diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a19bcf25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+# Tested with golangci-lint ver. 1.37
+linters-settings:
+  depguard:
+    list-type: blacklist
+    packages:
+      # logging is allowed only by logutils.Log, logrus
+      # is allowed to use only in logutils package
+      - github.com/sirupsen/logrus
+    packages-with-error-message:
+      - github.com/sirupsen/logrus: "logging is allowed only by logutils.Log"
+  dupl:
+    threshold: 100
+  funlen:
+    lines: 100
+    statements: 50
+  goconst:
+    min-len: 2
+    min-occurrences: 2
+  gocritic:
+    enabled-tags:
+      - diagnostic
+      - experimental
+      - opinionated
+      - performance
+      - style
+    disabled-checks:
+      - dupImport # https://github.com/go-critic/go-critic/issues/845
+      - ifElseChain
+      - octalLiteral
+      - whyNoLint
+      - wrapperFunc
+      - unnamedResult
+  gocyclo:
+    min-complexity: 15
+  goimports:
+    local-prefixes: github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/sriov-network-device-plugin
+  golint:
+    min-confidence: 0
+  gomnd:
+    settings:
+      mnd:
+        # don't include the "operation" and "assign"
+        checks: argument,case,condition,return
+  lll:
+    line-length: 140
+  misspell:
+    locale: US
+  prealloc:
+    # Report preallocation suggestions only on simple loops that have no returns/breaks/continues/gotos in them.
+    # True by default.
+    simple: true
+    range-loops: true # Report preallocation suggestions on range loops, true by default
+    for-loops: false # Report preallocation suggestions on for loops, false by default
+
+linters:
+  # please, do not use `enable-all`: it's deprecated and will be removed soon.
+  # inverted configuration with `enable-all` and `disable` is not scalable during updates of golangci-lint
+  disable-all: true
+  enable:
+    - bodyclose
+    - deadcode
+    - depguard
+    - dogsled
+    - dupl
+    - errcheck
+    - exportloopref
+    - exhaustive
+    - funlen
+      #- gochecknoinits
+    - goconst
+    - gocritic
+    - gocyclo
+    - gofmt
+    - goimports
+    - golint
+    - gomnd
+    - goprintffuncname
+    - gosec
+    - gosimple
+      #- govet
+    - ineffassign
+    - lll
+    - misspell
+    - nakedret
+    - prealloc
+    - rowserrcheck
+      #- scopelint
+    - staticcheck
+    - structcheck
+    - stylecheck
+    - typecheck
+    - unconvert
+    - unparam
+    - unused
+    - varcheck
+    - whitespace
+
+issues:
+  # Excluding configuration per-path, per-linter, per-text and per-source
+  exclude-rules:
+    - path: _test\.go
+      linters:
+        - gomnd
+        - gosec
+        - dupl
+
+run:
+  skip-dirs:
+    - .github/
+    - deployments/
+    - docs/
+    - images/
+    - scripts/
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8832e48e..92ba512f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ image :
 test :
 	scripts/test.sh
 
+lint :
+	scripts/lint.sh
+
 vendor :
 	go mod tidy && go mod vendor
 
diff --git a/scripts/lint.sh b/scripts/lint.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..53805851
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/lint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -eo pipefail
+
+GOLANGCI_LINT_VER="v1.37.1"
+GOLANGCI_BIN_NAME="golangci-lint"
+GOLANGCI_INSTALL_URL="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh"
+RETRY=3
+TIMEOUT=300
+
+repo_root="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )/../" && pwd )"
+repo_bin="${repo_root:?}/bin"
+export PATH="${PATH}:${repo_bin}"
+
+# install golangci lint if not available in PATH
+if ! command -v "${GOLANGCI_BIN_NAME}" &> /dev/null; then
+  mkdir -p "${repo_bin}"
+
+  curl --silent --show-error --fail --location --retry "${RETRY}" \
+    --connect-timeout "${TIMEOUT}" "${GOLANGCI_INSTALL_URL}" \
+    | sh -s -- -b "${repo_bin}" "${GOLANGCI_LINT_VER}"
+
+  export PATH="${PATH}:${repo_bin}"
+
+  # validate that we can access golangci lint
+  if ! command -v "${GOLANGCI_BIN_NAME}" &> /dev/null; then
+    echo "failed to install golangci lint in '${repo_bin}'"
+    exit 2
+  fi
+fi
+
+cd "${repo_root}"
+"${GOLANGCI_BIN_NAME}" run