diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index b0964f52838..215a5e7c951 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -89,6 +89,14 @@ repos:
       verbose: true
       always_run: true
       stages: [commit-msg]
+    - id: check-gnu-style
+      name: check-gnu-style
+      language: script
+      entry: gdb/contrib/check-gnu-style-pre-commit.sh
+      files: '^(gdb(support|server)?)/.*\.(c|h|cc)$'
+      exclude: '.*/testsuite/.*'
+      verbose: true
+      stages: [pre-commit]
   - repo: https://github.com/nmoroze/tclint
     rev: v0.6.1
     hooks:
diff --git a/contrib/check_GNU_style.py b/contrib/check_GNU_style.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..b359bd8b4c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/check_GNU_style.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# Copyright (C) 2017-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# Checks some of the GNU style formatting rules in a set of patches.
+# The script is a rewritten of the same bash script and should eventually
+# replace the former script.
+#
+# This file is part of GCC.
+#
+# GCC is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+# the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+# Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any later
+# version.
+#
+# GCC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+# WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+# for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with GCC; see the file COPYING3.  If not see
+# <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import argparse
+import sys
+from check_GNU_style_lib import check_GNU_style_file
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Check GNU coding style.')
+    parser.add_argument('file', help = 'File with a patch')
+    parser.add_argument('-f', '--format', default = 'stdio',
+        help = 'Display format',
+        choices = ['stdio', 'quickfix'])
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    filename = args.file
+    format = args.format
+
+    if filename == '-':
+        check_GNU_style_file(sys.stdin, format)
+    else:
+        with open(filename, newline='\n') as diff_file:
+            check_GNU_style_file(diff_file, format)
+
+main()
diff --git a/contrib/check_GNU_style_lib.py b/contrib/check_GNU_style_lib.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..8b930ef6bdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/check_GNU_style_lib.py
@@ -0,0 +1,326 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# Copyright (C) 2017-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# Checks some of the GNU style formatting rules in a set of patches.
+# The script is a rewritten of the same bash script and should eventually
+# replace the former script.
+#
+# This file is part of GCC.
+#
+# GCC is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+# the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+# Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any later
+# version.
+#
+# GCC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+# WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+# for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with GCC; see the file COPYING3.  If not see
+# <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+# The script requires python packages, which can be installed via pip3
+# like this:
+# $ pip3 install unidiff termcolor
+
+import sys
+import re
+import unittest
+
+def import_pip3(*args):
+    missing=[]
+    for (module, names) in args:
+        try:
+            lib = __import__(module)
+        except ImportError:
+            missing.append(module)
+            continue
+        if not isinstance(names, list):
+            names=[names]
+        for name in names:
+            globals()[name]=getattr(lib, name)
+    if len(missing) > 0:
+        missing_and_sep = ' and '.join(missing)
+        missing_space_sep = ' '.join(missing)
+        print('%s %s missing (run: pip3 install %s)'
+              % (missing_and_sep,
+                 ("module is" if len(missing) == 1 else "modules are"),
+                 missing_space_sep))
+        exit(3)
+
+import_pip3(('termcolor', 'colored'),
+            ('unidiff', 'PatchSet'))
+
+from itertools import *
+
+ws_char = '█'
+ts = 8
+
+def error_string(s):
+    return colored(s, 'red', attrs = ['bold'])
+
+class CheckError:
+    def __init__(self, filename, lineno, console_error, error_message,
+        column = -1):
+        self.filename = filename
+        self.lineno = lineno
+        self.console_error = console_error
+        self.error_message = error_message
+        self.column = column
+
+    def error_location(self):
+        return '%s:%d:%d:' % (self.filename, self.lineno,
+            self.column if self.column != -1 else -1)
+
+class LineLengthCheck:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.limit = 80
+        self.expanded_tab = ' ' * ts
+
+    def check(self, filename, lineno, line):
+        line_expanded = line.replace('\t', self.expanded_tab)
+        if len(line_expanded) > self.limit:
+            return CheckError(filename, lineno,
+                line_expanded[:self.limit]
+                    + error_string(line_expanded[self.limit:]),
+                'lines should not exceed 80 characters', self.limit)
+
+        return None
+
+class SpacesCheck:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.expanded_tab = ' ' * ts
+
+    def check(self, filename, lineno, line):
+        i = line.find(self.expanded_tab)
+        if i != -1:
+            return CheckError(filename, lineno,
+                line.replace(self.expanded_tab, error_string(ws_char * ts)),
+                'blocks of 8 spaces should be replaced with tabs', i)
+
+class SpacesAndTabsMixedCheck:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.re = re.compile(r'\ \t')
+
+    def check(self, filename, lineno, line):
+        stripped = line.lstrip()
+        start = line[:len(line) - len(stripped)]
+        if self.re.search(line):
+            return CheckError(filename, lineno,
+                error_string(start.replace('\t', ws_char * ts)) + line[len(start):],
+                'a space should not precede a tab', 0)
+
+class TrailingWhitespaceCheck:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.re = re.compile(r'(\s+)$')
+
+    def check(self, filename, lineno, line):
+        assert(len(line) == 0 or line[-1] != '\n')
+        m = self.re.search(line)
+        if m != None:
+            return CheckError(filename, lineno,
+                line[:m.start(1)] + error_string(ws_char * len(m.group(1)))
+                + line[m.end(1):],
+                'trailing whitespace', m.start(1))
+
+class SentenceSeparatorCheck:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.re = re.compile(r'\w\.(\s|\s{3,})\w')
+
+    def check(self, filename, lineno, line):
+        m = self.re.search(line)
+        if m != None:
+            return CheckError(filename, lineno,
+                line[:m.start(1)] + error_string(ws_char * len(m.group(1)))
+                + line[m.end(1):],
+                'dot, space, space, new sentence', m.start(1))
+
+class SentenceEndOfCommentCheck:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.re = re.compile(r'\w\.(\s{0,1}|\s{3,})\*/')
+
+    def check(self, filename, lineno, line):
+        m = self.re.search(line)
+        if m != None:
+            return CheckError(filename, lineno,
+                line[:m.start(1)] + error_string(ws_char * len(m.group(1)))
+                + line[m.end(1):],
+                'dot, space, space, end of comment', m.start(1))
+
+class SentenceDotEndCheck:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.re = re.compile(r'\w(\s*\*/)')
+
+    def check(self, filename, lineno, line):
+        m = self.re.search(line)
+        if m != None:
+            return CheckError(filename, lineno,
+                line[:m.start(1)] + error_string(m.group(1)) + line[m.end(1):],
+                'dot, space, space, end of comment', m.start(1))
+
+class FunctionParenthesisCheck:
+    # TODO: filter out GTY stuff
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.re = re.compile(r'\w(\s{2,})?(\()')
+
+    def check(self, filename, lineno, line):
+        if '#define' in line:
+            return None
+
+        m = self.re.search(line)
+        if m != None:
+            return CheckError(filename, lineno,
+                line[:m.start(2)] + error_string(m.group(2)) + line[m.end(2):],
+                'there should be exactly one space between function name ' \
+                'and parenthesis', m.start(2))
+
+class SquareBracketCheck:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.re = re.compile(r'\w\s+(\[)')
+
+    def check(self, filename, lineno, line):
+        if filename.endswith('.md'):
+            return None
+
+        m = self.re.search(line)
+        if m != None:
+            return CheckError(filename, lineno,
+                line[:m.start(1)] + error_string(m.group(1)) + line[m.end(1):],
+                'there should be no space before a left square bracket',
+                m.start(1))
+
+class ClosingParenthesisCheck:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.re = re.compile(r'\S\s+(\))')
+
+    def check(self, filename, lineno, line):
+        m = self.re.search(line)
+        if m != None:
+            return CheckError(filename, lineno,
+                line[:m.start(1)] + error_string(m.group(1)) + line[m.end(1):],
+                'there should be no space before closing parenthesis',
+                m.start(1))
+
+class BracesOnSeparateLineCheck:
+    # This will give false positives for C99 compound literals.
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.re = re.compile(r'(\)|else)\s*({)')
+
+    def check(self, filename, lineno, line):
+        m = self.re.search(line)
+        if m != None:
+            return CheckError(filename, lineno,
+                line[:m.start(2)] + error_string(m.group(2)) + line[m.end(2):],
+                'braces should be on a separate line', m.start(2))
+
+class TrailinigOperatorCheck:
+    def __init__(self):
+        regex = r'^\s.*(([^a-zA-Z_]\*)|([-%<=&|^?])|([^*]/)|([^:][+]))$'
+        self.re = re.compile(regex)
+
+    def check(self, filename, lineno, line):
+        m = self.re.search(line)
+        if m != None:
+            return CheckError(filename, lineno,
+                line[:m.start(1)] + error_string(m.group(1)) + line[m.end(1):],
+                'trailing operator', m.start(1))
+
+class LineLengthTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.check = LineLengthCheck()
+
+    def test_line_length_check_basic(self):
+        r = self.check.check('foo', 123, self.check.limit * 'a' + ' = 123;')
+        self.assertIsNotNone(r)
+        self.assertEqual('foo', r.filename)
+        self.assertEqual(80, r.column)
+        self.assertEqual(r.console_error,
+            self.check.limit * 'a' + error_string(' = 123;'))
+
+class TrailingWhitespaceTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.check = TrailingWhitespaceCheck()
+
+    def test_trailing_whitespace_check_basic(self):
+        r = self.check.check('foo', 123, 'a = 123;')
+        self.assertIsNone(r)
+        r = self.check.check('foo', 123, 'a = 123; ')
+        self.assertIsNotNone(r)
+        r = self.check.check('foo', 123, 'a = 123;\t')
+        self.assertIsNotNone(r)
+
+class SpacesAndTabsMixedTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.check = SpacesAndTabsMixedCheck()
+
+    def test_trailing_whitespace_check_basic(self):
+        r = self.check.check('foo', 123, '   \ta = 123;')
+        self.assertEqual('foo', r.filename)
+        self.assertEqual(0, r.column)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(r.console_error)
+        r = self.check.check('foo', 123, '   \t  a = 123;')
+        self.assertIsNotNone(r.console_error)
+        r = self.check.check('foo', 123, '\t  a = 123;')
+        self.assertIsNone(r)
+
+def check_GNU_style_file(file, format):
+    checks = [LineLengthCheck(), SpacesCheck(), TrailingWhitespaceCheck(),
+        SentenceSeparatorCheck(), SentenceEndOfCommentCheck(),
+        SentenceDotEndCheck(), FunctionParenthesisCheck(),
+        SquareBracketCheck(), ClosingParenthesisCheck(),
+        BracesOnSeparateLineCheck(), TrailinigOperatorCheck(),
+        SpacesAndTabsMixedCheck()]
+    errors = []
+
+    patch = PatchSet(file)
+
+    for pfile in patch.added_files + patch.modified_files:
+        t = pfile.target_file
+        if t.startswith('b/'):
+            t = t[2:]
+        # Skip testsuite files
+        if 'testsuite' in t or t.endswith('.py'):
+            continue
+
+        for hunk in pfile:
+            delta = 0
+            for line in hunk:
+                if line.is_added and line.target_line_no != None:
+                    for check in checks:
+                        line_chomp = line.value.replace('\n', '')
+                        e = check.check(t, line.target_line_no, line_chomp)
+                        if e != None:
+                            errors.append(e)
+
+    if format == 'stdio':
+        fn = lambda x: x.error_message
+        i = 1
+        for (k, errors) in groupby(sorted(errors, key = fn), fn):
+            errors = list(errors)
+            print('=== ERROR type #%d: %s (%d error(s)) ==='
+                % (i, k, len(errors)))
+            i += 1
+            for e in errors:
+                print(e.error_location () + e.console_error)
+            print()
+
+        exit(0 if len(errors) == 0 else 1)
+    elif format == 'quickfix':
+        f = 'errors.err'
+        with open(f, 'w+') as qf:
+            for e in errors:
+                qf.write('%s%s\n' % (e.error_location(), e.error_message))
+        if len(errors) == 0:
+            exit(0)
+        else:
+            print('%d error(s) written to %s file.' % (len(errors), f))
+            exit(1)
+    else:
+        assert False
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/gdb/contrib/check-gnu-style-pre-commit.sh b/gdb/contrib/check-gnu-style-pre-commit.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..ab4b5e7196a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/contrib/check-gnu-style-pre-commit.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Copyright (C) 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+set -e
+
+scriptdir=$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" || exit 1; pwd -P)
+
+tmp=""
+
+cleanup()
+{
+    if [ "$tmp" != "" ]; then
+	rm -f "$tmp"
+    fi
+}
+
+# Schedule cleanup.
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+# Get temporary file.
+tmp=$(mktemp)
+
+# Generate patch.
+git diff --staged "$@" \
+    > "$tmp"
+
+# Verify patch.  Ignore exit status.
+"$scriptdir"/../../contrib/check_GNU_style.py "$tmp" \
+    || true