diff --git a/util/lint/lint-007-checkpatch b/util/lint/lint-007-checkpatch
index f78454198f..bc34e6bb4f 100755
--- a/util/lint/lint-007-checkpatch
+++ b/util/lint/lint-007-checkpatch
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ opts="--max-line-length 96"
 
 # default: test src and util
 if [ "$1" = "" ]; then
-	INCLUDED_DIRS="src util"
+	INCLUDED_DIRS="src util tests"
 # special mode: take diff from stdin, but exclude the dirs
 elif [ "$1" = "diff" ]; then
 	args=$( echo $EXCLUDED_DIRS | \
diff --git a/util/lint/lint-stable-000-license-headers b/util/lint/lint-stable-000-license-headers
index a29c5d42dc..9da4a9acdf 100755
--- a/util/lint/lint-stable-000-license-headers
+++ b/util/lint/lint-stable-000-license-headers
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 # Top level
 util/lint/lint-000-license-headers "src/acpi src/arch src/commonlib src/console \
 	src/cpu src/device src/drivers src/ec src/mainboard src/northbridge \
-	src/security src/soc src/southbridge src/superio"
+	src/security src/soc src/southbridge src/superio tests/"
diff --git a/util/lint/lint-stable-003-whitespace b/util/lint/lint-stable-003-whitespace
index a6e915de58..430404383a 100755
--- a/util/lint/lint-stable-003-whitespace
+++ b/util/lint/lint-stable-003-whitespace
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 LC_ALL=C export LC_ALL
 EXCLUDELIST='^src/vendorcode/|^util/kconfig/|^util/nvidia/cbootimage$|COPYING|LICENSE|README|_shipped$|\.patch$|\.bin$|\.hex$|\.jpg$|\.ttf$|\.woff$|\.png$|\.eot$|\.vbt$|\.ico$'
-INCLUDELIST="src util payloads Makefile* toolchain.inc"
+INCLUDELIST="src util payloads Makefile* toolchain.inc tests"
 
 # shellcheck disable=SC2086,SC2046
 if uname | grep -qi "linux"; then
diff --git a/util/lint/lint-stable-009-old-licenses b/util/lint/lint-stable-009-old-licenses
index 4d0cb4f4d3..f5c1f4143e 100755
--- a/util/lint/lint-stable-009-old-licenses
+++ b/util/lint/lint-stable-009-old-licenses
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ _shipped$|\
 "
 
 if [ -z "$HEADER_DIRS" ]; then
-	HEADER_DIRS="src util"
+	HEADER_DIRS="src util tests"
 fi
 
 LC_ALL=C export LC_ALL
diff --git a/util/lint/lint-stable-012-executable-bit b/util/lint/lint-stable-012-executable-bit
index e22dda5306..5651a67d54 100755
--- a/util/lint/lint-stable-012-executable-bit
+++ b/util/lint/lint-stable-012-executable-bit
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 # DESCR: Check that source files are not executable
 
 LC_ALL=C export LC_ALL
-git ls-tree --full-tree -r HEAD src |grep "^100[7531][7531][7531] blob " |cut -f2- |grep -v "\.sh$" | \
+git ls-tree --full-tree -r HEAD src tests |grep "^100[7531][7531][7531] blob " |cut -f2- |grep -v "\.sh$" | \
 	sed -e "s,^.*$,File & has one or more executable bits set in the file permissions.,"