diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 35e5b50eff1f..f4475d1d9ef1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ GOTOOLS = \
 GOBIN ?= $(GOPATH)/bin
 all: get_tools get_vendor_deps install install_examples install_cosmos-sdk-cli test_lint test
 
+# The below include contains the get_tools target.
+include scripts/Makefile
+
 ########################################
 ### CI
 
@@ -107,20 +110,13 @@ check_tools:
 
 update_tools:
 	@echo "--> Updating tools to correct version"
-	$(MAKE) -C scripts get_tools
+	$(MAKE) --always-make get_tools
 
 update_dev_tools:
 	@echo "--> Downloading linters (this may take awhile)"
 	$(GOPATH)/src/github.com/alecthomas/gometalinter/scripts/install.sh -b $(GOBIN)
 	go get -u github.com/tendermint/lint/golint
 
-get_tools: $(GOBIN)/dep $(GOBIN)/gometalinter $(GOBIN)/statik
-	@echo "--> Installing tools"
-	$(MAKE) -C scripts get_tools
-
-$(GOBIN)/%:
-	$(MAKE) -C scripts $(subst $(GOBIN)/,,$(@))
-
 get_dev_tools: get_tools
 	@echo "--> Downloading linters (this may take awhile)"
 	$(GOPATH)/src/github.com/alecthomas/gometalinter/scripts/install.sh -b $(GOBIN)
@@ -212,6 +208,7 @@ test_lint:
 format:
 	find . -name '*.go' -type f -not -path "./vendor*" -not -path "*.git*" -not -path "./client/lcd/statik/statik.go" | xargs gofmt -w -s
 	find . -name '*.go' -type f -not -path "./vendor*" -not -path "*.git*" -not -path "./client/lcd/statik/statik.go" | xargs misspell -w
+	find . -name '*.go' -type f -not -path "./vendor*" -not -path "*.git*" -not -path "./client/lcd/statik/statik.go" | xargs goimports -w -local github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk
 
 benchmark:
 	@go test -bench=. $(PACKAGES_NOSIMULATION)
diff --git a/PENDING.md b/PENDING.md
index 47c6ab60e5ff..b9b98ce0fbd8 100644
--- a/PENDING.md
+++ b/PENDING.md
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ IMPROVEMENTS
   - #2772 Update BaseApp to not persist state when the ante handler fails on DeliverTx.
   - #2773 Require moniker to be provided on `gaiad init`.
   - #2672 [Makefile] Updated for better Windows compatibility and ledger support logic, get_tools was rewritten as a cross-compatible Makefile.
+  - #2766 [Makefile] Added goimports tool to get_tools. Get_tools now only builds new versions if binaries are missing.
   - [#110](https://github.com/tendermint/devops/issues/110) Updated CircleCI job to trigger website build when cosmos docs are updated.
 
 * SDK
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile b/scripts/Makefile
index 9abc497e45d4..90cb84231106 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/Makefile
@@ -37,18 +37,21 @@ go_install = $(call go_get,$(1),$(2),$(3)) && cd $(GITHUBDIR)$(FS)$(1)$(FS)$(2)
 # get_tools
 ###
 all: get_tools
-get_tools: dep gometalinter statik
+get_tools: $(GOPATH)/bin/dep $(GOPATH)/bin/gometalinter $(GOPATH)/bin/statik $(GOPATH)/bin/goimports
 
-dep:
+$(GOPATH)/bin/dep:
 	$(call go_get,golang,dep,22125cfaa6ddc71e145b1535d4b7ee9744fefff2)
 	cd $(GITHUBDIR)$(FS)golang$(FS)dep$(FS)cmd$(FS)dep && $(GO) install
 
 #v2.0.11
-gometalinter:
+$(GOPATH)/bin/gometalinter:
 	$(call go_install,alecthomas,gometalinter,17a7ffa42374937bfecabfb8d2efbd4db0c26741)
 
-statik:
+$(GOPATH)/bin/statik:
 	$(call go_install,rakyll,statik,v0.1.5)
 
-.PHONY: all get_tools dep gometalinter statik
+$(GOPATH)/bin/goimports:
+	go get golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goimports
+
+.PHONY: all get_tools