diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5e329d86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+---
+run:
+  concurrency: 6
+  timeout: 5m
+issues:
+  # Maximum issues count per one linter.
+  # Set to 0 to disable.
+  # Default: 50
+  max-issues-per-linter: 0
+  # Maximum count of issues with the same text.
+  # Set to 0 to disable.
+  # Default: 3
+  max-same-issues: 0
+  new-from-rev: ""
+  exclude-rules:
+    - path: 'test/.*'
+      linters:
+        - gosec
+linters:
+  enable:
+    - gofmt
+    - goimports
+    - gosec
+    - govet
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d91a26c4..27a72163 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -57,3 +57,6 @@ clean-test-artifacts: ## removes bundles and zarf packages that have been create
 
 push-test-artifacts: ## Push artifacts that UDS CLI tests rely on to GHCR
 	cd hack && ./push-test-artifacts.sh
+
+lint: ## Run golangci-lint on the project
+	golangci-lint run ./src/...