $unexpected_files; do
   echo $unexpected_file