diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-monitoring/package.json b/packages/google-cloud-monitoring/package.json
index d89662cb759..ed693b23fdd 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-monitoring/package.json
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-monitoring/package.json
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@
     "test": "c8 mocha",
     "fix": "eslint '**/*.js' --fix",
     "docs-test": "linkinator docs",
-    "predocs-test": "npm run docs"
+    "predocs-test": "npm run docs",
+    "prelint": "cd samples; npm link ../; npm i"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "google-gax": "^1.7.5"