diff --git a/.clang-tidy b/.clang-tidy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1f45c7849
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.clang-tidy
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+---
+# clang-tidy configuration
+#
+# clang-tidy can be run manually over a set of files like this:
+#
+#     clang-tidy -p build/compile_commands.json SourceS/**/*.cpp
+#
+# To apply fixes suggested by clang-tidy, run:
+#
+#     clang-tidy -p build/compile_commands.json --fix SourceS/**/*.cpp
+#
+# clang-tidy also has several IDE integrations listed here:
+# https://clang.llvm.org/extra/clang-tidy/Integrations.html
+
+# Enable most checks.
+#
+# Built-in checks:
+# https://clang.llvm.org/extra/clang-tidy/checks/list.html
+#
+# Exclusions:
+#
+# -modernize-avoid-c-arrays
+#   We use C-arrays throughout, e.g. for `constexpr char []`.
+#   `std::array` is not a replacement because its length is
+#   not deduced.
+#
+# -modernize-use-trailing-return-type
+#   A purely stylistic change that we do not want.
+Checks: >
+  -*,
+  bugprone-*,
+  cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-cstyle-cast,
+  google-runtime-int,
+  llvm-include-order,
+  llvm-namespace-comment,
+  misc-*,
+  modernize-*,
+  performance-*,
+  portability-*,
+  readability-*,
+  -modernize-avoid-c-arrays,
+  -modernize-use-trailing-return-type,
+
+HeaderFilterRegex: "^Source[SXT].*\\.h$"
+
+CheckOptions:
+  # Identifier names per the Google Style Guide:
+  # https://google.github.io/styleguide/cppguide.html#General_Naming_Rules
+  - { key: readability-identifier-naming.NamespaceCase,           value: lower_case }
+  - { key: readability-identifier-naming.ClassCase,               value: CamelCase  }
+  - { key: readability-identifier-naming.StructCase,              value: CamelCase  }
+  - { key: readability-identifier-naming.TemplateParameterCase,   value: CamelCase  }
+  - { key: readability-identifier-naming.FunctionCase,            value: aNy_CasE   }
+  - { key: readability-identifier-naming.VariableCase,            value: lower_case }
+  - { key: readability-identifier-naming.ClassMemberCase,         value: lower_case }
+  - { key: readability-identifier-naming.ClassMemberSuffix,       value: _          }
+  - { key: readability-identifier-naming.PrivateMemberSuffix,     value: _          }
+  - { key: readability-identifier-naming.ProtectedMemberSuffix,   value: _          }
+  - { key: readability-identifier-naming.EnumConstantCase,        value: CamelCase  }
+  - { key: readability-identifier-naming.EnumConstantPrefix,      value: k          }
+  - { key: readability-identifier-naming.ConstexprVariableCase,   value: CamelCase  }
+  - { key: readability-identifier-naming.ConstexprVariablePrefix, value: k          }
+  - { key: readability-identifier-naming.GlobalConstantCase,      value: CamelCase  }
+  - { key: readability-identifier-naming.GlobalConstantPrefix,    value: k          }
+  - { key: readability-identifier-naming.MemberConstantCase,      value: CamelCase  }
+  - { key: readability-identifier-naming.MemberConstantPrefix,    value: k          }
+  - { key: readability-identifier-naming.StaticConstantCase,      value: CamelCase  }
+  - { key: readability-identifier-naming.StaticConstantPrefix,    value: k          }
+
+  # Allow short if-statements without braces
+  - { key: readability-braces-around-statements.ShortStatementLines, value: 2 }
+
+  # Use <cstdint> fixed-width integer types instead of short, long and long long
+  - { key: google-runtime-int.UnsignedTypePrefix, value: "std::uint" }
+  - { key: google-runtime-int.SignedTypePrefix, value: "std::int" }
+  - { key: google-runtime-int.TypeSuffix, value: "_t" }
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 954273fa0..f2a0cea2a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ endif()
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
+set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS ON) # for clang-tidy
 set(CMAKE_THREAD_PREFER_PTHREAD ON)
 set(THREADS_PREFER_PTHREAD_FLAG ON)