diff --git a/.github/workflows/rst_lint.yml b/.github/workflows/rst_lint.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..95922c653
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/rst_lint.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+name: reStructuredText Lint
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - 'main'
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  run_lint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Code Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Prepare Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.11'
+          cache: 'pip'
+      - name: Install Python Requirements
+        run: pip install doc8
+      - name: Lint RST files
+        run: doc8 *
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b3f0f617c..30a4ac5a8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ docs = [
     "sphinx",
     "renku-sphinx-theme",
     "sphinx-rtd-theme",
+    "doc8",
 ]
 
 test = [