diff --git a/.github/workflows/cpp-standard.yml b/.github/workflows/cpp-standard.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..11a1a36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/cpp-standard.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+name: PCDS CPP Standard Tests
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      project-root:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: "."
+        description: "The root directory of the CPP project"
+
+jobs:
+  pre-commit:
+    name: "pre-commit checks"
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml
+    secrets: inherit
+    with:
+      args: "--all-files"
+      system-packages: "cppcheck"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml b/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml
index 12ab8fc..3b64614 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ on:
         description: "Use the problem matcher to annotate the PR diff"
         required: false
         type: boolean
+      system-packages:
+        default: ""
+        description: "Space-separated list of system packages to install before running pre-commit"
+        required: false
+        type: string
 
 jobs:
   pre-commit:
@@ -25,6 +30,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         token: ${{ secrets.CHECKOUT_TOKEN || github.token }}
+
     - name: Configure the matcher to annotate the diff
       if: ${{ inputs.annotate }}
       run: |
@@ -65,6 +71,12 @@ jobs:
         EOF
         echo "::add-matcher::$HOME/flake8_problem_matcher.json"
 
+    - name: Install required system packages
+      if: inputs.system-packages != ''
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get update
+        sudo apt-get -y install ${{ inputs.system-packages }}
+
     - name: Install pre-commit
       run: |
         python -m pip install pre-commit