diff --git a/util/lint/lint-stable-015-final-newlines b/util/lint/lint-stable-015-final-newlines
index bfaa817e1f..8abfb98c33 100755
--- a/util/lint/lint-stable-015-final-newlines
+++ b/util/lint/lint-stable-015-final-newlines
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ test_for_final_newline() {
 	done
 }
 
+if [ -n "${LINT_SKIP_NEWLINE_CHECK}" ]; then
+	exit 0
+fi
+
 ${FIND_FILES} | sed 's|^\./||' | sort | \
 	grep -v "$EXCLUDED_DIRS" | \
 	grep -v "$EXCLUDED_FILES" | \