diff --git a/.github/workflows/cppcheck.yml b/.github/workflows/cppcheck.yml
index 8f3ec3df..43a815ba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cppcheck.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cppcheck.yml
@@ -18,10 +18,8 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Install cppcheck
       run:
-        |
-        sudo apt-get update
-        sudo apt-get install -y cppcheck
+        - sudo apt-get update
+        - sudo apt-get install -y cppcheck
 
     - name: Run cppcheck
-      run:
-        cppcheck src --enable=all --force --inline-suppr --quiet --suppress=ConfigurationNotChecked --suppress=unusedFunction
+      run: ./extras/cppcheck/cppcheck.sh
diff --git a/extras/cppcheck/cppcheck.sh b/extras/cppcheck/cppcheck.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..d5906e18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extras/cppcheck/cppcheck.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+
+file=cppcheck.txt
+cppcheck --version
+cppcheck src --enable=all --force --inline-suppr --suppress=ConfigurationNotChecked --suppress=unusedFunction --quiet >> $file 2>&1
+echo "Cppcheck finished with exit code $?"
+
+error=$(grep ": error:" $file | wc -l)
+warning=$(grep ": warning:" $file | wc -l)
+style=$(grep ": style:" $file | wc -l)
+echo "found $error erros, $warning warnings and $style style issues"
+if [ $error -gt "0" ] || [ $warning -gt "0" ] || [ $style -gt "0" ]
+then
+  cat $file
+  exitcode=1
+fi
+
+rm $file
+exit $exitcode