diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 0ad272925..45bd9e592 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -59,6 +59,13 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: '0'
+      - name: Install gitlint
+        run: |
+          pip install gitlint==0.19.1
+      - name: Run gitlint
+        run: gitlint --commits d789f61044e63e1a00d8e9f1d4d49c8d9ffc42a9..HEAD
       - name: Install REUSE
         run: |
           pip install reuse==4.0.3
diff --git a/.gitlint b/.gitlint
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d3ce0faa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitlint
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (C) swift Project Community / Contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
+
+[general]
+ignore=B6,B7
+contrib=contrib-title-conventional-commits
+
+### Configuring rules ###
+[title-max-length]
+line-length=100