diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ae5f2f9597e2b144b3316dd8c011db5d89b90e8f..d8b316d6189a48f1530a9d4de2e53613e30a7413 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -181,6 +181,16 @@ website:
       - website
 
 
+codestyle:
+  stage: prebuild
+  script:
+    - mkdir build
+    - cd build
+    - ../autogen.sh || (cat config.log && exit 1)
+    - $MAKE -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) syntax-check
+  image: quay.io/libvirt/buildenv-libvirt-fedora-31:latest
+
+
 # This artifact published by this job is downloaded to push to Weblate
 # for translation usage:
 #    https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt/-/jobs/artifacts/master/download?job=potfile