diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index f4ef3ba7e..19c5479a4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         flake8
 
+    - name: Sort imports (isort)
+      run: |
+        isort --check .
+
     - name: Mypy
       run: |
         mypy freqtrade scripts
@@ -156,6 +160,10 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         flake8
 
+    - name: Sort imports (isort)
+      run: |
+        isort --check .
+
     - name: Mypy
       run: |
         mypy freqtrade scripts
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index b71f1abfd..c16e387ef 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ pytest-asyncio==0.14.0
 pytest-cov==2.10.1
 pytest-mock==3.3.1
 pytest-random-order==1.0.4
+isort==5.5.3
 
 # Convert jupyter notebooks to markdown documents
 nbconvert==6.0.6
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 34f25482b..57a0c42e7 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ exclude =
     .eggs,
     user_data,
 
+[isort]
+line_length=100
+multi_line_output=0
+
 [mypy]
 ignore_missing_imports = True