diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d13b77c17..baa5db7ba 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ install:
   - go get golang.org/x/tools/cmd/cover
 script:
   - go run build/ci.go install
-  - go run build/ci.go test -coverage -vet
+  - go run build/ci.go test -coverage -vet -misspell
 
 notifications:
   webhooks:
diff --git a/accounts/abi/type.go b/accounts/abi/type.go
index ed3e33f39..f2832aef5 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/type.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/type.go
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func NewType(t string) (typ Type, err error) {
 		}
 		typ.Elem = &sliceType
 		typ.stringKind = sliceType.stringKind + t[len(res[1]):]
-		// Altough we know that this is an array, we cannot return
+		// Although we know that this is an array, we cannot return
 		// as we don't know the type of the element, however, if it
 		// is still an array, then don't determine the type.
 		if typ.Elem.IsArray || typ.Elem.IsSlice {
diff --git a/build/ci.go b/build/ci.go
index d530c24ca..a3213e7c9 100644
--- a/build/ci.go
+++ b/build/ci.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Usage: go run ci.go <command> <command flags/arguments>
 Available commands are:
 
    install    [-arch architecture] [ packages... ]                                           -- builds packages and executables
-   test       [ -coverage ] [ -vet ] [ packages... ]                                         -- runs the tests
+   test       [ -coverage ] [ -vet ] [ -misspell ] [ packages... ]                           -- runs the tests
    archive    [-arch architecture] [ -type zip|tar ] [ -signer key-envvar ] [ -upload dest ] -- archives build artefacts
    importkeys                                                                                -- imports signing keys from env
    debsrc     [ -signer key-id ] [ -upload dest ]                                            -- creates a debian source package
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ func goToolArch(arch string, subcmd string, args ...string) *exec.Cmd {
 func doTest(cmdline []string) {
 	var (
 		vet      = flag.Bool("vet", false, "Whether to run go vet")
+		misspell = flag.Bool("misspell", false, "Whether to run the spell checker")
 		coverage = flag.Bool("coverage", false, "Whether to record code coverage")
 	)
 	flag.CommandLine.Parse(cmdline)
@@ -287,7 +288,9 @@ func doTest(cmdline []string) {
 	if *vet {
 		build.MustRun(goTool("vet", packages...))
 	}
-
+	if *misspell {
+		spellcheck(packages)
+	}
 	// Run the actual tests.
 	gotest := goTool("test")
 	// Test a single package at a time. CI builders are slow
@@ -300,6 +303,34 @@ func doTest(cmdline []string) {
 	build.MustRun(gotest)
 }
 
+// spellcheck runs the client9/misspell spellchecker package on all Go, Cgo and
+// test files in the requested packages.
+func spellcheck(packages []string) {
+	// Ensure the spellchecker is available
+	build.MustRun(goTool("get", "github.com/client9/misspell/cmd/misspell"))
+
+	// Windows chokes on long argument lists, check packages individualy
+	for _, pkg := range packages {
+		// The spell checker doesn't work on packages, gather all .go files for it
+		out, err := goTool("list", "-f", "{{.Dir}}{{range .GoFiles}}\n{{.}}{{end}}{{range .CgoFiles}}\n{{.}}{{end}}{{range .TestGoFiles}}\n{{.}}{{end}}", pkg).CombinedOutput()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("source file listing failed: %v\n%s", err, string(out))
+		}
+		// Retrieve the folder and assemble the source list
+		lines := strings.Split(string(out), "\n")
+		root := lines[0]
+
+		sources := make([]string, 0, len(lines)-1)
+		for _, line := range lines[1:] {
+			if line = strings.TrimSpace(line); line != "" {
+				sources = append(sources, filepath.Join(root, line))
+			}
+		}
+		// Run the spell checker for this particular package
+		build.MustRunCommand(filepath.Join(GOBIN, "misspell"), append([]string{"-error"}, sources...)...)
+	}
+}
+
 // Release Packaging
 
 func doArchive(cmdline []string) {