diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b41c10328
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+name: Linting libpng
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - libpng16
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - libpng16
+
+jobs:
+  lint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 5
+    steps:
+      - name: Set up the cache
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/pip
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{ hashFiles('**/pip.txt') }}
+          restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-
+      - name: Install yamllint
+        run: pip install yamllint
+      - name: Check out the code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Run the linting script
+        run: bash ./ci/ci_lint.sh
diff --git a/.yamllint.yml b/.yamllint.yml
index 382941628..9b7af5f2c 100644
--- a/.yamllint.yml
+++ b/.yamllint.yml
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@ rules:
   document-start: disable
   document-end: disable
   line-length: disable
+  truthy:
+    check-keys: false