diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7537dda..2dc702d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@
 .DS_Store
 
 *.log
+.cache
diff --git a/tools/golangci-lint b/tools/golangci-lint
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4a77d20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/golangci-lint
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# This script runs golangci-lint on the current directory via Docker.
+# It exists solely to avoid having to install golangci-lint locally.
+set -e
+
+image="golangci/golangci-lint:v1.56-alpine"
+
+exec docker run -t \
+  --rm \
+  --volume "$(pwd):/app" \
+  --volume "$(pwd)/.cache/golangci-lint:/root/.cache" \
+  --workdir /app \
+  "$image" golangci-lint "$@"