diff --git a/.builds/alpine.yml b/.builds/alpine.yml
index 90b2abd754cfb988222712d6259fd2d9907e9973..e839fc256f5b2af915211ea7620f31efbc682464 100644
--- a/.builds/alpine.yml
+++ b/.builds/alpine.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 image: alpine/3.22
 packages:
   - go
+  - golangci-lint
 sources:
  - https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/core-go
 tasks:
+- lint: |
+    cd core-go
+    golangci-lint run
 - build: |
     cd core-go
     go build ./...
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5469fac956aada45f56c9ec7c6d9d9d1e8b32150
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# TODO: handle all errcheck complaints and re-enable
+version: 2
+linters:
+  disable:
+    - errcheck