diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index e932f61..4e70d8b 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ build
 Docker
 .*\.tar\.gz$
 ^README\.Rmd$
+^\.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..4c38db6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# 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
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [master]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [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'}
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'devel', http-user-agent: 'release'}
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'release'}
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'oldrel-1'}
+
+    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: ${{ matrix.config.http-user-agent }}
+          use-public-rspm: true
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
+        with:
+          extra-packages: any::rcmdcheck
+          needs: check
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/check-r-package@v2
+        with:
+          upload-snapshots: true
diff --git a/README.Rmd b/README.Rmd
index 8a47f22..bd08a7e 100644
--- a/README.Rmd
+++ b/README.Rmd
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ knitr::knit_hooks$set(output = function(x, options) {
 [![Lifecycle: experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/lifecycle-experimental-orange.svg)](https://lifecycle.r-lib.org/articles/stages.html#experimental)
 [![CRAN status](https://www.r-pkg.org/badges/version/paleobioDB)](https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=paleobioDB)
 [![rstudio mirror downloads](https://cranlogs.r-pkg.org/badges/paleobioDB)](https://github.com/r-hub/cranlogs.app)
+[![R-CMD-check](https://github.com/ropensci/paleobioDB/actions/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/ropensci/paleobioDB/actions/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml)
 <!-- badges: end -->
 
 `paleobioDB` is a package for downloading, visualizing and processing
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3ab4268..4597142 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/lifecycle-experimental-orange.svg)](h
 status](https://www.r-pkg.org/badges/version/paleobioDB)](https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=paleobioDB)
 [![rstudio mirror
 downloads](https://cranlogs.r-pkg.org/badges/paleobioDB)](https://github.com/r-hub/cranlogs.app)
+[![R-CMD-check](https://github.com/ropensci/paleobioDB/actions/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/ropensci/paleobioDB/actions/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml)
 <!-- badges: end -->
 
 `paleobioDB` is a package for downloading, visualizing and processing