diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.yml b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
index 397c8572e..1d3d027ee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ env:
   GO_VERSION: 1.19.x
 
 jobs:
+  keyring:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: check runc.keyring
+      run: make validate-keyring
 
   lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ec243fefd..845eebf43 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -160,9 +160,12 @@ verify-dependencies: vendor
 		|| (echo -e "git status:\n $$(git status -- go.mod go.sum vendor/)\nerror: vendor/, go.mod and/or go.sum not up to date. Run \"make vendor\" to update"; exit 1) \
 		&& echo "all vendor files are up to date."
 
+validate-keyring:
+	script/keyring_validate.sh
+
 .PHONY: runc all recvtty sd-helper seccompagent static releaseall release \
 	localrelease dbuild lint man runcimage \
 	test localtest unittest localunittest integration localintegration \
 	rootlessintegration localrootlessintegration shell install install-bash \
 	install-man clean cfmt shfmt localshfmt shellcheck \
-	vendor verify-changelog verify-dependencies
+	vendor verify-changelog verify-dependencies validate-keyring
diff --git a/script/keyring_validate.sh b/script/keyring_validate.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..61ed80cc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/keyring_validate.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright (C) 2023 SUSE LLC.
+# Copyright (C) 2023 Open Containers Authors
+#
+# 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.
+
+set -Eeuo pipefail
+
+project="runc"
+root="$(readlink -f "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/..")"
+
+function log() {
+	echo "[*]" "$@" >&2
+}
+
+function bail() {
+	log "$@"
+	exit 1
+}
+
+# Temporary GPG keyring for messing around with.
+tmp_gpgdir="$(mktemp -d --tmpdir "$project-validate-tmpkeyring.XXXXXX")"
+trap 'rm -r "$tmp_gpgdir"' EXIT
+
+# Get the set of MAINTAINERS.
+readarray -t maintainers < <(sed -E 's|.* <.*> \(@?(.*)\)$|\1|' <"$root/MAINTAINERS")
+echo "$project maintainers:"
+printf "  %s\n" "${maintainers[@]}"
+
+# Create a dummy gpg keyring from the set of MAINTAINERS.
+while IFS="" read -r username || [ -n "$username" ]; do
+	curl -sSL "https://github.com/$username.gpg" |
+		gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring="$tmp_gpgdir/$username.keyring" --import
+done < <(printf '%s\n' "${maintainers[@]}")
+
+# Make sure all of the keys in the keyring have a github=... comment.
+awk <"$root/$project.keyring" '
+	/^-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----$/ { key_idx++; in_pgp=1; has_comment=0; }
+
+	# PGP comments are never broken up over several lines, and we only have one
+	# comment entry in our keyring file anyway.
+	in_pgp && /^Comment:.* github=\w+.*/ { has_comment=1 }
+
+	/^-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----$/ {
+		if (!has_comment) {
+			print "[!] Key", key_idx, "in '$project'.keyring is missing a github= comment."
+			exit 1
+		}
+	}
+'
+
+# Check that each entry in the kering is actually a maintainer's key.
+while IFS="" read -d $'\0' -r block || [ -n "$block" ]; do
+	username="$(sed -En "s|^Comment:.* github=(\w+).*|\1|p" <<<"$block")"
+
+	# FIXME: This is to work around codespell thinking that f-p-r is a
+	# misspelling of some other word, and the lack of support for inline
+	# ignores in codespell.
+	fprfield="f""p""r"
+
+	# Check the username is actually a maintainer. This is just a sanity check,
+	# since you can put whatever you like in the Comment field.
+	[ -f "$tmp_gpgdir/$username.keyring" ] || bail "User $username in runc.keyring is not a maintainer!"
+	grep "(@$username)$" "$root/MAINTAINERS" >/dev/null || bail "User $username in runc.keyring is not a maintainer!"
+
+	# Check that the key in the block actually matches a known key for that
+	# maintainer. Note that a block can contain multiple keys, so we need to
+	# check all of them. Since we have to handle multiple keys anyway, we'll
+	# also verify all of the subkeys (this is simpler to implement anyway since
+	# the --with-colons format outputs fingerprints for both primary and
+	# subkeys in the same way).
+	#
+	# Fingerprints have a field 1 of $fprfield and field 10 containing the
+	# fingerprint. See <https://github.com/gpg/gnupg/blob/master/doc/DETAILS>
+	# for more details.
+	while IFS="" read -r key || [ -n "$key" ]; do
+		gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring="$tmp_gpgdir/$username.keyring" \
+			--list-keys --with-colons | grep "$fprfield:::::::::$key:" >/dev/null ||
+			bail "(Sub?)Key $key in $project.keyring is NOT actually one of $username's keys!"
+		log "Successfully verified $username's (sub?)key $key is legitimate."
+	done < <(gpg --no-default-keyring \
+		--import --import-options=show-only --with-colons <<<"$block" |
+		grep "^$fprfield:" | cut -d: -f10)
+done < <(awk <"$project.keyring" '
+	/^-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----$/ { in_block=1 }
+	in_block { print }
+	/^-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----$/   { in_block=0; printf("\0"); }
+')