diff --git a/.github/workflows/modules-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/modules-tests.yml
index ff00315..b505bee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/modules-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/modules-tests.yml
@@ -16,3 +16,20 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run the ar module test
         run: ./tests/test-module.py metadata/autils/archive/ar.yml
+
+  static-checks:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out repository code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: true
+
+      - name: Install requirements for the static checks
+        run: |
+          ls
+          ls static-checks
+          pip3 install -r static-checks/requirements.txt
+
+      - name: Runs the static check for import order
+        run: ./static-checks/check-import-order
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ceb9f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[submodule "avocado-static-checks"]
+	path = static-checks
+	url = ../avocado-static-checks
+	branch = main
diff --git a/static-checks b/static-checks
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..183973b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static-checks
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 183973b4e51f64e7e509e33fa4dfbb3150b6e860