diff --git a/.github/workflows/linting.yml b/.github/workflows/linting.yml
index bcdefbcc4f8..f9042f999e4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linting.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linting.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: 3.x
 
-      - name: Install flake8
+      - name: Install linting tools
         run: python -m pip install -r ci/linting_requirements.txt
 
       - name: Set up reviewdog
@@ -40,4 +40,14 @@ jobs:
         env:
           REVIEWDOG_GITHUB_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
+          set -o pipefail
           doc8 docs | reviewdog -efm='%f:%l: %m' -name=doc8 -reporter=github-check -filter-mode=nofilter
+
+      - name: Run codespell
+        # Don't skip codespell if any other steps fail
+        if: ${{ always() }}
+        env:
+          REVIEWDOG_GITHUB_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          set -o pipefail
+          codespell | reviewdog -efm='%f:%l: %m' -name=codespell -reporter=github-check -filter-mode=nofilter
diff --git a/ci/linting_requirements.txt b/ci/linting_requirements.txt
index 53cf4fe8023..82e934a539d 100644
--- a/ci/linting_requirements.txt
+++ b/ci/linting_requirements.txt
@@ -21,3 +21,5 @@ pydocstyle==6.1.1
 
 doc8==0.8.1
 restructuredtext_lint==1.3.2
+
+codespell==2.1.0
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 3645f2efd5d..7641c8d0ee9 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -113,3 +113,7 @@ max-line-length = 95
 match = (?!(test_|setup)).*\.py
 match-dir = (?!(build|docs|examples|tutorials|_nexrad_msgs))[^.].*
 convention = numpy
+
+[codespell]
+skip = *.tbl,*.ipynb,AUTHORS.txt,gempak.rst,.git,./staticdata,./docs/build
+ignore-words-list = pres,thta