diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f5873d3..cb4b3a2 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ variables:
   IMAGE_VERSION: $CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA
   IMAGE_TYPE: users
   LATEST_NAME: main
+  GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION: 'v1.56.2'
 
 default:
   image: debian:11
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ default:
 
 
 stages:
+  - check
   - build
   - test
   - release
@@ -23,6 +25,18 @@ before_script:
   - docker login -u $CI_REGISTRY_USER -p $CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD $CI_REGISTRY
   - docker login -u gnomezworc -p $DOCKERHUB_TOKEN
 
+lint:
+  image: golangci/golangci-lint:$GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION
+  stage: check
+  before_script: []
+  script:
+    - golangci-lint run --issues-exit-code 1 --print-issued-lines=false --out-format code-climate:gl-code-quality-report.json,line-number
+  artifacts:
+    reports:
+      codequality: gl-code-quality-report.json
+    paths:
+      - gl-code-quality-report.json
+
 build:
   stage: build
   image: docker:23.0.3-cli
@@ -36,6 +50,8 @@ build:
   script:
     - docker build --pull -t $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:$IMAGE_VERSION-release --target release $DOCKER_PATH
     - docker save $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:$IMAGE_VERSION-release | gzip > $IMAGE_TYPE-$IMAGE_VERSION-release.tar.gz
+  needs:
+    - lint
 
 integration_test:
   stage: test