diff --git a/src/linting-test.js b/src/linting-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6f634f47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/linting-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import {resolve} from 'path';
+import {assert} from 'chai';
+import sinon from 'sinon';
+import any from '@travi/any';
+import * as fsAsync from '../thirdparty-wrappers/fs';
+import scaffoldLinting from './linting';
+
+suite('Linting', () => {
+  let sandbox;
+
+  setup(() => {
+    sandbox = sinon.createSandbox();
+
+    sandbox.stub(fsAsync, 'copyFile');
+  });
+
+  teardown(() => sandbox.restore());
+
+  test('that the markdown lint style is defined', async () => {
+    const projectRoot = any.string();
+
+    const results = await scaffoldLinting(projectRoot);
+
+    assert.deepEqual(results.gems, ['mdl']);
+    assert.calledWith(
+      fsAsync.copyFile,
+      resolve(__dirname, '..', 'templates', 'markdownlint-style.rb'),
+      `${projectRoot}/markdownlint-style.rb`
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/linting.js b/src/linting.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e88ee862
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/linting.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import {resolve} from 'path';
+import {info} from '@travi/cli-messages';
+import {copyFile} from '../thirdparty-wrappers/fs';
+
+export default async function (projectRoot) {
+  info('Configuring Linting');
+
+  await copyFile(
+    resolve(__dirname, '..', 'templates', 'markdownlint-style.rb'),
+    `${projectRoot}/markdownlint-style.rb`
+  );
+
+  return {gems: ['mdl']};
+}
diff --git a/src/scaffolder-test.js b/src/scaffolder-test.js
index 213dbcd7..49d98ee5 100644
--- a/src/scaffolder-test.js
+++ b/src/scaffolder-test.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import * as rubyVersionScaffolder from './ruby-version';
 import * as rakeScaffolder from './rake';
 import * as gemsScaffolder from './gems';
 import * as documentationScaffolder from './documentation';
+import * as lintingScaffolder from './linting';
 import {scaffold} from './scaffolder';
 
 suite('scaffolder', () => {
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ suite('scaffolder', () => {
     sandbox.stub(rakeScaffolder, 'default');
     sandbox.stub(gemsScaffolder, 'default');
     sandbox.stub(documentationScaffolder, 'default');
+    sandbox.stub(lintingScaffolder, 'default');
   });
 
   teardown(() => sandbox.restore());
@@ -24,14 +26,16 @@ suite('scaffolder', () => {
   test('that the project is scaffolded', async () => {
     const projectRoot = any.string();
     const gemsForRake = any.listOf(any.word);
+    const gemsForLinting = any.listOf(any.word);
     const documentation = any.simpleObject();
     rakeScaffolder.default.withArgs(projectRoot).resolves({gems: gemsForRake});
+    lintingScaffolder.default.withArgs(projectRoot).resolves({gems: gemsForLinting});
     documentationScaffolder.default.returns(documentation);
 
     const result = await scaffold({projectRoot});
 
     assert.calledWith(rubyVersionScaffolder.default, projectRoot);
-    assert.calledWith(gemsScaffolder.default, projectRoot, gemsForRake);
+    assert.calledWith(gemsScaffolder.default, projectRoot, [...gemsForRake, ...gemsForLinting]);
     assert.equal(result.verificationCommand, 'rake');
     assert.equal(result.documentation, documentation);
   });
diff --git a/src/scaffolder.js b/src/scaffolder.js
index 68c4a350..9cea9a9d 100644
--- a/src/scaffolder.js
+++ b/src/scaffolder.js
@@ -3,16 +3,18 @@ import scaffoldRubyVersion from './ruby-version';
 import scaffoldRake from './rake';
 import scaffoldGem from './gems';
 import scaffoldDocumentation from './documentation';
+import scaffoldLinting from './linting';
 
 export async function scaffold({projectRoot}) {
   info('Initializing Ruby project');
 
-  const [rakeResults] = await Promise.all([
+  const [rakeResults, lintingResults] = await Promise.all([
     scaffoldRake(projectRoot),
+    scaffoldLinting(projectRoot),
     scaffoldRubyVersion(projectRoot)
   ]);
 
-  await scaffoldGem(projectRoot, rakeResults.gems);
+  await scaffoldGem(projectRoot, [...rakeResults.gems, ...lintingResults.gems]);
 
   return {
     verificationCommand: 'rake',
diff --git a/templates/markdownlint-style.rb b/templates/markdownlint-style.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..88af3b0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/markdownlint-style.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+all
+rule 'no-trailing-punctuation', :punctuation => '.,;:!'
+exclude_rule 'commands-show-output'
diff --git a/test/integration/features/step_definitions/common-steps.js b/test/integration/features/step_definitions/common-steps.js
index abffc577..ad535d5d 100644
--- a/test/integration/features/step_definitions/common-steps.js
+++ b/test/integration/features/step_definitions/common-steps.js
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ Before(async function () {
   stubbedFs({
     templates: {
       'Rakefile.rb': await readFile(resolve(__dirname, '../../../../', 'templates/Rakefile.rb')),
-      'Gemfile.rb': await readFile(resolve(__dirname, '../../../../', 'templates/Gemfile.rb'))
+      'Gemfile.rb': await readFile(resolve(__dirname, '../../../../', 'templates/Gemfile.rb')),
+      'markdownlint-style.rb': await readFile(resolve(__dirname, '../../../../', 'templates/markdownlint-style.rb'))
     }
   });