diff --git a/.github/workflows/sourcecode-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/sourcecode-checks.yml
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+++ b/.github/workflows/sourcecode-checks.yml
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+name: "Sourcecode Checks"
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches-ignore:
+      - 'onlinedocs'
+  pull_request:
+    branches-ignore:
+      - 'onlinedocs'
+
+env:
+
+jobs:
+
+  sourcecode-checks:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install prerequisites
+        run: >-
+
+      - name: "Run sourcecode-checks script"
+        run: ./tools/sourcecode-checks
diff --git a/tools/check-sourcecode b/tools/check-sourcecode
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+++ b/tools/check-sourcecode
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# check-sourcecode -- check the avrdude source code for zombie mistakes
+# Copyright (C) 2024 Hans Ulrich Niedermann <hun@n-dimensional.de>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+
+set -e
+
+prog="$(basename "$0")"
+cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+cd ..
+test -s README.md
+test -s COPYING
+test -s build.sh
+test -d .git/refs/heads
+
+
+declare -a checks=()
+fail=0
+succ=0
+
+
+checks+=(check_ac_cfg)
+check_ac_cfg() {
+    if git grep -E '#include\s+"ac_cfg\.h"'
+    then
+	echo "Error: Found #include \"ac_cfg.h\" with double quotes \"\". Should be <>."
+	echo "       See https://github.com/avrdudes/avrdude/issues/1706 for details."
+	return 1
+    fi
+}
+
+
+for check in "${checks[@]}"
+do
+    if "$check"; then
+	succ=$(( "$succ" + 1 ))
+	status="SUCC"
+    else
+	fail=$(( "$fail" + 1 ))
+	status="FAIL"
+    fi
+    echo "$status $check"
+done
+total=$(( "$succ" + "$fail" ))
+
+
+echo "$prog: Summary: $fail checks failed, $succ checks succeeded. $total checks in total."
+exit 0