diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index c061a63afa20155fb9f3dc29582bd60dd3c1e50f..6b79beb2751dd013c6a49a68f4e2387fa5c711e9 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ my $ignore_perl_version = 0;
 my $minimum_perl_version = 5.10.0;
 my $min_conf_desc_length = 4;
 my $spelling_file = "$D/spelling.txt";
+my $codespell = 0;
+my $codespellfile = "/usr/local/share/codespell/dictionary.txt";
 
 sub help {
 	my ($exitcode) = @_;
@@ -88,6 +90,9 @@ Options:
                              file.  It's your fault if there's no backup or git
   --ignore-perl-version      override checking of perl version.  expect
                              runtime errors.
+  --codespell                Use the codespell dictionary for spelling/typos
+                             (default:/usr/local/share/codespell/dictionary.txt)
+  --codespellfile            Use this codespell dictionary
   -h, --help, --version      display this help and exit
 
 When FILE is - read standard input.
@@ -146,6 +151,8 @@ GetOptions(
 	'ignore-perl-version!' => \$ignore_perl_version,
 	'debug=s'	=> \%debug,
 	'test-only=s'	=> \$tst_only,
+	'codespell!'	=> \$codespell,
+	'codespellfile=s'	=> \$codespellfile,
 	'h|help'	=> \$help,
 	'version'	=> \$help
 ) or help(1);
@@ -449,7 +456,6 @@ my $misspellings;
 my %spelling_fix;
 
 if (open(my $spelling, '<', $spelling_file)) {
-	my @spelling_list;
 	while (<$spelling>) {
 		my $line = $_;
 
@@ -461,15 +467,39 @@ if (open(my $spelling, '<', $spelling_file)) {
 
 		my ($suspect, $fix) = split(/\|\|/, $line);
 
-		push(@spelling_list, $suspect);
 		$spelling_fix{$suspect} = $fix;
 	}
 	close($spelling);
-	$misspellings = join("|", @spelling_list);
 } else {
 	warn "No typos will be found - file '$spelling_file': $!\n";
 }
 
+if ($codespell) {
+	if (open(my $spelling, '<', $codespellfile)) {
+		while (<$spelling>) {
+			my $line = $_;
+
+			$line =~ s/\s*\n?$//g;
+			$line =~ s/^\s*//g;
+
+			next if ($line =~ m/^\s*#/);
+			next if ($line =~ m/^\s*$/);
+			next if ($line =~ m/, disabled/i);
+
+			$line =~ s/,.*$//;
+
+			my ($suspect, $fix) = split(/->/, $line);
+
+			$spelling_fix{$suspect} = $fix;
+		}
+		close($spelling);
+	} else {
+		warn "No codespell typos will be found - file '$codespellfile': $!\n";
+	}
+}
+
+$misspellings = join("|", sort keys %spelling_fix) if keys %spelling_fix;
+
 sub build_types {
 	my $mods = "(?x:  \n" . join("|\n  ", @modifierList) . "\n)";
 	my $all = "(?x:  \n" . join("|\n  ", @typeList) . "\n)";
@@ -2305,7 +2335,7 @@ sub process {
 # Check for various typo / spelling mistakes
 		if (defined($misspellings) &&
 		    ($in_commit_log || $line =~ /^(?:\+|Subject:)/i)) {
-			while ($rawline =~ /(?:^|[^a-z@])($misspellings)(?:$|[^a-z@])/gi) {
+			while ($rawline =~ /(?:^|[^a-z@])($misspellings)(?:\b|$|[^a-z@])/gi) {
 				my $typo = $1;
 				my $typo_fix = $spelling_fix{lc($typo)};
 				$typo_fix = ucfirst($typo_fix) if ($typo =~ /^[A-Z]/);