diff --git a/dist/tools/vera++/exclude b/dist/tools/vera++/exclude
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/dist/tools/vera++/profiles/riot b/dist/tools/vera++/profiles/riot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d8a2d5287
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/vera++/profiles/riot
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/tclsh
+
+# L004: Line cannot be too long
+
+set rules {
+  L004
+}
diff --git a/dist/tools/vera++/profiles/riot_force b/dist/tools/vera++/profiles/riot_force
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b6b5d7834d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/vera++/profiles/riot_force
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#!/usr/bin/tclsh
+
+# F001: Source files should not use the '\r' (CR) character
+# L001: No trailing whitespace
+# L002: Don't use tab characters
+# L003: No leading and no trailing empty lines
+# L004: Line cannot be too long
+# L005: There should not be too many consecutive empty lines
+# L006: Source file should not be too long
+# T001: One-line comments should not have forced continuation
+# T003: Some keywords should be followed by a single space
+# T004: Some keywords should be immediately followed by a colon
+# T005: Keywords break and continue should be immediately followed by a semicolon
+# T006: Keywords return and throw should be immediately followed by a semicolon or a single space
+# T007: Semicolons should not be isolated by spaces or comments from the rest of the code
+# T008: Keywords catch, for, if and while should be followed by a single space
+# T009: Comma should not be preceded by whitespace, but should be followed by one
+# T010: Identifiers should not be composed of 'l' and 'O' characters only
+# T013: Source files should contain the copyright notice
+# T015: HTML links in comments and string literals should be correct
+# T017: Unnamed namespaces are not allowed in header files
+# T018: using namespace are not allowed in header files
+# T019: control structures should have complete curly-braced block of code
+
+set rules {
+  F001
+  L001
+  L002
+  L003
+  L004
+  L005
+  L006
+  T001
+  T003
+  T004
+  T005
+  T006
+  T007
+  T008
+  T009
+  T010
+  T013
+  T015
+  T017
+  T018
+  T019
+}
diff --git a/dist/tools/vera++/profiles/riot_force_params.txt b/dist/tools/vera++/profiles/riot_force_params.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d811c357f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/vera++/profiles/riot_force_params.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+max-line-length=100
+max-consecutive-empty-lines=1
diff --git a/dist/tools/vera++/profiles/riot_params.txt b/dist/tools/vera++/profiles/riot_params.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..94657145c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/vera++/profiles/riot_params.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+max-line-length=80
diff --git a/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/CMakeLists.txt b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..936ca417a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+add_subdirectory(rules)
+add_subdirectory(transformations)
diff --git a/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/CMakeLists.txt b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6e0aafacf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+file(GLOB_RECURSE srcs RELATIVE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} *)
+list(REMOVE_ITEM srcs CMakeLists.txt)
+install(FILES ${srcs} DESTINATION lib/vera++/scripts/rules)
diff --git a/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/DUMP.tcl b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/DUMP.tcl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..5047074e42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/DUMP.tcl
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/usr/bin/tclsh
+foreach f [getSourceFileNames] {
+    puts "Tokens in file ${f}:"
+    foreach t [getTokens $f 1 0 -1 -1 {}] {
+        set value [lindex $t 0]
+        set line [lindex $t 1]
+        set column [lindex $t 2]
+        set name [lindex $t 3]
+
+        puts "${line}/${column}\t${name}\t${value}"
+    }
+    puts ""
+}
diff --git a/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/F001.tcl b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/F001.tcl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..444dd22938
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/F001.tcl
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/tclsh
+# Source files should not use the '\r' (CR) character
+
+foreach fileName [getSourceFileNames] {
+    if { $fileName == "-" } {
+      # can't check the content from stdin
+      continue
+    }
+    set file [open $fileName "r"]
+    fconfigure $file -translation lf
+    set line [gets $file]
+    set lineCounter 1
+    while {![eof $file]} {
+        set pos [string first "\r" $line]
+        if {$pos != -1 && $pos != [expr [string length $line] - 1]} {
+            report $fileName $lineCounter "\\r (CR) detected in isolation at position ${pos}"
+        }
+        set line [gets $file]
+        incr lineCounter
+    }
+    close $file
+}
diff --git a/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/F002.tcl b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/F002.tcl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..42f4cc2f5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/F002.tcl
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#!/usr/bin/tclsh
+# File names should be well-formed
+
+set maxDirectoryDepth [getParameter "max-directory-depth" 8]
+set maxDirnameLength [getParameter "max-dirname-length" 31]
+set maxFilenameLength [getParameter "max-filename-length" 31]
+set maxPathLength [getParameter "max-path-length" 100]
+
+foreach fileName [getSourceFileNames] {
+    if {[string length $fileName] > $maxPathLength} {
+        report $fileName 1 "path name too long"
+    }
+
+    set dirDepth 0
+    foreach dir [file split [file dirname $fileName]] {
+        if {$dir == "/" || $dir == "." || $dir == ".."} {
+            continue
+        }
+
+        incr dirDepth
+
+        if {[string length $dir] > $maxDirnameLength} {
+            report $fileName 1 "directory name component too long"
+            break
+        }
+
+        set first [string index $dir 0]
+        if {[string is alpha $first] == 0 && $first != "_"} {
+            report $fileName 1 "directory name should start with alphabetic character or underscore"
+            break
+        }
+
+        if {[string first "." $dir] != -1} {
+            report $fileName 1 "directory name should not contain the dot"
+            break
+        }
+    }
+
+    if {$dirDepth >= $maxDirectoryDepth} {
+        report $fileName 1 "directory structure too deep"
+    }
+
+    set leafName [file tail $fileName]
+    if {[string length $leafName] > $maxFilenameLength} {
+        report $fileName 1 "file name too long"
+    }
+
+    set first [string index $leafName 0]
+    if {[string is alpha $first] == 0 && $first != "_"} {
+        report $fileName 1 "file name should start with alphabetic character or underscore"
+    }
+
+    if {[llength [split $leafName .]] > 2} {
+        report $fileName 1 "file name should not contain more than one dot"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/L001.tcl b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/L001.tcl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..43fe7baa96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/L001.tcl
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/usr/bin/tclsh
+# No trailing whitespace
+
+set strictMode [getParameter "strict-trailing-space" 0]
+
+foreach f [getSourceFileNames] {
+    set lineNumber 1
+    set previousIndent ""
+    foreach line [getAllLines $f] {
+
+        if [regexp {^.*[[:space:]]+$} $line] {
+            if {$strictMode || [string trim $line] != "" || $line != $previousIndent} {
+                report $f $lineNumber "trailing whitespace"
+            }
+        }
+
+        regexp {^([[:space:]]*).*$} $line dummy previousIndent
+        incr lineNumber
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/L002.tcl b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/L002.tcl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..a5914cd70e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/L002.tcl
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/usr/bin/tclsh
+# Don't use tab characters
+
+foreach f [getSourceFileNames] {
+    set lineNumber 1
+    foreach line [getAllLines $f] {
+
+        if [regexp {\t} $line] {
+            report $f $lineNumber "horizontal tab used"
+        }
+
+        incr lineNumber
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/L003.tcl b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/L003.tcl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..a38267dc8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/L003.tcl
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/usr/bin/tclsh
+# No leading and no trailing empty lines
+
+foreach f [getSourceFileNames] {
+    set lineCount [getLineCount $f]
+    if {$lineCount > 0} {
+        set firstLine [getLine $f 1]
+        if {[string trim $firstLine] == ""} {
+            report $f 1 "leading empty line(s)"
+        }
+
+        set lastLine [getLine $f $lineCount]
+        if {[string trim $lastLine] == ""} {
+            report $f $lineCount "trailing empty line(s)"
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/L004.tcl b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/L004.tcl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..fd5da0d4e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/L004.tcl
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/usr/bin/tclsh
+# Line cannot be too long
+
+set maxLength [getParameter "max-line-length" 100]
+
+foreach f [getSourceFileNames] {
+    set lineNumber 1
+    foreach line [getAllLines $f] {
+        if {[string length $line] > $maxLength} {
+            report $f $lineNumber "line is longer than ${maxLength} characters"
+        }
+        incr lineNumber
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/L005.tcl b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/L005.tcl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..2eeb4db20f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/L005.tcl
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/usr/bin/tclsh
+# There should not be too many consecutive empty lines
+
+set maxEmptyLines [getParameter "max-consecutive-empty-lines" 2]
+
+foreach f [getSourceFileNames] {
+    set lineNumber 1
+    set emptyCount 0
+    set reported false
+    foreach line [getAllLines $f] {
+        if {[string trim $line] == ""} {
+            incr emptyCount
+            if {$emptyCount > $maxEmptyLines && $reported == "false"} {
+                report $f $lineNumber "too many consecutive empty lines"
+                set reported true
+            }
+        } else {
+            set emptyCount 0
+            set reported false
+        }
+        incr lineNumber
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/L006.tcl b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/L006.tcl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..e217dcc3b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/L006.tcl
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/tclsh
+# Source file should not be too long
+
+set maxLines [getParameter "max-file-length" 2000]
+
+foreach f [getSourceFileNames] {
+    set length [getLineCount $f]
+    if {$length > $maxLines} {
+        report $f $length "source file is too long"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T001.tcl b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T001.tcl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..7c594e701d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T001.tcl
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/usr/bin/tclsh
+# One-line comments should not have forced continuation
+
+foreach f [getSourceFileNames] {
+    foreach t [getTokens $f 1 0 -1 -1 {cppcomment}] {
+        set lineNumber [lindex $t 1]
+        set wholeLine [getLine $f $lineNumber]
+
+        if {[string index $wholeLine end] == "\\"} {
+            report $f $lineNumber "line-continuation in one-line comment"
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T002.tcl b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T002.tcl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..ab6049404e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T002.tcl
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+#!/usr/bin/tclsh
+# Reserved names should not be used for preprocessor macros
+
+set keywords {
+    asm
+    auto
+    bool
+    break
+    case
+    catch
+    char
+    class
+    const
+    const_cast
+    continue
+    default
+    delete
+    goto
+    do
+    double
+    dynamic_cast
+    else
+    enum
+    explicit
+    export
+    extern
+    false
+    float
+    for
+    friend
+    if
+    inline
+    int
+    long
+    mutable
+    namespace
+    new
+    operator
+    private
+    protected
+    public
+    register
+    reinterpret_cast
+    return
+    short
+    signed
+    sizeof
+    static
+    static_cast
+    struct
+    switch
+    template
+    this
+    throw
+    true
+    try
+    typedef
+    typeid
+    typename
+    union
+    unsigned
+    using
+    virtual
+    void
+    volatile
+    wchar_t
+    while
+
+    and
+    and_eq
+    bitand
+    bitor
+    compl
+    not
+    not_eq
+    or
+    or_eq
+    xor
+    xor_eq
+}
+
+foreach f [getSourceFileNames] {
+    foreach t [getTokens $f 1 0 -1 -1 {pp_define}] {
+        set lineNumber [lindex $t 1]
+
+        set line [getLine $f $lineNumber]
+        set rest [string trimleft [string range $line \
+                                       [expr [lindex $t 2] + [string length [lindex $t 0]]] end]]
+        set macroName [string range $rest 0 [expr [string wordend $rest 0] - 1]]
+
+        if {([regexp {^_} $macroName] && [string is upper -strict [string index $macroName 1]]) ||
+            [string first "__" $macroName] != -1} {
+            report $f $lineNumber "reserved name used for macro (incorrect use of underscore)"
+        }
+        if {[lsearch $keywords $macroName] != -1} {
+            report $f $lineNumber "reserved name used for macro (keyword or alternative token redefined)"
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T003.tcl b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T003.tcl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..fc258e7494
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T003.tcl
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#!/usr/bin/tclsh
+# Some keywords should be followed by a single space
+
+set keywords {
+    case
+    class
+    delete
+    enum
+    explicit
+    extern
+    goto
+    new
+    struct
+    union
+    using
+}
+
+proc isKeyword {s} {
+    global keywords
+    return [expr [lsearch $keywords $s] != -1]
+}
+
+set state "other"
+foreach f [getSourceFileNames] {
+    foreach t [getTokens $f 1 0 -1 -1 {}] {
+        set tokenValue [lindex $t 0]
+        set tokenName [lindex $t 3]
+        if {$state == "keyword"} {
+            if {$tokenName == "space" && $tokenValue == " "} {
+                set state "space"
+            } else {
+                report $f $lineNumber "keyword \'${keywordValue}\' not followed by a single space"
+                set state "other"
+            }
+        } elseif {$state == "space"} {
+            if {$tokenName == "newline"} {
+                report $f $lineNumber "keyword \'${keywordValue}\' not followed by a single space"
+            }
+            set state "other"
+        } else {
+            if [isKeyword $tokenName] {
+                set state "keyword"
+                set lineNumber [lindex $t 1]
+                set keywordValue [lindex $t 0]
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T004.tcl b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T004.tcl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..b70f5533f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T004.tcl
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#!/usr/bin/tclsh
+# Some keywords should be immediately followed by a colon
+
+set keywords {
+    default
+    private
+    protected
+    public
+}
+
+proc isKeyword {s} {
+    global keywords
+    return [expr [lsearch $keywords $s] != -1]
+}
+
+foreach f [getSourceFileNames] {
+    set lastKeywordLine 0
+    set lastKeywordColumn 0
+    set lastKeywordValue ""
+    set last ""
+    foreach t [getTokens $f 1 0 -1 -1 [concat $keywords colon]] {
+        set tokenValue [lindex $t 0]
+        set tokenName [lindex $t 3]
+        if {$tokenName == "colon"} {
+            if {$last == "keyword" && $lastKeywordLine != 0} {
+                set line [lindex $t 1]
+                set column [lindex $t 2]
+                if {$line != $lastKeywordLine ||
+                    $column != [expr $lastKeywordColumn + [string length $lastKeywordValue]]} {
+                    set nonWhiteFound "false"
+                    foreach tb [getTokens $f $lastKeywordLine [expr $lastKeywordColumn + 1] $line $column {}] {
+                        set tbName [lindex $tb 3]
+                        if {[lsearch {space newline ccomment cppcomment} $tbName] == -1} {
+                            set nonWhiteFound "true"
+                            break
+                        }
+                    }
+                    if {$nonWhiteFound == "false"} {
+                        report $f $line "colon not immediately after the \'$lastKeywordValue\' keyword"
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            set last "colon"
+        } else {
+            set lastKeywordLine [lindex $t 1]
+            set lastKeywordColumn [lindex $t 2]
+            set lastKeywordValue $tokenValue
+            set last "keyword"
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T005.tcl b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T005.tcl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..4112a6ec91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T005.tcl
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/tclsh
+# Keywords break and continue should be immediately followed by a semicolon
+
+foreach f [getSourceFileNames] {
+    foreach t [getTokens $f 1 0 -1 -1 {break continue}] {
+        set keyword [lindex $t 0]
+        set line [lindex $t 1]
+        set column [lindex $t 2]
+        set semicolons [getTokens $f $line [expr $column + [string length $keyword]] [expr $line + 1] 0 {semicolon}]
+        if {$semicolons == {}} {
+            report $f $line "keyword '${keyword}' not immediately followed by a semicolon"
+        } else {
+            set semColumn [lindex [lindex $semicolons 0] 2]
+            if {$semColumn != $column + [string length $keyword]} {
+                report $f $line "keyword '${keyword}' not immediately followed by a semicolon"
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T006.tcl b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T006.tcl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..b250c680e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T006.tcl
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/usr/bin/tclsh
+# Keywords return and throw should be immediately followed by a semicolon or a single space
+
+foreach f [getSourceFileNames] {
+    foreach t [getTokens $f 1 0 -1 -1 {return throw}] {
+        set keyword [lindex $t 0]
+        set line [lindex $t 1]
+        set column [lindex $t 2]
+        set followingTokens [getTokens $f $line [expr $column + [string length $keyword]] [expr $line + 1] 0 {}]
+        if {$followingTokens == {}} {
+            report $f $line "keyword '${keyword}' not immediately followed by a semicolon or a single space"
+        } else {
+            set first [lindex [lindex $followingTokens 0] 0]
+            if {$first != ";" && $first != " "} {
+                if {!([llength $followingTokens] >= 2 && $keyword == "throw" && $first == "(" && [lindex [lindex $followingTokens 1] 0] == ")")} {
+                    report $f $line "keyword '${keyword}' not immediately followed by a semicolon or a single space"
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T007.tcl b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T007.tcl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..25a542b71b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T007.tcl
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/tclsh
+# Semicolons should not be isolated by spaces or comments from the rest of the code
+
+foreach f [getSourceFileNames] {
+    foreach t [getTokens $f 1 0 -1 -1 {semicolon}] {
+        set line [lindex $t 1]
+        set column [lindex $t 2]
+        set previousTokens [getTokens $f $line 0 $line $column {}]
+        if {$previousTokens == {}} {
+            report $f $line "semicolon is isolated from other tokens"
+        } else {
+            set lastToken [lindex $previousTokens end]
+            set lastName [lindex $lastToken 3]
+            if {[lsearch {space ccomment} $lastName] != -1} {
+                set forTokens [getTokens $f $line 0 $line $column {for leftparen}]
+                if {[list [lindex [lindex $forTokens 0] 3] [lindex [lindex $forTokens 1] 3]] != {for leftparen}} {
+                    report $f $line "semicolon is isolated from other tokens"
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T008.tcl b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T008.tcl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..cae63e6885
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T008.tcl
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/usr/bin/tclsh
+# Keywords catch, for, if and while should be followed by a single space
+
+foreach f [getSourceFileNames] {
+    foreach t [getTokens $f 1 0 -1 -1 {catch for if switch while}] {
+        set keyword [lindex $t 0]
+        set line [lindex $t 1]
+        set column [lindex $t 2]
+        set followingTokens [getTokens $f $line [expr $column + [string length $keyword]] [expr $line + 1] -1 {}]
+        if {[llength $followingTokens] < 2} {
+            report $f $line "keyword '${keyword}' not followed by a single space"
+        } else {
+            if {[list [lindex [lindex $followingTokens 0] 0] [lindex [lindex $followingTokens 1] 0]] != [list " " "("]} {
+                report $f $line "keyword '${keyword}' not followed by a single space"
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T009.tcl b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T009.tcl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..cade4fd78b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T009.tcl
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/usr/bin/tclsh
+# Comma should not be preceded by whitespace, but should be followed by one
+
+foreach f [getSourceFileNames] {
+    foreach t [getTokens $f 1 0 -1 -1 {comma}] {
+        set line [lindex $t 1]
+        set column [lindex $t 2]
+        set preceding [getTokens $f $line 0 $line $column {}]
+        if {$preceding == {}} {
+            report $f $line "comma should not be preceded by whitespace"
+        } else {
+            set lastPreceding [lindex [lindex $preceding end] 3]
+            if {$lastPreceding == "space"} {
+                report $f $line "comma should not be preceded by whitespace"
+            }
+        }
+        set following [getTokens $f $line [expr $column + 1] [expr $line + 1] -1 {}]
+        if {$following != {}} {
+            set firstFollowing [lindex [lindex $following 0] 3]
+            if {$firstFollowing != "space" && $firstFollowing != "newline" &&
+                !($lastPreceding == "operator" && $firstFollowing == "leftparen")} {
+                report $f $line "comma should be followed by whitespace"
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T010.tcl b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T010.tcl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..05a0b44230
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T010.tcl
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/tclsh
+# Identifiers should not be composed of 'l' and 'O' characters only
+
+foreach file [getSourceFileNames] {
+    foreach t [getTokens $file 1 0 -1 -1 {identifier}] {
+        set value [lindex $t 0]
+        if [regexp {^(l|O)+$} $value] {
+            report $file [lindex $t 1] "identifier should not be composed of only 'l' and 'O'"
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T011.tcl b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T011.tcl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..4ff9e131b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T011.tcl
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#!/usr/bin/tclsh
+# Curly brackets from the same pair should be either in the same line or in the same column
+
+proc acceptPairs {} {
+    global file parens index end
+
+    while {$index != $end} {
+        set nextToken [lindex $parens $index]
+        set tokenValue [lindex $nextToken 0]
+
+        if {$tokenValue == "\{"} {
+            incr index
+            set leftParenLine [lindex $nextToken 1]
+            set leftParenColumn [lindex $nextToken 2]
+
+            acceptPairs
+
+            if {$index == $end} {
+                report $file $leftParenLine "opening curly bracket is not closed"
+                return
+            }
+
+            set nextToken [lindex $parens $index]
+            incr index
+            set tokenValue [lindex $nextToken 0]
+            set rightParenLine [lindex $nextToken 1]
+            set rightParenColumn [lindex $nextToken 2]
+
+            if {($leftParenLine != $rightParenLine) && ($leftParenColumn != $rightParenColumn)} {
+                # make an exception for line continuation
+                set leftLine [getLine $file $leftParenLine]
+                set rightLine [getLine $file $rightParenLine]
+                if {[string index $leftLine end] != "\\" && [string index $rightLine end] != "\\"} {
+                    report $file $rightParenLine "closing curly bracket not in the same line or column"
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            return
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+foreach file [getSourceFileNames] {
+    set parens [getTokens $file 1 0 -1 -1 {leftbrace rightbrace}]
+    set index 0
+    set end [llength $parens]
+    acceptPairs
+    if {$index != $end} {
+        report $file [lindex [lindex $parens $index] 1] "excessive closing bracket?"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T012.tcl b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T012.tcl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..515102b8b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T012.tcl
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/usr/bin/tclsh
+# Negation operator should not be used in its short form
+
+foreach file [getSourceFileNames] {
+    foreach negation [getTokens $file 1 0 -1 -1 {not}] {
+        set value [lindex $negation 0]
+        if {$value == "!"} {
+            set lineNumber [lindex $negation 1]
+            report $file $lineNumber "negation operator used in its short form"
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T013.tcl b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T013.tcl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..6016e12ff4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T013.tcl
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/tclsh
+# Source files should contain the copyright notice
+
+foreach file [getSourceFileNames] {
+    set found false
+    foreach comment [getTokens $file 1 0 -1 -1 {ccomment cppcomment}] {
+        set value [lindex $comment 0]
+        if {[string first "copyright" [string tolower $value]] != -1} {
+            set found true
+            break
+        }
+    }
+    if {$found == false} {
+        report $file 1 "no copyright notice found"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T014.tcl b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T014.tcl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..6b2a02dd18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T014.tcl
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/tclsh
+# Source files should refer the Boost Software License
+
+foreach file [getSourceFileNames] {
+    set found false
+    foreach comment [getTokens $file 1 0 -1 -1 {ccomment cppcomment}] {
+        set value [lindex $comment 0]
+        if {[string first "Boost Software License" $value] != -1} {
+            set found true
+            break
+        }
+    }
+    if {$found == false} {
+        report $file 1 "no reference to the Boost Software License found"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T015.tcl b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T015.tcl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..cb484cedbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T015.tcl
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#!/usr/bin/tclsh
+# HTML links in comments and string literals should be correct
+
+set urlRe {<[[:space:]]*[^>]*[[:space:]]+(?:HREF|SRC)[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*\"([^\"]*)\"}
+
+foreach file [getSourceFileNames] {
+    foreach token [getTokens $file 1 0 -1 -1 {ccomment cppcomment stringlit}] {
+        set tokenValue [lindex $token 0]
+        if {[regexp -nocase $urlRe $tokenValue dummy link] == 1} {
+
+            if {[string index $link 0] == "\#" ||
+                [string first "mailto:" $link] == 0 ||
+                [string first "http:" $link] == 0 ||
+                [string first "https:" $link] == 0 ||
+                [string first "ftp:" $link] == 0 ||
+                [string first "news:" $link] == 0 ||
+                [string first "javascript:" $link] == 0} {
+                continue
+            }
+
+            set lineNumber [lindex $token 1]
+
+            if {[string first "file:" $link] == 0} {
+                report $file $lineNumber "URL links to files are not allowed"
+                continue
+            }
+
+            if {[regexp {[ \<\>\'\{\}\|\\\^\[\]]} $link] == 1} {
+                report $file $lineNumber "URL link contains illegal character(s)"
+                continue
+            }
+
+            set plainLink $link
+            set pos [string first "\#" $link]
+            if {$pos != -1} {
+                set plainLink [string range $link 0 [expr $pos - 1]]
+            }
+
+            if {[string first "\#" $link [expr $pos + 1]] != -1} {
+                report $file $lineNumber "URL link contains invalid bookmark"
+            }
+
+            set completeLink [file join [file dirname $file] $plainLink]
+            if {[file isfile $completeLink] == 0} {
+                report $file $lineNumber "URL points to non-existing file"
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T016.tcl b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T016.tcl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..7103f69f19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T016.tcl
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/usr/bin/tclsh
+# Calls to min/max should be protected against accidental macro substitution
+
+foreach file [getSourceFileNames] {
+    foreach identifier [getTokens $file 1 0 -1 -1 {identifier}] {
+        set value [lindex $identifier 0]
+        if {$value == "min" || $value == "max"} {
+            set lineNumber [lindex $identifier 1]
+            set columnNumber [expr [lindex $identifier 2] + [string length $value]]
+            set restOfLine [string range [getLine $file $lineNumber] $columnNumber end]
+
+            if {[regexp {^[[:space:]]*\(} $restOfLine] == 1} {
+                report $file $lineNumber "min/max potential macro substitution problem"
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T017.tcl b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T017.tcl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..a45ed056e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T017.tcl
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/usr/bin/tclsh
+# Unnamed namespaces are not allowed in header files
+
+foreach fileName [getSourceFileNames] {
+    set extension [file extension $fileName]
+    if {[lsearch {.h .hh .hpp .hxx .ipp} $extension] != -1} {
+
+        set state "start"
+        foreach token [getTokens $fileName 1 0 -1 -1 {namespace identifier leftbrace}] {
+            set type [lindex $token 3]
+
+            if {$state == "namespace" && $type == "leftbrace"} {
+                report $fileName $namespaceLine "unnamed namespace not allowed in header file"
+            }
+
+            if {$type == "namespace"} {
+                set namespaceLine [lindex $token 1]
+            }
+
+            set state $type
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T018.tcl b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T018.tcl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..e706c6bd67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T018.tcl
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/usr/bin/tclsh
+# using namespace are not allowed in header files
+
+foreach fileName [getSourceFileNames] {
+    set extension [file extension $fileName]
+    if {[lsearch {.h .hh .hpp .hxx .ipp} $extension] != -1} {
+
+        set state "start"
+        foreach token [getTokens $fileName 1 0 -1 -1 {using namespace identifier}] {
+            set type [lindex $token 3]
+
+            if {$state == "using" && $type == "namespace"} {
+                report $fileName $usingLine "using namespace not allowed in header file"
+            }
+
+            if {$type == "using"} {
+                set usingLine [lindex $token 1]
+            }
+
+            set state $type
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T019.tcl b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T019.tcl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..7c87f076d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/rules/T019.tcl
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/usr/bin/tclsh
+# control structures should have complete curly-braced block of code
+
+foreach fileName [getSourceFileNames] {
+
+    set state "start"
+    set prev ""
+    foreach token [getTokens $fileName 1 0 -1 -1 {for if while do leftparen rightparen leftbrace rightbrace semicolon}] {
+        set type [lindex $token 3]
+
+        if {$state == "control"} {
+            if {$type == "leftparen"} {
+                incr parenCount
+            } elseif {$type == "rightparen"} {
+                incr parenCount -1
+                if {$parenCount == 0} {
+                    set state "expectedblock"
+                }
+            }
+        } elseif {$state == "expectedblock"} {
+            if {$type != "leftbrace"} {
+                set line [lindex $token 1]
+                report $fileName $line "full block {} expected in the control structure"
+            }
+            set state "block"
+        }
+
+        if {$type == "for" || $type == "if"} {
+            set parenCount 0
+            set state "control"
+        } elseif {$type == "do"} {
+            set state "expectedblock"
+        } elseif {$type == "while" && $prev != "rightbrace"} {
+            set parenCount 0
+            set state "control"
+        }
+        set prev $type
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/transformations/CMakeLists.txt b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/transformations/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f78a9c5d6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/transformations/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+file(GLOB_RECURSE srcs RELATIVE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} *)
+list(REMOVE_ITEM srcs CMakeLists.txt)
+install(FILES ${srcs} DESTINATION lib/vera++/scripts/transformations)
diff --git a/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/transformations/move_includes.tcl b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/transformations/move_includes.tcl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..7ff3df687d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/transformations/move_includes.tcl
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/usr/bin/tclsh
+# change prefix of #include paths
+
+set oldPrefix "\"boost/"
+set newPrefix "\"boom/"
+
+set oldPrefixLength [string length $oldPrefix]
+
+foreach fileName [getSourceFileNames] {
+    set tokens [getTokens $fileName 1 0 -1 -1 {}]
+    set newFile [open $fileName "w"]
+    foreach token $tokens {
+        set tokenValue [lindex $token 0]
+        set tokenType [lindex $token 3]
+        if {$tokenType == "pp_qheader"} {
+            set index [string first $oldPrefix $tokenValue]
+            if {$index != -1} {
+                set tokenValue [string replace $tokenValue $index [expr $index + $oldPrefixLength - 1] $newPrefix]
+            }
+        }
+        puts -nonewline $newFile $tokenValue
+    }
+    close $newFile
+}
diff --git a/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/transformations/move_macros.tcl b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/transformations/move_macros.tcl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..8598e28463
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/transformations/move_macros.tcl
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/tclsh
+# change the prefix in all macros
+
+set oldPrefix "BOOST"
+set newPrefix "BOOM"
+
+set oldPrefixLength [string length $oldPrefix]
+
+foreach fileName [getSourceFileNames] {
+    set tokens [getTokens $fileName 1 0 -1 -1 {}]
+    set newFile [open $fileName "w"]
+    foreach token $tokens {
+        set tokenValue [lindex $token 0]
+        set tokenType [lindex $token 3]
+        if {$tokenType == "identifier" && \
+                [string compare -length $oldPrefixLength $oldPrefix $tokenValue] == 0} {
+            set tokenValue [string replace $tokenValue 0 [expr $oldPrefixLength - 1] $newPrefix]
+        }
+        puts -nonewline $newFile $tokenValue
+    }
+    close $newFile
+}
diff --git a/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/transformations/move_namespace.tcl b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/transformations/move_namespace.tcl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..1df18db51f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/transformations/move_namespace.tcl
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/tclsh
+# change the namespace of all source files
+
+set oldNamespace "boost"
+set newNamespace "boom"
+
+foreach fileName [getSourceFileNames] {
+    set tokens [getTokens $fileName 1 0 -1 -1 {}]
+    set newFile [open $fileName "w"]
+    foreach token $tokens {
+        set tokenValue [lindex $token 0]
+        set tokenType [lindex $token 3]
+        if {$tokenType == "identifier" && $tokenValue == $oldNamespace} {
+            set tokenValue $newNamespace
+        }
+        puts -nonewline $newFile $tokenValue
+    }
+    close $newFile
+}
diff --git a/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/transformations/to_lower.tcl b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/transformations/to_lower.tcl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..62cca0f3ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/transformations/to_lower.tcl
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#!/usr/bin/tclsh
+# transform indentifier names from CamelCase to standard_lower_case
+
+# this list contains exceptional mappings as pairs ?original new?
+
+set exceptions {SOMESpecialName some_special_name SOMEOTHER some_other}
+
+proc transformIdentifier {old} {
+    global exceptions
+
+    if [string is lower $old] {
+        set new $old
+    } else {
+        set e [lsearch $exceptions $old]
+        if {$e != -1} {
+            set new [lindex $exceptions [expr $e + 1]]
+        } else {
+            set state "upper"
+            set new ""
+            for {set i 0} {$i != [string length $old]} {incr i} {
+                set c [string index $old $i]
+                if [string is upper $c] {
+                    if {$state == "upper"} {
+                        set new ${new}[string tolower $c]
+                    } else {
+                        set new ${new}_[string tolower $c]
+                        set state "upper"
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    set new ${new}${c}
+                    set state "lower"
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return $new
+}
+
+foreach fileName [getSourceFileNames] {
+    set tokens [getTokens $fileName 1 0 -1 -1 {}]
+    set newFile [open $fileName "w"]
+    foreach t $tokens {
+        set tokenValue [lindex $t 0]
+        set tokenType [lindex $t 3]
+        if {$tokenType == "identifier"} {
+            set newToken [transformIdentifier $tokenValue]
+        } else {
+            set newToken $tokenValue
+        }
+        puts -nonewline $newFile $newToken
+    }
+    close $newFile
+}
diff --git a/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/transformations/to_xml.tcl b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/transformations/to_xml.tcl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..6aa7959fee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/transformations/to_xml.tcl
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/usr/bin/tclsh
+# transform the source file into XML file
+
+foreach f [getSourceFileNames] {
+    set outFileName "${f}.xml"
+    set outFile [open $outFileName "w"]
+    puts $outFile "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"ISO-8859-1\"?>"
+    puts $outFile "<cpp-source file-name=\"${f}\">"
+    foreach t [getTokens $f 1 0 -1 -1 {}] {
+        set value [lindex $t 0]
+        set line [lindex $t 1]
+        set column [lindex $t 2]
+        set name [lindex $t 3]
+
+        if {$value == "\n"} {
+            set value "!\[CDATA\[\n\]]"
+        } else {
+            set value [regsub -all "&" $value {\&amp;}]
+            set value [regsub -all "<" $value {\&lt;}]
+            set value [regsub -all ">" $value {\&gt;}]
+        }
+        puts $outFile "    <token name=\"${name}\" line=\"${line}\" column=\"${column}\">${value}</token>"
+    }
+    puts $outFile "</cpp-source>"
+    close $outFile
+}
diff --git a/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/transformations/to_xml2.tcl b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/transformations/to_xml2.tcl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..19faa27ead
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/transformations/to_xml2.tcl
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/usr/bin/tclsh
+# transform the source file into XML file (another variant)
+
+foreach f [getSourceFileNames] {
+    set outFileName "${f}.xml"
+    set outFile [open $outFileName "w"]
+    puts $outFile "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"ISO-8859-1\"?>"
+    puts $outFile "<cpp-source file-name=\"${f}\">"
+    foreach t [getTokens $f 1 0 -1 -1 {}] {
+        set value [lindex $t 0]
+        set line [lindex $t 1]
+        set column [lindex $t 2]
+        set name [lindex $t 3]
+
+        if {$value == "\n"} {
+            set value "!\[CDATA\[\n\]]"
+        } else {
+            set value [regsub -all "&" $value {\&amp;}]
+            set value [regsub -all "<" $value {\&lt;}]
+            set value [regsub -all ">" $value {\&gt;}]
+        }
+        puts $outFile "    <${name} line=\"${line}\" column=\"${column}\">${value}</${name}>"
+    }
+    puts $outFile "</cpp-source>"
+    close $outFile
+}
diff --git a/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/transformations/trim_right.tcl b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/transformations/trim_right.tcl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..63f3825199
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/vera++/scripts/transformations/trim_right.tcl
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/usr/bin/tclsh
+# trim each line by removing trailing whitespace
+
+foreach fileName [getSourceFileNames] {
+    set lines [getAllLines $fileName]
+    set newFile [open $fileName "w"]
+    foreach line $lines {
+        set newLine [string trimright $line]
+        puts $newFile $newLine
+    }
+    close $newFile
+}