diff --git a/.github/workflows/check_nexus_version.yml b/.github/workflows/check_nexus_version.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6b89e30c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/check_nexus_version.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+name: nexus version check
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [master]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [master]
+
+jobs:
+  linting:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Generate nexus git version
+        run: |
+          git submodule sync --recursive
+          git submodule update --init --recursive --jobs=4
+          git submodule foreach --recursive 'git fetch --tags'
+          cd pynxtools/definitions
+          git describe --dirty --tags --long --match "*[0-9]*" > ../nexus-ref.txt
+          cd ../
+      - name: Diff
+        run: |
+          diff -w pynxtools/nexus-version.txt pynxtools/nexus-ref.txt
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3e47f6ad5..6d47622be 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ cython_debug/
 !requirements.txt
 !dev-requirements.txt
 !mkdocs-requirements.txt
+!pynxtools/nexus-version.txt
 build/
 nexusparser.egg-info/PKG-INFO
 .python-version
diff --git a/pynxtools/nexus-version.txt b/pynxtools/nexus-version.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c1048b1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pynxtools/nexus-version.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+v2020.10-1452-gd2fdad4f
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