diff --git a/.ci/lib.sh b/.ci/lib.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a3f163026
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci/lib.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2018 Intel Corporation
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+export tests_repo="github.com/kata-containers/tests"
+export tests_repo_dir="$GOPATH/src/$tests_repo"
+
+clone_tests_repo()
+{
+	# KATA_CI_NO_NETWORK is (has to be) ignored if there is
+	# no existing clone.
+	if [ -d "$tests_repo_dir" -a -n "$KATA_CI_NO_NETWORK" ]
+	then
+		return
+	fi
+
+	go get -d -u "$tests_repo" || true
+}
+
+run_static_checks()
+{
+	clone_tests_repo
+	bash "$tests_repo_dir/.ci/static-checks.sh"
+}
diff --git a/.ci/setup.sh b/.ci/setup.sh
index ec9b2fd97..43b886837 100755
--- a/.ci/setup.sh
+++ b/.ci/setup.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 #
 
+cidir=$(dirname "$0")
+bash "${cidir}/static-checks.sh"
+
 #Note: If add clearlinux as supported CI use a stateless os-release file
 source /etc/os-release
 
diff --git a/.ci/static-checks.sh b/.ci/static-checks.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..cfadeaf8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci/static-checks.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2018 Intel Corporation
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+set -e
+
+cidir=$(dirname "$0")
+source "${cidir}/lib.sh"
+
+run_static_checks