diff --git a/.ci.readme.fmt.sh b/.ci.readme.fmt.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..0616c8ead
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci.readme.fmt.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Verify that the code snippets in README.md are formatted.
+# The tool https://github.com/hougesen/mdsf is used.
+
+if [ -n "$(mdsf verify --config .mdsf.json README.md 2>&1)" ]; then
+  echo "Go code in the README.md is not formatted."
+  echo "Did you forget to run 'mdsf format README.md'?"
+  exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 1dd4e650f..95a2fd35a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -15,10 +15,15 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
           go-version: ${{ matrix.go_version }}
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+      - name: Install mdsf to check formatting of code snippets in markdown files
+        run: npm install -g mdsf-cli
       - run: ./.ci.gogenerate.sh
       - run: ./.ci.gofmt.sh
       - run: ./.ci.govet.sh
       - run: go test -v -race ./...
+      - name: Verify formatting of code snippets in README.md
+        run: ./.ci.readme.fmt.sh
   test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
diff --git a/.mdsf.json b/.mdsf.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7617589ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.mdsf.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hougesen/mdsf/main/schemas/v0.4.1/mdsf.schema.json",
+  "format_finished_document": false,
+  "languages": {
+    "go": [
+      [
+        "gofmt",
+        "goimports"
+      ]
+    ]
+  }
+}