diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index bfadb1139..d3bc4a068 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -287,9 +287,15 @@ jobs:
       - image: buildpack-deps:disco
     steps:
       - checkout
+      - run:
+          name: Install shellcheck
+          command: apt -q update && apt install -y shellcheck
       - run:
           name: Check for C++ coding style
           command: ./scripts/check_style.sh
+      - run:
+          name: checking shell scripts
+          command: ./scripts/chk_shellscripts/chk_shellscripts.sh
 
   chk_pylint:
     docker:
diff --git a/scripts/chk_shellscripts/chk_shellscripts.sh b/scripts/chk_shellscripts/chk_shellscripts.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..8eccc5517
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/chk_shellscripts/chk_shellscripts.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e
+
+REPO_ROOT="$(dirname "$0")"/../..
+REPO_ROOT=$(realpath "${REPO_ROOT}")
+IGNORE_FILENAME="ignore.txt"
+IGNORE_FILE="${REPO_ROOT}/scripts/chk_shellscripts/${IGNORE_FILENAME}"
+
+FOUND_FILES_TMP=$(mktemp)
+IGNORE_FILES_TMP=$(mktemp)
+trap 'rm -f ${FOUND_FILES_TMP} ; rm -f ${IGNORE_FILES_TMP}' EXIT
+
+sort < "${IGNORE_FILE}" >"${IGNORE_FILES_TMP}"
+cd "${REPO_ROOT}"
+find . -type f -name "*.sh" | sort >"${FOUND_FILES_TMP}"
+
+SHELLCHECK=${SHELLCHECK:-"$(command -v -- shellcheck)"}
+if [ ! -f "${SHELLCHECK}" ]; then
+  echo "error: shellcheck '${SHELLCHECK}' not found."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+FILES=$(join -v2 "${IGNORE_FILES_TMP}" "${FOUND_FILES_TMP}")
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC2086
+"${SHELLCHECK}" ${FILES[*]}
diff --git a/scripts/chk_shellscripts/ignore.txt b/scripts/chk_shellscripts/ignore.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..098607764
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/chk_shellscripts/ignore.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+./test/docsCodeStyle.sh
+./test/cmdlineTests.sh
+./test/externalTests.sh
+./test/externalTests/common.sh
+./test/externalTests/gnosis.sh
+./test/externalTests/zeppelin.sh
+./test/externalTests/colony.sh
+./test/externalTests/solc-js/solc-js.sh
+./scripts/common.sh
+./scripts/isoltest.sh
+./scripts/get_version.sh
+./scripts/soltest.sh
+./scripts/test_emscripten.sh
+./scripts/wasm-rebuild/docker-scripts/rebuild_tags.sh
+./scripts/wasm-rebuild/docker-scripts/rebuild_current.sh
+./scripts/wasm-rebuild/docker-scripts/genbytecode.sh
+./scripts/wasm-rebuild/docker-scripts/patch.sh
+./scripts/wasm-rebuild/rebuild.sh
+./scripts/build_emscripten.sh
+./scripts/travis-emscripten/build_emscripten.sh
+./scripts/travis-emscripten/install_deps.sh
+./scripts/travis-emscripten/publish_binary.sh
+./scripts/docker_build.sh
+./scripts/docs_version_pragma_check.sh
+./scripts/uniqueErrors.sh
+./scripts/report_errors.sh
+./scripts/tests.sh
+./scripts/docker_deploy.sh
+./scripts/bytecodecompare/storebytecode.sh
+./scripts/deps-ppa/static_z3.sh
+./scripts/ASTImportTest.sh
+./scripts/install_static_z3.sh
+./scripts/install_obsolete_jsoncpp_1_7_4.sh
+./scripts/install_deps.sh
+./scripts/build.sh
+./scripts/check_style.sh
+./scripts/run_proofs.sh
+./scripts/common_cmdline.sh
+./scripts/docker_deploy_manual.sh
+./scripts/endToEndExtraction/create_traces.sh
+./scripts/release.sh
+./scripts/download_ossfuzz_corpus.sh
+./scripts/release_ppa.sh
+./scripts/install_cmake.sh
+./scripts/release_emscripten.sh
+./scripts/create_source_tarball.sh
+./scripts/docs.sh
+./.circleci/soltest.sh
+./.circleci/osx_install_dependencies.sh
+./.circleci/soltest_all.sh