diff --git a/.github/workflows/continuous-monitoring.yml b/.github/workflows/continuous-monitoring.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a8f60769
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/continuous-monitoring.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+name: Continuous monitoring of distribution channels
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  schedule:
+    - cron:  '0 */6 * * *'
+
+jobs:
+  smoke-tests:
+    name: Run smoke tests
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.x'
+      - run: pip install tox
+      - name: Run smoke tests
+        run: tox -c tox-distributioncheck.ini
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index efd51b7e..b4e4ffd6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,3 +20,5 @@ pip-selfcheck.json
 
 .coverage*
 htmlcov
+
+venv
diff --git a/tests/distributioncheck/__init__.py b/tests/distributioncheck/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/tests/distributioncheck/test_sanity.py b/tests/distributioncheck/test_sanity.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..398b4fdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/distributioncheck/test_sanity.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from aws_xray_sdk.core.models.segment import Segment
+
+def test_create_segment():
+    segment = Segment('test')
+    assert segment.name == 'test'
diff --git a/tox-distributioncheck.ini b/tox-distributioncheck.ini
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..24176478
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tox-distributioncheck.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[tox]
+skipsdist = true
+
+[testenv:distribution-check]
+deps =
+    pytest > 5.2.0
+    aws-xray-sdk
+commands =
+    pytest tests/distributioncheck