diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ed16194e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[flake8]
+
+select =
+    E902,
+    E999,
+    S,
+    F,
+
+ignore =
+    F821
+
+per-file-ignores =
+    test/*: S603,S404
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c47f1707
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+name: Test compilation
+on: [push, pull_request]
+jobs:
+  lint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.9
+      - name: Install flake8
+        run: pip3 install flake8==3.9.2 flake8-bandit==2.1.2 bandit==1.7.2
+      - name: Run flake8
+        run: python3 -m flake8 .
+  compile-linux:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.9
+      - uses: egor-tensin/setup-gcc@v1.3
+        with:
+          version: latest
+          platform: x64
+      - name: Bootstrap
+        run: ./bootstrap.sh
+      - name: Configure
+        run: ./configure --without-gtk --without-jansson
+      - name: Make
+        run: make -j $(nproc)
+      - name: Run sample mtr against 1.1.1.1
+        run: ./mtr --report --report-cycles 1 -m 1 1.1.1.1
+      - name: Run test - cmdparse.py
+        run: python3 ./test/cmdparse.py
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d3d1068e..887cc01b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -42,3 +42,4 @@ stamp-h1*
 /test/*.py.trs
 
 /mtr-*.tar.gz
+*.swp
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 286ede60..cc07d817 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ m4_ifndef([PKG_CHECK_MODULES], [m4_defun([PKG_CHECK_MODULES], [AC_MSG_ERROR(
 [Could not locate the pkg-config autoconf macros.  These are usually located
 in /usr/share/aclocal/pkg.m4.  If your macros are in a different location,
 try setting the environment variable ACLOCAL_OPTS="-I/other/macro/dir"
-before running ./bootstrap.sh again, or configure --without-gtk ----without-jansson ])])
+before running ./bootstrap.sh again, or configure --without-gtk --without-jansson ])])
 ])
 PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
 
diff --git a/test/probe.py b/test/probe.py
index df5f4967..30acd453 100755
--- a/test/probe.py
+++ b/test/probe.py
@@ -263,7 +263,6 @@ def test_parallel_probes(self):
         required_success = int(loop_count * 0.90)
         self.assertGreaterEqual(success_count, required_success)
 
-
 class TestProbeICMPv6(mtrpacket.MtrPacketTest):
     '''Test sending probes using IP version 6'''