diff --git a/.github/linters/.flake8 b/.github/linters/.flake8
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b13789
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/linters/.flake8
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
diff --git a/.github/linters/.python-lint b/.github/linters/.python-lint
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e46e081
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/linters/.python-lint
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[MESSAGES CONTROL]
+disable=import-error
diff --git a/.github/workflows/linter.yml b/.github/workflows/linter.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ef0890
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/linter.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+---
+###########################
+###########################
+## Linter GitHub Actions ##
+###########################
+###########################
+name: Lint Code Base
+
+#
+# Documentation:
+# https://help.github.com/en/articles/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions
+#
+
+#############################
+# Start the job on all push #
+#############################
+on:
+  push:
+    branches-ignore: [master]
+    # Remove the line above to run when pushing to master
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [master]
+
+###############
+# Set the Job #
+###############
+jobs:
+  build:
+    # Name the Job
+    name: Lint Code Base
+    # Set the agent to run on
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    ##################
+    # Load all steps #
+    ##################
+    steps:
+      ##########################
+      # Checkout the code base #
+      ##########################
+      - name: Checkout Code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          # Full git history is needed to get a proper list of changed files within `super-linter`
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      ################################
+      # Run Linter against code base #
+      ################################
+      - name: Lint Code Base
+        uses: github/super-linter@v3
+        env:
+          DEFAULT_BRANCH: master
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          VALIDATE_ALL_CODEBASE: true
+          VALIDATE_PYTHON_BLACK: false
+          VALIDATE_PYTHON_ISORT: false 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e4f9c7b..68850ec 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name='wavefront-sdk-python',
-    version='1.7.8',
+    version='1.7.9',
     author='Wavefront by VMware',
     author_email='chitimba@wavefront.com',
     url='https://github.com/wavefrontHQ/wavefront-sdk-python',