diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-translations.yml b/.github/workflows/test-translations.yml
index 45dc60aa3..5c8c5a437 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-translations.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-translations.yml
@@ -78,4 +78,4 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Lint translation file
       if: always()
-      run: sphinx-lint locales/${{ matrix.language }}/LC_MESSAGES/messages.po
+      run: nox -s sphinx_lint -- locales/${{ matrix.language }}/LC_MESSAGES/messages.po
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 8503ca720..75eefaacc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ jobs:
         noxenv:
         - build
         - linkcheck
+        - sphinx_lint
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
index 698e82f9d..1a3a64d83 100644
--- a/noxfile.py
+++ b/noxfile.py
@@ -104,3 +104,14 @@ def checkqa(session):
         "--all-files",
         "--show-diff-on-failure",
     )
+
+
+@nox.session()
+def sphinx_lint(session):
+    """
+    Check for reST format issues in source rst files,
+    accepting another path as positional argument.
+    """
+    session.install("sphinx-lint==1.0.0")
+    target = session.posargs if len(session.posargs) >= 1 else ["source"]
+    session.run("sphinx-lint", *target)