diff --git a/check/checkconfigurations/checkconfigurations.go b/check/checkconfigurations/checkconfigurations.go
index 268a470dd..c3354749e 100644
--- a/check/checkconfigurations/checkconfigurations.go
+++ b/check/checkconfigurations/checkconfigurations.go
@@ -656,6 +656,21 @@ var configurations = []Type{
 		ErrorModes:      nil,
 		CheckFunction:   checkfunctions.LibraryPropertiesDependsFieldNotInIndex,
 	},
+	{
+		ProjectType:     projecttype.Library,
+		Category:        "library.properties",
+		Subcategory:     "dot_a_linkage field",
+		ID:              "",
+		Brief:           "invalid value",
+		Description:     "",
+		MessageTemplate: "invalid dot_a_linkage field value {{.}} in library.properties. See https://arduino.github.io/arduino-cli/latest/library-specification/#libraryproperties-file-format",
+		DisableModes:    nil,
+		EnableModes:     []checkmode.Type{checkmode.All},
+		InfoModes:       nil,
+		WarningModes:    []checkmode.Type{checkmode.Permissive},
+		ErrorModes:      []checkmode.Type{checkmode.Default},
+		CheckFunction:   checkfunctions.LibraryPropertiesDotALinkageFieldInvalid,
+	},
 	{
 		ProjectType:     projecttype.Sketch,
 		Category:        "structure",
diff --git a/check/checkfunctions/library.go b/check/checkfunctions/library.go
index 9a233ec2d..9b1f92981 100644
--- a/check/checkfunctions/library.go
+++ b/check/checkfunctions/library.go
@@ -670,6 +670,24 @@ func LibraryPropertiesDependsFieldNotInIndex() (result checkresult.Type, output
 	return checkresult.Pass, ""
 }
 
+// LibraryPropertiesDotALinkageFieldInvalid checks for invalid value in the library.properties "dot_a_linkage" field.
+func LibraryPropertiesDotALinkageFieldInvalid() (result checkresult.Type, output string) {
+	if checkdata.LibraryPropertiesLoadError() != nil {
+		return checkresult.NotRun, ""
+	}
+
+	dotALinkage, ok := checkdata.LibraryProperties().GetOk("dot_a_linkage")
+	if !ok {
+		return checkresult.NotRun, ""
+	}
+
+	if schema.PropertyEnumMismatch("dot_a_linkage", checkdata.LibraryPropertiesSchemaValidationResult()[compliancelevel.Specification], configuration.SchemasPath()) {
+		return checkresult.Fail, dotALinkage
+	}
+
+	return checkresult.Pass, ""
+}
+
 // spellCheckLibraryPropertiesFieldValue returns the value of the provided library.properties field with commonly misspelled words corrected.
 func spellCheckLibraryPropertiesFieldValue(fieldName string) (result checkresult.Type, output string) {
 	if checkdata.LibraryPropertiesLoadError() != nil {