diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -127,20 +127,25 @@
 During submission of patches, arcanist will automatically run `arc lint` to
 enforce Bitcoin ABC code formatting standards, and often suggests changes.
 If code formatting tools do not install automatically on your system, you
-will have to install clang-format-8, autopep8, flake8, phpcs and shellcheck.
+will have to install clang-format-8, clang-tidy (version >=8), autopep8, flake8,
+phpcs and shellcheck.
 
-To install clang-format-8 on Ubuntu (>= 18.04+updates) or Debian (>= 10):
+To install clang-format-8 and clang-tidy on Ubuntu (>= 18.04+updates) or Debian (>= 10):
 ```
-sudo apt-get install clang-format-8
+sudo apt-get install clang-format-8 clang-tidy-8 clang-tools-8
 ```
 
-To install clang-format-8 on OSX (requires npm):
+
+If not available in the distribution, `clang-format-8` and `clang-tidy` can be
+installed from https://releases.llvm.org/download.html or https://apt.llvm.org.
+
+For example, for macOS:
 ```
-npm install -g clang-format@1.2.4
+curl http://releases.llvm.org/8.0.0/clang+llvm-8.0.0-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.xz | tar -xJv
+ln -s $PWD/clang+llvm-8.0.0-x86_64-apple-darwin/bin/clang-format /usr/local/bin/clang-format
+ln -s $PWD/clang+llvm-8.0.0-x86_64-apple-darwin/bin/clang-tidy /usr/local/bin/clang-tidy
 ```
 
-If not available in the distribution, clang-format-8 can be installed from
-https://releases.llvm.org/download.html or https://apt.llvm.org
 
 To install autopep8, flake8 and phpcs on Ubuntu:
 ```
diff --git a/cmake/modules/ClangTidy.cmake b/cmake/modules/ClangTidy.cmake
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/modules/ClangTidy.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+if(NOT CLANG_TIDY_EXE)
+	include(DoOrFail)
+	find_program_or_fail(CLANG_TIDY_EXE clang-tidy clang-tidy-10 clang-tidy-9 clang-tidy-8)
+
+	execute_process(
+		COMMAND "${CLANG_TIDY_EXE}" -version
+		RESULT_VARIABLE CLANG_TIDY_VERSION_RESULT
+		OUTPUT_VARIABLE CLANG_TIDY_VERSION_OUTPUT
+	)
+
+	string(REGEX MATCH "[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+" CLANG_TIDY_VERSION "${CLANG_TIDY_VERSION_OUTPUT}")
+	if("${CLANG_TIDY_VERSION}" VERSION_LESS "8.0.0")
+		message(FATAL_ERROR "clang-tidy version >= 8 is required")
+	endif()
+
+	message(STATUS "Using clang-tidy: ${CLANG_TIDY_EXE} (version ${CLANG_TIDY_VERSION})")
+endif()
+
+set(CLANG_TIDY_ARGS "${CLANG_TIDY_EXE}" -fix)
+
+set(CMAKE_C_CLANG_TIDY ${CLANG_TIDY_ARGS})
+set(CMAKE_CXX_CLANG_TIDY ${CLANG_TIDY_ARGS})
+
+# This is useful to run clang-tidy manually:
+# clang-tidy <file.cpp> -checks=<whatever> -p compile_commands.json
+set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS ON)
+
+# Disable for a single target
+macro(target_disable_clang_tidy TARGET)
+	set_target_properties(${TARGET} PROPERTIES
+		C_CLANG_TIDY ""
+		CXX_CLANG_TIDY ""
+	)
+endmacro()
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@
     -DBUILD_BITCOIN_TX=OFF \
     -DBUILD_BITCOIN_QT=OFF \
     -DBUILD_LIBBITCOINCONSENSUS=OFF \
+    -DENABLE_CLANG_TIDY=OFF \
     -DENABLE_QRCODE=OFF \
     -DENABLE_UPNP=OFF
 
@@ -157,6 +158,7 @@
     cmake -GNinja .. \
       -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=${SOURCEDIR}/cmake/platforms/${CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE[${i}]} \
       -DCLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE=ON \
+      -DENABLE_CLANG_TIDY=OFF \
       -DENABLE_REDUCE_EXPORTS=ON \
       -DENABLE_STATIC_LIBSTDCXX=ON \
       -DENABLE_GLIBC_BACK_COMPAT=ON \
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@
     -DBUILD_BITCOIN_TX=OFF \
     -DBUILD_BITCOIN_QT=OFF \
     -DBUILD_LIBBITCOINCONSENSUS=OFF \
+    -DENABLE_CLANG_TIDY=OFF \
     -DENABLE_QRCODE=OFF \
     -DENABLE_UPNP=OFF
   ninja package_source
@@ -156,6 +157,7 @@
     cmake -GNinja .. \
       -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=${SOURCEDIR}/cmake/platforms/${CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE[${i}]} \
       -DCLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE=ON \
+      -DENABLE_CLANG_TIDY=OFF \
       -DENABLE_REDUCE_EXPORTS=ON \
       -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${INSTALLPATH} \
       -DCCACHE=OFF \
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@
     -DBUILD_BITCOIN_TX=OFF \
     -DBUILD_BITCOIN_QT=OFF \
     -DBUILD_LIBBITCOINCONSENSUS=OFF \
+    -DENABLE_CLANG_TIDY=OFF \
     -DENABLE_QRCODE=OFF \
     -DENABLE_UPNP=OFF
 
@@ -179,6 +180,7 @@
     cmake -GNinja .. \
       -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=${SOURCEDIR}/cmake/platforms/${CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE[${i}]} \
       -DCLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE=ON \
+      -DENABLE_CLANG_TIDY=OFF \
       -DENABLE_REDUCE_EXPORTS=ON \
       -DBUILD_BITCOIN_SEEDER=OFF \
       -DCPACK_STRIP_FILES=ON \
diff --git a/contrib/teamcity/build_cmake.sh b/contrib/teamcity/build_cmake.sh
--- a/contrib/teamcity/build_cmake.sh
+++ b/contrib/teamcity/build_cmake.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 git clean -xffd
 
 read -a CMAKE_FLAGS <<< "${CMAKE_FLAGS}"
-cmake -GNinja .. "${CMAKE_FLAGS[@]}"
+cmake -GNinja .. -DENABLE_CLANG_TIDY=OFF "${CMAKE_FLAGS[@]}"
 
 # Run build
 ninja
diff --git a/src/.clang-tidy b/src/.clang-tidy
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/.clang-tidy
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Checks:      -*,boost-use-to-string
+FormatStyle: file
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 option(ENABLE_NOTIFICATIONS "Enable desktop notifications" ON)
 option(ENABLE_WERROR "Promote some compiler warnings to errors" OFF)
 option(START_WITH_UPNP "Make UPnP the default to map ports" OFF)
+option(ENABLE_CLANG_TIDY "Enable clang-tidy checks for Bitcoin ABC" ON)
 
 # Disable what we do not need for the native build.
 include(NativeExecutable)
@@ -34,8 +35,14 @@
 	"-DBUILD_BITCOIN_ZMQ=OFF"
 	"-DENABLE_QRCODE=OFF"
 	"-DENABLE_UPNP=OFF"
+	# Forward the current setting for clang-tidy
+	"-DENABLE_CLANG_TIDY=${ENABLE_CLANG_TIDY}"
 )
 
+if(ENABLE_CLANG_TIDY)
+	include(ClangTidy)
+endif()
+
 # Allow usage of sanitizers by setting ECM_ENABLE_SANITIZERS
 if(ENABLE_SANITIZERS)
 	set(ECM_ENABLE_SANITIZERS ${ENABLE_SANITIZERS})
diff --git a/src/qt/CMakeLists.txt b/src/qt/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/qt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/qt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -240,7 +240,13 @@
 
 	target_include_directories(bitcoin-qt-protobuf PUBLIC ${Protobuf_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 	target_link_libraries(bitcoin-qt-protobuf ${Protobuf_LIBRARIES})
-	
+
+	# Don't run clang-tidy on generated files
+	if(ENABLE_CLANG_TIDY)
+		include(ClangTidy)
+		target_disable_clang_tidy(bitcoin-qt-protobuf)
+	endif()
+
 	target_link_libraries(bitcoin-qt-base
 		OpenSSL::SSL
 		bitcoin-qt-protobuf