diff --git a/doc/makepkg.8.asciidoc b/doc/makepkg.8.asciidoc
index a2ad5279..bb5e2f4a 100644
--- a/doc/makepkg.8.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/makepkg.8.asciidoc
@@ -297,6 +297,11 @@ Environment Variables
 **BUILDTOOLVER=**"<version>"::
 	The version of the '$BUILDTOOL' used.
 
+**MAKEPKG_LINT_PKGBUILD=**0
+	Setting to 0 disables PKGBUILD linting within makepkg. Useful on systems
+	with slow bash subshell operations, or on PKGBUILDs with extreme amounts of
+	package splitting.
+
 
 Configuration
 -------------
diff --git a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
index d5976434..75df3650 100644
--- a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ else
 fi
 export SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH
 
+MAKEPKG_LINT_PKGBUILD=${MAKEPKG_LINT_PKGBUILD:-1}
+
 PACMAN_OPTS=()
 
 shopt -s extglob
@@ -1151,7 +1153,9 @@ fi
 pkgbase=${pkgbase:-${pkgname[0]}}
 
 # check the PKGBUILD for some basic requirements
-lint_pkgbuild || exit $E_PKGBUILD_ERROR
+if (( MAKEPKG_LINT_PKGBUILD != 0 )); then
+	lint_pkgbuild || exit $E_PKGBUILD_ERROR
+fi
 
 if (( !SOURCEONLY && !PRINTSRCINFO )); then
 	merge_arch_attrs