diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 6a10cdb..550c924 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ cmake-build-debug-mingw-r
 ^CMakePresets\.json$
 ^CRAN-SUBMISSION$
 Makefile
+^\.github$
diff --git a/.github/.gitignore b/.github/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d19fc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.html
diff --git a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07c1dfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+# Workflow derived from https://github.com/r-lib/actions/tree/v2/examples
+# Need help debugging build failures? Start at https://github.com/r-lib/actions#where-to-find-help
+#
+# NOTE: This workflow is overkill for most R packages and
+# check-standard.yaml is likely a better choice.
+# usethis::use_github_action("check-standard") will install it.
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main, master]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main, master]
+
+name: R-CMD-check
+
+jobs:
+  R-CMD-check:
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.config.os }}
+
+    name: ${{ matrix.config.os }} (${{ matrix.config.r }})
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        config:
+          - {os: macos-latest,   r: 'release'}
+
+          - {os: windows-latest, r: 'release'}
+          # Use 3.6 to trigger usage of RTools35
+          - {os: windows-latest, r: '3.6'}
+          # use 4.1 to check with rtools40's older compiler
+          - {os: windows-latest, r: '4.1'}
+
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'devel', http-user-agent: 'release'}
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'release'}
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'oldrel-1'}
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'oldrel-2'}
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'oldrel-3'}
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'oldrel-4'}
+
+    env:
+      GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      R_KEEP_PKG_SOURCE: yes
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@v2
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
+        with:
+          r-version: ${{ matrix.config.r }}
+          http-user-agent: ${{ matrix.config.http-user-agent }}
+          use-public-rspm: true
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
+        with:
+          extra-packages: any::rcmdcheck
+          needs: check
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/check-r-package@v2
+        with:
+          upload-snapshots: true
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 289172b..111d729 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # RcppPlanc
 
+<!-- badges: start -->
+[![R-CMD-check](https://github.com/welch-lab/RcppPlanc/actions/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/welch-lab/RcppPlanc/actions/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml)
+<!-- badges: end -->
+
 ## About
 
 RcppPlanc is, as the name implies, an Rcpp wrapper for [planc](https://github.com/ramkikannan/planc). Currently, it