diff --git a/lib/lint.js b/lib/lint.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..89d116111bfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/lint.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+const util = require('../lib/util')
+
+const lint = (options = {}) => {
+  util.lint()
+}
+
+module.exports = lint
diff --git a/lib/util.js b/lib/util.js
index ad5fa0bd3c65..25ecefc5b322 100644
--- a/lib/util.js
+++ b/lib/util.js
@@ -131,6 +131,15 @@ const util = {
     util.run('ninja', ['-C', config.outputDir, config.buildTarget], options)
   },
 
+  lint: (options = {}) => {
+    console.log('linting ' + config.projects['brave-core'].dir  + '...')
+    options.cwd = config.projects['brave-core'].dir
+    options = mergeWithDefault(options)
+    // git cl format checks rietveld.server is set. Just set null.
+    util.run('git', ['config', 'rietveld.server', 'null'], options)
+    util.run('git', ['cl', 'format'], options)
+  },
+
   submoduleSync: (options = {}) => {
     if (!options.cwd) options.cwd = config.rootDir // default cwd `./src` may not exist yet
     options = mergeWithDefault(options)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cb7d07f0f104..9c74745e71b0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
     "push_l10n": "node ./scripts/commands.js push_l10n",
     "pull_l10n": "node ./scripts/commands.js pull_l10n",
     "chromium_rebase_l10n": "node ./scripts/commands.js chromium_rebase_l10n",
-    "test": "node ./scripts/commands.js test"
+    "test": "node ./scripts/commands.js test",
+    "lint": "node ./scripts/commands.js lint"
   },
   "config": {
     "projects": {
diff --git a/scripts/commands.js b/scripts/commands.js
index 62bbd32994e5..bc7c93bbfe26 100644
--- a/scripts/commands.js
+++ b/scripts/commands.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ const chromiumRebaseL10n = require('../lib/chromiumRebaseL10n')
 const createDist = require('../lib/createDist')
 const upload = require('../lib/upload')
 const test = require('../lib/test')
+const lint = require('../lib/lint')
 
 program
   .version(process.env.npm_package_version)
@@ -105,5 +106,9 @@ program
   .arguments('[build_config]')
   .action(test)
 
+program
+  .command('lint')
+  .action(lint)
+
 program
   .parse(process.argv)