diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-app.yml b/.github/workflows/python-app.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..93157bb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-app.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# based on https://github.com/actions/starter-workflows/blob/main/ci/python-app.yml
+
+name: ahriman
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ master ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ master ]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: run check and tests in archlinux container
+        run: |
+          docker run \
+          -v  ${{ github.workspace }}:/build -w /build \
+          archlinux:latest \
+          /bin/bash -c "pacman --noconfirm -Syu base-devel python python-pip && \
+          pip install -e .[web] && \
+          pip install -e .[check] && \
+          pip install -e .[test] && \
+          make check tests"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 54831b34..4ed52369 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -71,8 +71,25 @@ setup(
     ],
 
     extras_require={
-        "html-templates": ["Jinja2"],
-        "test": ["pytest", "pytest-cov", "pytest-helpers-namespace", "pytest-mock", "pytest-pspec", "pytest-resource-path"],
-        "web": ["Jinja2", "aiohttp", "aiohttp_jinja2", "requests"],
+        "check": [
+            "autopep8",
+            "mypy",
+            "pylint",
+        ],
+        "test": [
+            "pytest",
+            "pytest-aiohttp",
+            "pytest-cov",
+            "pytest-helpers-namespace",
+            "pytest-mock",
+            "pytest-pspec",
+            "pytest-resource-path",
+        ],
+        "web": [
+            "Jinja2",
+            "aiohttp",
+            "aiohttp_jinja2",
+            "requests",
+        ],
     },
 )