diff --git a/.github/cargo-deny-composite-action/cargo-deny-generator.sh b/.github/cargo-deny-composite-action/cargo-deny-generator.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3d9eba242cfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/cargo-deny-composite-action/cargo-deny-generator.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2022 Red Hat
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+
+script_dir=$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")
+parent_dir=$(realpath "${script_dir}/../..")
+cidir="${parent_dir}/ci"
+source "${cidir}/lib.sh"
+
+cargo_deny_file="${script_dir}/action.yaml"
+
+cat cargo-deny-skeleton.yaml.in > "${cargo_deny_file}"
+
+changed_files_status=$(run_get_pr_changed_file_details)
+changed_files_status=$(echo "$changed_files_status" | grep "Cargo\.toml$" || true)
+changed_files=$(echo "$changed_files_status" | awk '{print $NF}' || true)
+
+if [ -z "$changed_files" ]; then
+  cat >> "${cargo_deny_file}" << EOF
+    - run: echo "No Cargo.toml files to check"
+      shell: bash
+EOF
+fi
+
+for path in $changed_files
+do
+    cat >> "${cargo_deny_file}" << EOF
+
+    - name: ${path}
+      continue-on-error: true
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        pushd $(dirname ${path})
+        cargo deny check
+        popd
+EOF
+done
diff --git a/.github/cargo-deny-composite-action/cargo-deny-skeleton.yaml.in b/.github/cargo-deny-composite-action/cargo-deny-skeleton.yaml.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e48d1f6c86b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/cargo-deny-composite-action/cargo-deny-skeleton.yaml.in
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2022 Red Hat
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+
+name: 'Cargo Crates Check'
+description: 'Checks every Cargo.toml file using cargo-deny'
+
+env:
+  CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
+
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: Install Rust
+      uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+      with:
+        profile: minimal
+        toolchain: nightly 
+        override: true
+
+    - name: Cache
+      uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+
+    - name: Install Cargo deny
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        which cargo
+        cargo install --locked cargo-deny || true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cargo-deny-runner.yaml b/.github/workflows/cargo-deny-runner.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5d6dfeb6cf44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/cargo-deny-runner.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+name: Cargo Crates Check Runner
+on: [pull_request]
+jobs:
+  cargo-deny-runner:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Code
+        if: ${{ !contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'force-skip-ci') }}
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Generate Action
+        if: ${{ !contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'force-skip-ci') }}
+        run: bash cargo-deny-generator.sh
+        working-directory: ./.github/cargo-deny-composite-action/
+        env:
+          GOPATH: ${{ runner.workspace }}/kata-containers
+      - name: Run Action
+        if: ${{ !contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'force-skip-ci') }}
+        uses: ./.github/cargo-deny-composite-action
diff --git a/ci/lib.sh b/ci/lib.sh
index 3cb2c158f64a..29b640a6aef4 100644
--- a/ci/lib.sh
+++ b/ci/lib.sh
@@ -54,3 +54,13 @@ run_docs_url_alive_check()
 	git fetch -a
 	bash "$tests_repo_dir/.ci/static-checks.sh" --docs --all "github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers"
 }
+
+run_get_pr_changed_file_details()
+{
+	clone_tests_repo
+	# Make sure we have the targeting branch
+	git remote set-branches --add origin "${branch}"
+	git fetch -a
+	source "$tests_repo_dir/.ci/lib.sh"
+	get_pr_changed_file_details
+}
diff --git a/deny.toml b/deny.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7c97ec4c7e5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deny.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+targets = [
+    { triple = "x86_64-apple-darwin" },
+    { triple = "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu" },
+    { triple = "x86_64-unknown-linux-musl" },
+]
+
+[advisories]
+vulnerability = "deny"
+unsound = "deny"
+unmaintained = "deny"
+ignore = ["RUSTSEC-2020-0071"]
+
+[bans]
+multiple-versions = "allow"
+deny = [
+    { name = "cmake" },
+    { name = "openssl-sys" },
+]
+
+[licenses]
+unlicensed = "deny"
+allow-osi-fsf-free = "neither"
+copyleft = "allow"
+# We want really high confidence when inferring licenses from text
+confidence-threshold = 0.93
+allow = ["0BSD", "Apache-2.0", "BSD-2-Clause", "BSD-3-Clause", "CC0-1.0", "ISC", "MIT", "MPL-2.0"]
+private = { ignore = true}
+
+exceptions = []
+
+[sources]
+unknown-registry = "allow"
+unknown-git = "allow"