diff --git a/tests.mk b/tests.mk
index 18d9d53b9..9d23ecb7f 100644
--- a/tests.mk
+++ b/tests.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-SYSTEM := $(shell sh -c 'uname -s 2>/dev/null')
 DOKKU_SSH_PORT ?= 22
 DOKKU_DOMAIN ?= dokku.me
+GO_PLUGINS := $(shell sh -c 'find plugins -type f -name "go.mod" -exec dirname "{}" \; | sort -u | sed -e "s/$$/\/.../" | xargs')
+SYSTEM := $(shell sh -c 'uname -s 2>/dev/null')
 
 bats:
 ifeq ($(SYSTEM),Darwin)
@@ -130,6 +131,9 @@ lint-ci: lint-setup
 	@echo linting...
 	@cat tmp/shellcheck/test-files | xargs shellcheck | tests/shellcheck-to-junit --output test-results/shellcheck/results.xml --files tmp/shellcheck/test-files --exclude $(shell cat tmp/shellcheck/exclude)
 
+lint-golang:
+	golangci-lint run $(GO_PLUGINS)
+
 lint-shfmt: shfmt
 	# verifying via shfmt
 	# shfmt -l -bn -ci -i 2 -d .