diff --git a/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml b/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
index 9b5ad6f98..07c5986e5 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
@@ -141,6 +141,20 @@
     )$
   types: [yaml]
 
+# this hook is autogenerated from a script
+# to modify this hook, update `src/check_jsonschema/catalog.py`
+# and run `make generate-hooks` or `tox run -e generate-hooks-config`
+- id: check-github-issue-config
+  name: Validate GitHub issue config
+  description: 'Validate GitHub issue config against the schema provided by SchemaStore'
+  entry: check-jsonschema --builtin-schema vendor.github-issue-config
+  language: python
+  files: >
+    (?x)^(
+      ^\.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config\.yml$
+    )$
+  types: [yaml]
+
 # this hook is autogenerated from a script
 # to modify this hook, update `src/check_jsonschema/catalog.py`
 # and run `make generate-hooks` or `tox run -e generate-hooks-config`
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 8c9b797d9..9e587915a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Unreleased
 
 .. vendor-insert-here
 
+- Add GitHub issue config schema and pre-commit hook (:issue:`589`).
 - Add GitHub issue form schema and pre-commit hook (:issue:`588`).
 
 0.33.3
diff --git a/docs/precommit_usage.rst b/docs/precommit_usage.rst
index a96ef3676..e22475ed5 100644
--- a/docs/precommit_usage.rst
+++ b/docs/precommit_usage.rst
@@ -183,6 +183,20 @@ Validate GitHub Actions against the schema provided by SchemaStore
         - id: check-github-actions
 
 
+``check-github-issue-config``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Validate GitHub issue config against the schema provided by SchemaStore
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+    :caption: example config
+
+    - repo: https://github.com/python-jsonschema/check-jsonschema
+      rev: 0.33.3
+      hooks:
+        - id: check-github-issue-config
+
+
 ``check-github-issue-forms``
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/docs/usage.rst b/docs/usage.rst
index b6445c8e5..8d8baf5c3 100644
--- a/docs/usage.rst
+++ b/docs/usage.rst
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ SchemaStore and other sources:
 - ``vendor.dependabot``
 - ``vendor.drone-ci``
 - ``vendor.github-actions``
+- ``vendor.github-issue-config``
 - ``vendor.github-issue-forms``
 - ``vendor.github-workflows``
 - ``vendor.gitlab-ci``
diff --git a/src/check_jsonschema/builtin_schemas/vendor/github-issue-config.json b/src/check_jsonschema/builtin_schemas/vendor/github-issue-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b46556bb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/check_jsonschema/builtin_schemas/vendor/github-issue-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
+  "$id": "https://json.schemastore.org/github-issue-config.json",
+  "$comment": "https://docs.github.com/en/communities/using-templates-to-encourage-useful-issues-and-pull-requests/configuring-issue-templates-for-your-repository#configuring-the-template-chooser",
+  "properties": {
+    "blank_issues_enabled": {
+      "description": "Specify whether allow blank issue creation\nhttps://docs.github.com/en/communities/using-templates-to-encourage-useful-issues-and-pull-requests/configuring-issue-templates-for-your-repository#configuring-the-template-chooser",
+      "type": "boolean"
+    },
+    "contact_links": {
+      "title": "contact links",
+      "description": "Contact links\nhttps://docs.github.com/en/communities/using-templates-to-encourage-useful-issues-and-pull-requests/configuring-issue-templates-for-your-repository#configuring-the-template-chooser",
+      "type": "array",
+      "minItems": 1,
+      "items": {
+        "type": "object",
+        "required": ["name", "url", "about"],
+        "properties": {
+          "name": {
+            "description": "A link title\nhttps://docs.github.com/en/communities/using-templates-to-encourage-useful-issues-and-pull-requests/configuring-issue-templates-for-your-repository#configuring-the-template-chooser",
+            "type": "string",
+            "minLength": 1,
+            "examples": ["Sample name"]
+          },
+          "url": {
+            "description": "A link URL\nhttps://docs.github.com/en/communities/using-templates-to-encourage-useful-issues-and-pull-requests/configuring-issue-templates-for-your-repository#configuring-the-template-chooser",
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^https?://",
+            "examples": ["https://sample/url"]
+          },
+          "about": {
+            "description": "A link description\nhttps://docs.github.com/en/communities/using-templates-to-encourage-useful-issues-and-pull-requests/configuring-issue-templates-for-your-repository#configuring-the-template-chooser",
+            "type": "string",
+            "minLength": 1,
+            "examples": ["Sample description"]
+          }
+        },
+        "additionalProperties": false
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "additionalProperties": false,
+  "title": "GitHub issue template chooser config file schema",
+  "type": "object"
+}
diff --git a/src/check_jsonschema/builtin_schemas/vendor/sha256/github-issue-config.sha256 b/src/check_jsonschema/builtin_schemas/vendor/sha256/github-issue-config.sha256
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..97c518fc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/check_jsonschema/builtin_schemas/vendor/sha256/github-issue-config.sha256
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+899e718f4b8c965413b07ec63d8f089792a10c42409270db560b9a7ec0224a5a
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/check_jsonschema/catalog.py b/src/check_jsonschema/catalog.py
index faedf25f7..57a2f1a87 100644
--- a/src/check_jsonschema/catalog.py
+++ b/src/check_jsonschema/catalog.py
@@ -141,6 +141,16 @@ def _githubusercontent_url(owner: str, repo: str, ref: str, path: str) -> str:
             "types": "yaml",
         },
     },
+    "github-issue-config": {
+        "url": "https://www.schemastore.org/github-issue-config.json",
+        "hook_config": {
+            "name": "Validate GitHub issue config",
+            "files": [
+                r"^\.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config\.yml$",
+            ],
+            "types": "yaml",
+        },
+    },
     "github-issue-forms": {
         "url": "https://www.schemastore.org/github-issue-forms.json",
         "hook_config": {
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/test_hook_file_matches.py b/tests/acceptance/test_hook_file_matches.py
index c96211933..d142e5f61 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/test_hook_file_matches.py
+++ b/tests/acceptance/test_hook_file_matches.py
@@ -123,6 +123,13 @@ def get_hook_config(hookid):
         ),
         "bad": (".github/actions/foo/other.yaml",),
     },
+    "check-github-issue-config": {
+        "good": (".github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml",),
+        "bad": (
+            ".github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yaml",
+            ".github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug.yml",
+        ),
+    },
     "check-github-issue-forms": {
         "good": (
             ".github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature.yaml",
diff --git a/tests/example-files/hooks/positive/github-issue-config/config.yml b/tests/example-files/hooks/positive/github-issue-config/config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f06cf71a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/example-files/hooks/positive/github-issue-config/config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+blank_issues_enabled: false
+contact_links:
+  - name: Questions & Discussions
+    url: https://github.com/Flexget/Flexget/discussions
+    about: Use GitHub discussions for message-board style questions and discussions
+  - name: Report an issue with Web UI
+    url: https://github.com/Flexget/webui/issues/new/choose
+    about: Please report issues for our Web UI in the Flexget/webui repository