diff --git a/.github/workflows/yamllint.yaml b/.github/workflows/yamllint.yaml
index 0c887c2c..802c0eee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/yamllint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/yamllint.yaml
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Validate YAML file
-        run: yamllint -c .yamllint .
+        run: make lint-yaml
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b5148e82..77c60695 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -144,6 +144,11 @@ arch: build
 dgoss-sha256:
 	cd extras/dgoss/ && sha256sum dgoss > dgoss.sha256
 
+.PHONY: lint-yaml
+lint-yaml:
+	$(info INFO: Starting $@)
+	yamllint -c .yamllint .
+
 $(PYTHON):
 	$(info Creating virtualenv in $(VENV))
 	@python -m venv $(VENV)