diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 8dcdf0f8dfd..5b934da287a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -237,3 +237,15 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Print Disk Usage Reports
       run: df ; echo "" ; docker system df
+  
+  check-package-json:
+    name: check-package-json
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code 
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
+
+      - name: Check sorted package json
+        run: yarn run sort-json-check
+
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a0276e32292..bb6faf4a972 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
     ]
   },
   "scripts": {
+    "sort-json": "npx sort-package-json 'packages/*/package.json' 'package.json' 'examples/cactus-*/package.json' 'extensions/*/package.json' && yarn run sort-json-check",
+    "sort-json-check": "npx sort-package-json 'packages/*/package.json' 'package.json' 'examples/cactus-*/package.json' 'extensions/*/package.json' --check",
     "run-ci": "./tools/ci.sh",
     "reset:node-modules": "del-cli '**/node_modules'",
     "reset:git": "git clean -f -X",