diff --git a/.github/workflows/pylint.yml b/.github/workflows/pylint.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..835cca23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/pylint.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+name: Check code quality with pylint
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  check:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: Silleellie/pylint-github-action@v2
+      with:
+        lint-path: sourcespec
+        python-version: 3.7
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 098ab6f3..62b686ee 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Earthquake source parameters from P- or S-wave displacement spectra
 [![license-badge]][license-link]
 [![docs-badge]][docs-link]
 [![DOI-badge]][DOI-link]
+![pylint]()
 
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