diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1ed989b51..dd7123e09 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ linter:
 
 .PHONY: goimports
 goimports:
+	go get -u github.com/alecthomas/gometalinter
+	gometalinter --install goimports
 	( gometalinter --deadline=2m --disable-all --enable=goimports --vendor --exclude=^pb/ ./... || true )
 
 # Presubmit runs all scripts in .presubmit; any non 0 exit code will fail the build.