diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-pr-size.yml b/.github/workflows/check-pr-size.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6289183a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-pr-size.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+name: Check PR size
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  check_pr_size:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Calculate changed lines
+        id: diff_check
+        run: |
+          # Get the target branch commit (base) and the PR branch commit (head)
+          BASE_SHA="${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}"
+          HEAD_SHA="${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}"
+          echo "Base SHA: $BASE_SHA"
+          echo "Head SHA: $HEAD_SHA"
+
+          # Compute the merge base between the two branches
+          MERGE_BASE=$(git merge-base "$HEAD_SHA" "$BASE_SHA")
+          echo "Merge Base: $MERGE_BASE"
+
+          # Calculate added and deleted lines between the merge base and the head commit
+          TOTAL_CHANGED=$(git diff --numstat "$MERGE_BASE" "$HEAD_SHA" \
+            | grep -v "yarn.lock" \
+            | awk '{ added += $1; deleted += $2 } END { print added + deleted }')
+
+          # Default to 0 if nothing is output
+          TOTAL_CHANGED=${TOTAL_CHANGED:-0}
+          echo "Total changed lines: $TOTAL_CHANGED"
+
+          # Make the total available for later steps
+          echo "total=$TOTAL_CHANGED" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: Fail if too many changes
+        if: ${{ steps.diff_check.outputs.total > 500 }}
+        run: |
+          echo "PR has ${{ steps.diff_check.outputs.total }} changed lines, which exceeds the 500-line limit."
+          echo "Please reduce the size of this PR."
+          exit 1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
index 0a1f9247..7e9a6ad6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-name: Some pull request checks
+name: Pull request checks
 
 on:
   pull_request:
 
 jobs:
-  type-check:
+  checks:
     runs-on: windows-latest
 
     steps: