diff --git a/.markdownlint.yaml b/.markdownlint.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6e15478816f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.markdownlint.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,245 @@
+# Default state for all rules
+default: true
+
+# Path to configuration file to extend
+extends: null
+
+# MD001/heading-increment/header-increment - Heading levels should only increment by one level at a time
+MD001: true
+
+# MD002/first-heading-h1/first-header-h1 - First heading should be a top-level heading
+MD002:
+  # Heading level
+  level: 1
+
+# MD003/heading-style/header-style - Heading style
+MD003:
+  # Heading style
+  style: "consistent"
+
+# MD004/ul-style - Unordered list style
+MD004:
+  # List style
+  style: "consistent"
+
+# MD005/list-indent - Inconsistent indentation for list items at the same level
+MD005: true
+
+# MD006/ul-start-left - Consider starting bulleted lists at the beginning of the line
+MD006: true
+
+# MD007/ul-indent - Unordered list indentation
+MD007:
+  # Spaces for indent
+  indent: 4
+  # Whether to indent the first level of the list
+  start_indented: false
+
+# MD009/no-trailing-spaces - Trailing spaces
+MD009:
+  # Spaces for line break
+  br_spaces: 2
+  # Allow spaces for empty lines in list items
+  list_item_empty_lines: false
+  # Include unnecessary breaks
+  strict: false
+
+# MD010/no-hard-tabs - Hard tabs
+MD010:
+  # Include code blocks
+  code_blocks: true
+
+# MD011/no-reversed-links - Reversed link syntax
+MD011: true
+
+# MD012/no-multiple-blanks - Multiple consecutive blank lines
+MD012:
+  # Consecutive blank lines
+  maximum: 1
+
+# MD013/line-length - Line length
+MD013:
+  # Number of characters
+  line_length: 100
+  # Number of characters for headings
+  heading_line_length: 100
+  # Number of characters for code blocks
+  code_block_line_length: 100 # Ignored due to next option
+  # Include code blocks
+  code_blocks: false
+  # Include tables
+  tables: false
+  # Include headings
+  headings: true
+  # Include headings
+  headers: true
+  # Strict length checking
+  strict: false
+  # Stern length checking
+  stern: false
+
+# MD014/commands-show-output - Dollar signs used before commands without showing output
+MD014: false
+
+# MD018/no-missing-space-atx - No space after hash on atx style heading
+MD018: true
+
+# MD019/no-multiple-space-atx - Multiple spaces after hash on atx style heading
+MD019: true
+
+# MD020/no-missing-space-closed-atx - No space inside hashes on closed atx style heading
+MD020: true
+
+# MD021/no-multiple-space-closed-atx - Multiple spaces inside hashes on closed atx style heading
+MD021: true
+
+# MD022/blanks-around-headings/blanks-around-headers - Headings should be surrounded by blank lines
+MD022:
+  # Blank lines above heading
+  lines_above: 1
+  # Blank lines below heading
+  lines_below: 1
+
+# MD023/heading-start-left/header-start-left - Headings must start at the beginning of the line
+MD023: true
+
+# MD024/no-duplicate-heading/no-duplicate-header - Multiple headings with the same content
+MD024:
+  # Only check sibling headings
+  allow_different_nesting: false
+  # Only check sibling headings
+  siblings_only: true
+
+# MD025/single-title/single-h1 - Multiple top-level headings in the same document
+MD025:
+  # Heading level
+  level: 1
+  # RegExp for matching title in front matter
+  front_matter_title: "^\\s*title\\s*[:=]"
+
+# MD026/no-trailing-punctuation - Trailing punctuation in heading
+MD026:
+  # Punctuation characters
+  punctuation: ".,;:!。，；：！"
+
+# MD027/no-multiple-space-blockquote - Multiple spaces after blockquote symbol
+MD027: true
+
+# MD028/no-blanks-blockquote - Blank line inside blockquote
+MD028: true
+
+# MD029/ol-prefix - Ordered list item prefix
+MD029:
+  # List style
+  style: "one_or_ordered"
+
+# MD030/list-marker-space - Spaces after list markers
+MD030:
+  # Spaces for single-line unordered list items
+  ul_single: 1
+  # Spaces for single-line ordered list items
+  ol_single: 1
+  # Spaces for multi-line unordered list items
+  ul_multi: 1
+  # Spaces for multi-line ordered list items
+  ol_multi: 1
+
+# MD031/blanks-around-fences - Fenced code blocks should be surrounded by blank lines
+MD031:
+  # Include list items
+  list_items: true
+
+# MD032/blanks-around-lists - Lists should be surrounded by blank lines
+MD032: true
+
+# MD033/no-inline-html - Inline HTML
+MD033:
+  # Allowed elements
+  allowed_elements: []
+
+# MD034/no-bare-urls - Bare URL used
+MD034: true
+
+# MD035/hr-style - Horizontal rule style
+MD035:
+  # Horizontal rule style
+  style: "consistent"
+
+# MD036/no-emphasis-as-heading/no-emphasis-as-header - Emphasis used instead of a heading
+MD036:
+  # Punctuation characters
+  punctuation: ".,;:!?。，；：！？"
+
+# MD037/no-space-in-emphasis - Spaces inside emphasis markers
+MD037: true
+
+# MD038/no-space-in-code - Spaces inside code span elements
+MD038: true
+
+# MD039/no-space-in-links - Spaces inside link text
+MD039: true
+
+# MD040/fenced-code-language - Fenced code blocks should have a language specified
+MD040: true
+
+# MD041/first-line-heading/first-line-h1 - First line in a file should be a top-level heading
+MD041:
+  # Heading level
+  level: 1
+  # RegExp for matching title in front matter
+  front_matter_title: "^\\s*title\\s*[:=]"
+
+# MD042/no-empty-links - No empty links
+MD042: true
+
+# MD043/required-headings/required-headers - Required heading structure
+MD043:
+  # List of headings
+  headings: null
+  # List of headings
+  headers: null
+
+# MD044/proper-names - Proper names should have the correct capitalization
+MD044:
+  # List of proper names
+  names: [
+    'iceoryx',
+    'Cyclone DDS',
+    'CPU',
+    'CPUs',
+    'GUI',
+    'LiDAR',
+    'LiDARs',
+    'MISRA',
+    'MacOS X',
+    'RADAR',
+    'RADARs',
+    'ROS 2',
+    'RPi',
+    'Linux',
+    'Ubuntu',
+    'QOS',
+    'e.g.',
+    'i.e.',
+    'SOME/IP',
+    'UI',
+    'Bazel',
+    ]
+  # Include code blocks
+  code_blocks: false
+
+# MD045/no-alt-text - Images should have alternate text (alt text)
+MD045: true
+
+# MD046/code-block-style - Code block style
+MD046:
+  # Block style
+  style: "fenced"
+
+# MD047/single-trailing-newline - Files should end with a single newline character
+MD047: true
+
+# MD048/code-fence-style - Code fence style
+MD048:
+  # Code fence syle
+  style: "consistent"
diff --git a/tools/docker/Dockerfile b/tools/docker/Dockerfile
index fded93f553c..c60222ef168 100644
--- a/tools/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
         g++ \
         wget
 
+RUN curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | bash -
+RUN apt-get install -y \
+    nodejs
+
+RUN npm install -g markdownlint-cli
+
 ADD . /iceoryx
 WORKDIR /iceoryx
 
diff --git a/tools/git-hooks/pre-commit b/tools/git-hooks/pre-commit
index f5ffde34a98..d4e92a028fc 100755
--- a/tools/git-hooks/pre-commit
+++ b/tools/git-hooks/pre-commit
@@ -56,4 +56,10 @@ if ! tools/scripts/check_test_ids.sh; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+## check for md files change
+if ! tools/scripts/markdownlint.sh hook; then
+    echo "Error executing markdownlint"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 cd "${current_dir}" || exit
diff --git a/tools/scripts/markdownlint.sh b/tools/scripts/markdownlint.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..136162e0e72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/scripts/markdownlint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright (c) 2023 by Apex.AI Inc. All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+set -e
+
+SCOPE=${1:-full} # Can be either `full` for all files or `hook` for formatting with git hooks
+
+
+fail() {
+    printf "\033[1;31merror: %s: %s\033[0m\n" ${FUNCNAME[1]} "${1:-"Unknown error"}"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+hash git || fail "git not found"
+
+# Check if we have at least a specific markdownlint version installed
+MARKDOWNLINT_VERSION=0.33.0
+MARKDOWNLINT_CMD="markdownlint"
+if ! command -v $MARKDOWNLINT_CMD &> /dev/null
+then
+    MARKDOWNLINT_MAJOR_VERSION=$(markdownlint --version | sed -rn 's/.*([0-9][0-9])\.[0-9].*/\1/p')
+    if [[ $MARKDOWNLINT_MAJOR_VERSION -lt "$MARKDOWNLINT_VERSION" ]]; then
+        echo "Warning: markdownlint version $MARKDOWNLINT_VERSION or higher is not installed."
+        echo "Code will not be formatted."
+        exit 0
+    else
+        MARKDOWNLINT_CMD="markdownlint"
+    fi
+fi
+
+cd "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
+
+if [[ "$SCOPE" == "hook"* ]]; then
+    md_files=$(git diff --cached --name-only --diff-filter=ACMRT | grep -E "\.md"| cat)
+    if [[ -n ${md_files} ]]; then
+
+        echo "Running markdownlint on the following file(s):"
+        echo "--------------------------------------------"
+        echo "${md_files}" | sed 's/^/\ -\ /g'
+        echo
+
+        for file in $md_files ; do
+            if [ -f "$file" ]; then
+                $MARKDOWNLINT_CMD --output ./markdownlint.log --config ./.markdownlint.yaml "${file}"
+                git add "${file}"
+            fi
+        done
+    fi
+elif [[ "$SCOPE" == "full"* ]]; then
+    git ls-files | grep -E "\.md"| xargs markdownlint --output ./markdownlint.log --config ./.markdownlint.yaml
+elif [[ "$SCOPE" == "check"* ]]; then
+    git ls-files | grep -E "\.md"| xargs markdownlint --output ./markdownlint.log --config ./.markdownlint.yaml
+fi