diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index cdc116d..17245b2 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -23,3 +23,8 @@ packages =
 # TODO(dtantsur): figure out a sane way to distribute tinyipa scripts
 data_files =
     share/ironic-python-agent-builder/dib = dib/*
+
+[codespell]
+quiet-level = 4
+# Words to ignore:
+# ignore-words-list = example
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diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index c1dceb5..c3e97f1 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -52,3 +52,13 @@ application-import-names = ironic_python_agent_builder
 # [H210] Require 'autospec', 'spec', or 'spec_set' in mock.patch/mock.patch.object calls
 # [H904] Delay string interpolations at logging calls.
 enable-extensions=H106,H203,H204,H205,H210,H904
+
+
+[testenv:codespell]
+description =
+  Run codespell to check spelling
+deps = codespell
+# note(JayF): {posargs} lets us run `tox -ecodespell -- -w` to get codespell
+#             to correct spelling issues in our code it's aware of.
+commands =
+  codespell {posargs}
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