diff --git a/dist/tools/ci/build_and_test.sh b/dist/tools/ci/build_and_test.sh
index 2ab69865c1..a4c3f18b35 100755
--- a/dist/tools/ci/build_and_test.sh
+++ b/dist/tools/ci/build_and_test.sh
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ function run {
     print_result $NEW_RESULT
     set_result $NEW_RESULT
 
-    # Indent command output so that its easily discernable from the rest
+    # Indent command output so that its easily discernible from the rest
     if [ -n "$OUT" ]; then
         echo "Command output:"
         echo ""
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ then
         run ./dist/tools/flake8/check.sh
         run ./dist/tools/headerguards/check.sh
         run ./dist/tools/buildsystem_sanity_check/check.sh
+        run ./dist/tools/codespell/check.sh
         exit $RESULT
     fi
 
diff --git a/dist/tools/codespell/check.sh b/dist/tools/codespell/check.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..37fd02d2fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/codespell/check.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Copyright 2019 Alexandre Abadie <alexandre.abadie@inria.fr>
+#
+# This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
+# General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
+# directory for more details.
+
+CODESPELL_CMD="codespell"
+
+if tput colors &> /dev/null && [ "$(tput colors)" -ge 8 ]; then
+    CERROR=$'\033[1;31m'
+    CRESET=$'\033[0m'
+else
+    CERROR=
+    CRESET=
+fi
+
+: "${RIOTBASE:=$(cd $(dirname $0)/../../../; pwd)}"
+cd $RIOTBASE
+
+: "${RIOTTOOLS:=${RIOTBASE}/dist/tools}"
+. "${RIOTTOOLS}"/ci/changed_files.sh
+
+FILEREGEX='\.([CcHh]|[ch]pp|sh|py|md|txt)$'
+EXCLUDE='^(.+/vendor/)'
+FILES=$(FILEREGEX=${FILEREGEX} EXCLUDE=${EXCLUDE} changed_files)
+
+if [ -z "${FILES}" ]; then
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+${CODESPELL_CMD} --version &> /dev/null || {
+    printf "%s%s: cannot execute \"%s\"!%s\n" "${CERROR}" "$0" "${CODESPELL_CMD}" "${CRESET}"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+CODESPELL_OPTS="-q 2"  # Disable "WARNING: Binary file"
+CODESPELL_OPTS+=" --check-hidden"
+# Disable false positives "nd  => and, 2nd", "WAN => WANT", "od => of"
+CODESPELL_OPTS+=" --ignore-words-list=ND,nd,WAN,od"
+
+# Filter-out all false positive raising "disabled due to" messages.
+ERRORS=$(${CODESPELL_CMD} ${CODESPELL_OPTS} ${FILES} | grep -ve "disabled due to")
+
+if [ -n "${ERRORS}" ]
+then
+    printf "%sThere are typos in the following files:%s\n\n" "${CERROR}" "${CRESET}"
+    printf "%s\n" "${ERRORS}"
+    # TODO: return 1 when all typos are fixed
+    exit 0
+else
+    exit 0
+fi