diff --git a/manifests/workstation.pp b/manifests/workstation.pp
index 5416735..a97ebdf 100644
--- a/manifests/workstation.pp
+++ b/manifests/workstation.pp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ node default {
   include core::emacs
   include core::terminal
   include core::mkcert
+  include core::language_tool
 
   #
   # Add the private puppet module for all the proprietary bits only if the
diff --git a/site-modules/core/files/emacs/init.el b/site-modules/core/files/emacs/init.el
index ebae7e3..55ccd5b 100644
--- a/site-modules/core/files/emacs/init.el
+++ b/site-modules/core/files/emacs/init.el
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 (load-file (expand-file-name "src/projectile.el" user-emacs-directory))
 (load-file (expand-file-name "src/treemacs.el" user-emacs-directory))
 (load-file (expand-file-name "src/term.el" user-emacs-directory))
+(load-file (expand-file-name "src/language-tool.el" user-emacs-directory))
 
 ;; Set up puppet for editing the dotfiles config
 (load-file (expand-file-name "src/puppet.el" user-emacs-directory))
diff --git a/site-modules/core/files/emacs/src/language-tool.el b/site-modules/core/files/emacs/src/language-tool.el
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c0124d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site-modules/core/files/emacs/src/language-tool.el
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+;;; language-tool.el --- AMACS -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
+;;
+;; Copyright 2021 Practically.io All rights reserved
+;;
+;; Use of this source is governed by a BSD-style
+;; licence that can be found in the LICENCE file or at
+;; https://www.practically.io/copyright/
+
+(use-package languagetool
+  :quelpa t
+  :config
+  (setq languagetool-default-language "en-GB")
+  (setq languagetool-language-tool-jar
+		"/.local/share/LanguageTool/LanguageTool-5.6/languagetool-commandline.jar"))
diff --git a/site-modules/core/manifests/language_tool.pp b/site-modules/core/manifests/language_tool.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf761c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site-modules/core/manifests/language_tool.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Module to install the languagetool service locally for creating spelling and
+# grammar checking
+class core::language_tool {
+  file { "${user_home}/.local/share/LanguageTool":
+    ensure => 'directory'
+  }
+
+  archive { 'LanguageTool-5.6.zip':
+    path         => '/tmp/LanguageTool-5.6.zip',
+    source       => 'https://languagetool.org/download/LanguageTool-5.6.zip',
+    extract      => true,
+    extract_path => "${user_home}/.local/share/LanguageTool",
+    creates      => "${user_home}/.local/share/LanguageTool/LanguageTool-5.6",
+    require      => File["${user_home}/.local/share/LanguageTool"],
+  }
+}