diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 1e7d200f..af798942 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,17 @@ jobs:
       - name: checking syntax of shell script
         run: bash -c 'shopt -s globstar nullglob; shellcheck **/*.{sh,ksh,bash}' || true
 
+  gitleaks-scan:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Run GitLeaks
+        run: |
+          wget https://github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks/releases/download/v8.18.2/gitleaks_8.18.2_linux_x64.tar.gz && \
+          tar -zxvf gitleaks_8.18.2_linux_x64.tar.gz && \
+          sudo mv gitleaks /usr/local/bin && gitleaks detect --source . -v
 
   changes:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest