diff --git a/.github/actions/pr-title-checker b/.github/actions/pr-title-checker
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..1d8cd483a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/pr-title-checker
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 1d8cd483a2b73118406a187f54dca8a9415f1375
diff --git a/.github/pr-title-checker-config.json b/.github/pr-title-checker-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4d3d2e48f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/pr-title-checker-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "LABEL": {
+    "name": "title needs formatting",
+    "color": "EEEEEE"
+  },
+  "CHECKS": {
+    "regexp": "^BIGTOP-\\d{1,9}: .*"
+  },
+  "MESSAGES": {
+    "success": "PR title is valid",
+    "failure": "PR title is invalid",
+    "notice": "PR Title needs to pass regex '^BIGTOP-\\d{1,9}: .*'"
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 6822ade7d..01c878a30 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+name: CI
 on: [push, pull_request]
 
 jobs:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yml b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f03f4d91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+name: "Pull Request"
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, edited, reopened, synchronize]
+
+jobs:
+  check-pr-title:
+    name: "Check PR Title"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: "Checkout ${{ github.ref }} ( ${{ github.sha }} )"
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+          submodules: recursive
+      - name: "Check PR Title"
+        uses: ./.github/actions/pr-title-checker
+        with:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          pass_on_octokit_error: false
+          configuration_path: .github/pr-title-checker-config.json
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..66d503fbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule ".github/actions/pr-title-checker"]
+	path = .github/actions/pr-title-checker
+	url = https://github.com/thehanimo/pr-title-checker.git
diff --git a/.licenserc.yaml b/.licenserc.yaml
index f436ea475..d2ad311f4 100644
--- a/.licenserc.yaml
+++ b/.licenserc.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ header:
     copyright-owner: Apache Software Foundation
 
   paths-ignore:
+    - '.gitmodules'
+    - '.github/actions'
     - '**/.idea/'
     - '**/*.iml'
     - '**/target/**'