diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f218300651
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+linters-settings:
+    goconst:
+        min-occurrences: 6
diff --git a/build/ci.go b/build/ci.go
index 23e4045f81..fb988e7b51 100644
--- a/build/ci.go
+++ b/build/ci.go
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ func doTest(cmdline []string) {
 	build.MustRun(gotest)
 }
 
-// runs gometalinter on requested packages
+// runs golangci-lint on requested packages
 func doLint(cmdline []string) {
 	flag.CommandLine.Parse(cmdline)
 
@@ -332,15 +332,12 @@ func doLint(cmdline []string) {
 	if len(flag.CommandLine.Args()) > 0 {
 		packages = flag.CommandLine.Args()
 	}
-	// Get metalinter and install all supported linters
-	os.Setenv("GO111MODULE", "on")
-	build.MustRun(goTool("get", "gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v3-unstable@63abe20a23e29e80bbef8089bd3dee3ac25e5306"))
-	build.MustRun(goTool("get", "github.com/alecthomas/gometalinter@v3.0.0"))
-	build.MustRunCommand(filepath.Join(GOBIN, "gometalinter"), "--install")
+	// Get golangci-lint and install all supported linters
+	build.MustRun(goTool("get", "github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@v1.18.0"))
 
 	// Run fast linters batched together
 	configs := []string{
-		"--vendor",
+		"run",
 		"--tests",
 		"--deadline=2m",
 		"--disable-all",
@@ -350,14 +347,13 @@ func doLint(cmdline []string) {
 		"--enable=gofmt",
 		"--enable=misspell",
 		"--enable=goconst",
-		"--min-occurrences=6", // for goconst
 	}
-	build.MustRunCommand(filepath.Join(GOBIN, "gometalinter"), append(configs, packages...)...)
+	build.MustRunCommand(filepath.Join(GOBIN, "golangci-lint"), append(configs, packages...)...)
 
 	// Run slow linters one by one
 	for _, linter := range []string{"unconvert", "gosimple"} {
-		configs = []string{"--vendor", "--tests", "--deadline=10m", "--disable-all", "--enable=" + linter}
-		build.MustRunCommand(filepath.Join(GOBIN, "gometalinter"), append(configs, packages...)...)
+		configs = []string{"run", "--tests", "--deadline=10m", "--disable-all", "--enable=" + linter}
+		build.MustRunCommand(filepath.Join(GOBIN, "golangci-lint"), append(configs, packages...)...)
 	}
 }