diff --git a/.codespellexcludefile b/.codespellexcludefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ac5d38d2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.codespellexcludefile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+		if strings.Contains(command.Name(), "complet") {
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index b15480cda..13388b2e1 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ endif
 
 go = find_program('go')
 go_md2man = find_program('go-md2man')
+
+codespell = find_program('codespell', required: false)
 shellcheck = find_program('shellcheck', required: false)
 skopeo = find_program('skopeo', required: false)
 
@@ -53,6 +55,24 @@ endif
 
 toolbox_sh = files('toolbox')
 
+if codespell.found()
+  test(
+    'codespell',
+    codespell,
+    args: [
+      '--check-filenames',
+      '--check-hidden',
+      '--context', '3',
+      '--exclude-file', meson.project_source_root() / '.codespellexcludefile',
+      '--skip', meson.project_build_root(),
+      '--skip', meson.project_source_root() / '.git',
+      '--skip', meson.project_source_root() / 'test/system/libs/bats-assert',
+      '--skip', meson.project_source_root() / 'test/system/libs/bats-support',
+      meson.project_source_root(),
+    ],
+  )
+endif
+
 if shellcheck.found()
   test('shellcheck toolbox (deprecated)', shellcheck, args: [toolbox_sh])
 endif
diff --git a/playbooks/dependencies.yaml b/playbooks/dependencies.yaml
index 50936fe2b..eaad3a2ff 100644
--- a/playbooks/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/dependencies.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
       - ShellCheck
       - bash-completion
       - bats
+      - codespell
       - fish
       - flatpak-session-helper
       - golang