diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/add-commit-msg-checks-6e4a5a0444fb8496.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/add-commit-msg-checks-6e4a5a0444fb8496.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b90452
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/add-commit-msg-checks-6e4a5a0444fb8496.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+features:
+  - Added commit message checks.  Starting now, commits must include ``Sem-Ver``
+    tags in the commit message as well as a release note in the ``releasenotes``
diff --git a/zuul.d/jobs.yaml b/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
index f461374..276c297 100644
--- a/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@
 # under the License.
 
 - job:
+    name: ansible-collection-atmosphere-check-commit
+    nodeset:
+      nodes: []
+    run:
+      - zuul.d/playbooks/ansible-collection-atmosphere-check-commit/run.yml
+
+- job:
     name: ansible-collection-atmosphere-tox-build
     parent: tox
     post-run:
diff --git a/zuul.d/playbooks/ansible-collection-atmosphere-check-commit/run.yml b/zuul.d/playbooks/ansible-collection-atmosphere-check-commit/run.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e92406
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zuul.d/playbooks/ansible-collection-atmosphere-check-commit/run.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2022 VEXXHOST, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+- hosts: localhost
+  gather_facts: false
+  vars:
+    zuul:
+      message: U2VtLVZlcgo=
+      project:
+        canonical_hostname: opendev.org
+        name: vexxhost/ansible-collection-atmosphere
+      ref: refs/changes/92/834092/2
+  tasks:
+    - name: Get the commit for the ref
+      uri:
+        url: "https://{{ zuul.project.canonical_hostname }}/api/v1/repos/{{ zuul.project.name }}/git/refs/{{ zuul.ref | replace('refs/', '') | urlencode }}"
+        return_content: true
+      register: _git_ref
+
+    - name: Get the commit details
+      uri:
+        url: "{{ _git_ref.json[0].object.url }}"
+        return_content: true
+      register: _git_commit
+
+    - block:
+        - name: Run assertions on commit
+          assert:
+            that: "{{ item.that }}"
+            fail_msg: "{{ item.msg }}"
+          loop:
+            - that: "'Sem-Ver' in (zuul.message | b64decode)"
+              msg: "Sem-Ver tag missing from commit message, see: https://docs.openstack.org/pbr/latest/user/features.html#version"
+            - that: "(_git_commit.json.files | selectattr('filename', 'search', 'releasenotes/') | list | length) != 0"
+              msg: "Missing release note in commit message, please create one using `reno`."
+          loop_control:
+            label: "{{ item.that }}"
+          register: _assertions
+
+      always:
+        - name: Generate list of Zuul warnings
+          set_fact:
+            _warnings: "{{ _assertions.results | selectattr('failed', 'equalto', true) | map(attribute='msg') | list }}"
+        - name: Print list of Zuul warnings
+          debug:
+            msg: "{{_warnings }}"
+        - name: Generate a list of Zuul warnings
+          zuul_return:
+            data:
+              zuul:
+                warnings: "{{ _warnings }}"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/zuul.d/project.yaml b/zuul.d/project.yaml
index 682ee36..4c0068d 100644
--- a/zuul.d/project.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/project.yaml
@@ -15,11 +15,13 @@
 - project:
     check:
       jobs:
+        - ansible-collection-atmosphere-check-commit
         - ansible-collection-atmosphere-tox-build
         - ansible-collection-atmosphere-tox-molecule-default
         - opendev-tox-docs
     gate:
       jobs:
+        - ansible-collection-atmosphere-check-commit
         - ansible-collection-atmosphere-tox-build
         - ansible-collection-atmosphere-tox-molecule-default
         - opendev-tox-docs