diff --git a/test/test-golint.sh b/test/test-golint.sh
index 33f3efaf..19ecb759 100755
--- a/test/test-golint.sh
+++ b/test/test-golint.sh
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@ if [ "$COMMITS" != "" ] && [ "$COMMITS" -gt "1" ]; then
 	HACK="yes"
 fi
 
-LINT=`golint`	# current golint output
+LINT=`find . -maxdepth 3 -iname '*.go' -not -path './old/*' -not -path './tmp/*' -exec golint {} \;`	# current golint output
 COUNT=`echo -e "$LINT" | wc -l`	# number of golint problems in current branch
 [ "$LINT" = "" ] && echo PASS && exit	# everything is "perfect"
+echo "$LINT"	# display the issues
 
 T=`mktemp --tmpdir -d tmp.XXX`
 [ "$T" = "" ] && exit 1
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ while read -r line; do
 done <<< "$NUMSTAT1"	# three < is the secret to putting a variable into read
 
 git checkout "$PREVIOUS" &>/dev/null	# previous commit
-LINT1=`golint`
+LINT1=`find . -maxdepth 3 -iname '*.go' -not -path './old/*' -not -path './tmp/*' -exec golint {} \;`
 COUNT1=`echo -e "$LINT1" | wc -l`	# number of golint problems in older branch
 
 # clean up