diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fbea1e74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+name: Test Schemas
+
+on: [pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.9
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install -r tests/requirements.txt
+      - name: Test with pytest
+        run: |
+          pytest tests
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a190ea51..c7cce850 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 guide/build
 .idea
 .DS_Store
-
+.vscode
diff --git a/tests/__pycache__/test_schema.cpython-39-pytest-6.2.4.pyc b/tests/__pycache__/test_schema.cpython-39-pytest-6.2.4.pyc
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index 00000000..d5224617
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diff --git a/tests/requirements.txt b/tests/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aec3ae28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+pytest
+lxml
diff --git a/tests/test_schema.py b/tests/test_schema.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dbf94a74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_schema.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+from lxml import etree
+import pathlib
+
+here = pathlib.Path(__file__).resolve().parent
+
+
+def test_schema():
+    # Checks that the schema is valid xsd
+    xmlschema_doc = etree.parse(str(here / '..' / 'schemas' / 'HPXML.xsd'))
+    xmlschema = etree.XMLSchema(xmlschema_doc)  # noqa: F841