diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-i18n.yml b/.github/workflows/check-i18n.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..43ce869eb2f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-i18n.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+name: i18n
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  i18n-check:
+    name: I18N check
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - run: scripts/i18n-check.sh -u
+      - run: .github/workflows/scripts/i18n-check-helper.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-actions.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-actions.yml
index 360287437cf9..57fffbee6d7a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-actions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-actions.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           PR_ACTION=$(echo $COMMENT | grep -oP '/fix:\K\w+')
           echo "Action is $PR_ACTION"
-          ACTION_NAMES="all|dict|filenames|format|markdown|refcache|submodules"
+          ACTION_NAMES="all|dict|filenames|format|i18n|markdown|refcache|submodules|text"
           if [[ ! "$PR_ACTION" =~ ^($ACTION_NAMES)$ ]]; then
             echo "Invalid action name: $PR_ACTION"
             echo "Action name should be one of: $ACTION_NAMES"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/i18n-check-helper.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/i18n-check-helper.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..8887a0dcf45e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/i18n-check-helper.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+echo "For localization docs, see https://opentelemetry.io/docs/contributing/localization"
+
+CHANGES=`git status --porcelain`
+
+if [[ -z $CHANGES ]]; then
+  echo "All localization pages have the requisit commit hash. <3"
+  exit;
+fi
+
+cat <<EOS
+Some i18n pages are missing the 'default_lang_commit' front matter field.
+To fix this in your local development environment, run
+
+    scripts/i18n-check.sh -u
+
+and commit the changes for your locale. Here are the list of pages that
+need to be updated:
+---
+EOS
+
+echo "$CHANGES"
+echo "---"
+
+exit 1
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1073cb2dafd2..b63a51ed5af4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
     "fix:dict": "find content layouts -name \"*.md\" -print0 | xargs -0 ./scripts/normalize-cspell-front-matter.pl",
     "fix:filenames": "npm run _rename-to-kebab-case",
     "fix:format": "npm run format",
+    "fix:i18n": "scripts/i18n-check.sh -u",
     "fix:markdown": "npm run check:markdown -- --fix",
     "fix:refcache": "npm run check:links",
     "fix:submodules": "npm run _sync",