diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 24bac90e0..fc40c7455 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -7,24 +7,32 @@ jobs:
       - image: circleci/golang:1.12
     steps:
       - checkout
+      - run:
+          name: Misspell Install
+          command: make install-misspell
       - run:
           name: Misspell check
-          command: make precommit
+          command: make misspell
+
   markdownlint:
     docker:
-      - image: circleci/ruby:latest
+      - image: node:13
     steps:
       - checkout
       - run:
-          name: Install markdownlint
-          command: gem install mdl
+          name: Install Tools
+          command: |
+            make install-markdown-lint
+            make install-markdown-link-check
       - run:
-          name: Check markdownlint
-          command: mdl -c .mdlrc .
+          name: Run Tools
+          command: |
+            make markdown-lint
+            make enforce-markdown-link-check
 
 workflows:
   version: 2
-  build:
+  check-errors:
     jobs:
       - misspell
       - markdownlint
diff --git a/.markdownlint.yaml b/.markdownlint.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..10f530f52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.markdownlint.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "default": true,
+  "MD024": { "allow_different_nesting": true },
+  "MD029": { "style": "ordered" },
+  "ul-style": false,  # MD004
+  "line-length": false,  # MD013
+  "no-inline-html": false,  # MD033
+  "fenced-code-language": false  # MD040
+}
diff --git a/.mdlrc b/.mdlrc
deleted file mode 100644
index 089df2005..000000000
--- a/.mdlrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-style ".mdlstyle.rb"
diff --git a/.mdlstyle.rb b/.mdlstyle.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b88e6c3b..000000000
--- a/.mdlstyle.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-all
-
-# Multiple headings with the same content allowed for sibling headings
-rule 'MD024', :allow_different_nesting => true
-
-# Ordered lists should have increasing prefixes
-rule 'MD029', :style => :ordered
-
-# Ignore unordered list style
-exclude_rule 'MD004'
-
-# Ignore line length
-exclude_rule 'MD013'
-
-# Inline HTML
-exclude_rule 'MD033'
-
-# Fenced code blocks should have a language specified
-exclude_rule 'MD040'
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6454c6066..935dc179f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,12 +3,10 @@ ALL_DOC := $(shell find . -name '*.md' -type f | sort)
 
 TOOLS_DIR := ./.tools
 MISSPELL_BINARY=$(TOOLS_DIR)/misspell
-
-.PHONY: precommit
-precommit: install-misspell misspell
+MARKDOWN_LINK_CHECK=markdown-link-check
 
 .PHONY: install-misspell
-install-misspell: go.mod go.sum internal/tools.go
+install-misspell:
 	go build -o $(MISSPELL_BINARY) github.com/client9/misspell/cmd/misspell
 
 .PHONY: misspell
@@ -18,3 +16,30 @@ misspell:
 .PHONY: misspell-correction
 misspell-correction:
 	$(MISSPELL_BINARY) -w $(ALL_DOCS)
+
+.PHONY: install-markdown-link-check
+install-markdown-link-check:
+	npm install -g $(MARKDOWN_LINK_CHECK)
+
+.PHONY: markdown-link-check
+markdown-link-check:
+	find . -name \*.md -exec $(MARKDOWN_LINK_CHECK) {} \;
+
+.PHONY: enforce-markdown-link-check
+enforce-markdown-link-check:
+	@LINKCHECKOUT=`find . -name \*.md -exec $(MARKDOWN_LINK_CHECK) {} 2>&1 >/dev/null \;`; \
+		if [ "$$LINKCHECKOUT" ]; then \
+			echo "$(MARKDOWN_LINK_CHECK) FAILED => errors:\n"; \
+			echo "Run 'make $(MARKDOWN_LINK_CHECK)' to see the errors" \
+			exit 1; \
+		else \
+			echo "Check markdown links finished successfully"; \
+		fi
+
+.PHONY: install-markdown-lint
+install-markdown-lint:
+	npm install -g markdownlint-cli
+
+.PHONY: markdown-lint
+markdown-lint:
+	markdownlint -c .markdownlint.yaml '**/*.md'