diff --git a/Makefile.inc b/Makefile.inc
index e12cc92392..0f040e91b5 100644
--- a/Makefile.inc
+++ b/Makefile.inc
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ coreboot: $(obj)/coreboot.rom
 
 #######################################################################
 # our phony targets
-PHONY+= clean-abuild coreboot
+PHONY+= clean-abuild coreboot lint lint-stable
 
 #######################################################################
 # root source directories of coreboot
@@ -218,9 +218,9 @@ printcrt0s:
 update:
 	dongle.py -c /dev/term/1 $(obj)/coreboot.rom EOF
 
-lint:
+lint lint-stable:
 	FAILED=0; LINTLOG=`mktemp`; \
-	for script in util/lint/lint-*; do \
+	for script in util/lint/$@-*; do \
 		echo; echo `basename $$script`; \
 		grep "^# DESCR:" $$script | sed "s,.*DESCR: *,," ; \
 		echo ========; \
diff --git a/util/lint/lint-002-build-dir-handling b/util/lint/lint-stable-002-build-dir-handling
similarity index 100%
rename from util/lint/lint-002-build-dir-handling
rename to util/lint/lint-stable-002-build-dir-handling
diff --git a/util/lint/lint-003-whitespace b/util/lint/lint-stable-003-whitespace
similarity index 100%
rename from util/lint/lint-003-whitespace
rename to util/lint/lint-stable-003-whitespace