diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
index 19d4f26..2e0c9a8 100644
--- a/debian/copyright
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -83,10 +83,11 @@ Files: doc/bitesize.1
        GPL-3
        grab-merge
        merge-changelog
+       run-linters
        setup-packaging-environment
        syncpackage
 Copyright: 2010,      Benjamin Drung <bdrung@ubuntu.com>
-           2007-2011, Canonical Ltd.
+           2007-2023, Canonical Ltd.
            2008,      Jonathan Patrick Davies <jpds@ubuntu.com>
            2008-2010, Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@canonical.com>
            2009,      Siegfried-Angel Gevatter Pujals <rainct@ubuntu.com>
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 6da3d10..1f2662a 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ override_dh_auto_clean:
 
 override_dh_auto_test:
 ifeq (,$(filter nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
-	flake8 -v --max-line-length=99
+	./run-linters
 	python3 -m pytest -v ubuntutools
 endif
 
diff --git a/run-linters b/run-linters
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..fc1e81c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run-linters
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -eu
+
+# Copyright 2023, Canonical Ltd.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0
+
+echo "Running flake8..."
+flake8 -v --max-line-length=99