diff --git a/config.json.example b/config.json.example
index 60dc771e..52ff4537 100644
--- a/config.json.example
+++ b/config.json.example
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@
   "LibrariesIndex": "/tmp/libraries/library_index.json",
   "LibrariesDB": "/tmp/libraries_db.json",
   "GitClonesFolder": "/tmp/gitclones",
+  "ArduinoLintPath": "/usr/bin/arduino-lint",
   "CronTabEntry": "0 0 0 * * *"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/libraries/lint.go b/libraries/lint.go
index e9768425..0fde8985 100644
--- a/libraries/lint.go
+++ b/libraries/lint.go
@@ -49,7 +49,12 @@ func official(metadata *Repo) bool {
 }
 
 // RunArduinoLint runs Arduino Lint on the library and returns the report in the event of error or warnings.
-func RunArduinoLint(folder string, metadata *Repo) ([]byte, error) {
+func RunArduinoLint(arduinoLintPath string, folder string, metadata *Repo) ([]byte, error) {
+	if arduinoLintPath == "" {
+		// Assume Arduino Lint is installed under PATH.
+		arduinoLintPath = "arduino-lint"
+	}
+
 	JSONReportFolder, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "arduino-lint-report-")
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
@@ -59,7 +64,7 @@ func RunArduinoLint(folder string, metadata *Repo) ([]byte, error) {
 
 	// See: https://arduino.github.io/arduino-lint/latest/commands/arduino-lint/
 	cmd := exec.Command(
-		"arduino-lint",
+		arduinoLintPath,
 		"--compliance=permissive",
 		"--format=text",
 		"--project-type=library",
diff --git a/libraries/lint_test.go b/libraries/lint_test.go
index fbb9a849..963a420a 100644
--- a/libraries/lint_test.go
+++ b/libraries/lint_test.go
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func TestRunArduinoLint(t *testing.T) {
 		} else {
 			metadata.Types = []string{"Contributed"}
 		}
-		report, err := RunArduinoLint(filepath.Join(testDataPath, "libraries", testTable.folder), &metadata)
+		report, err := RunArduinoLint("", filepath.Join(testDataPath, "libraries", testTable.folder), &metadata)
 		assert.Regexp(t, regexp.MustCompile(testTable.reportRegexp), string(report), testTable.testName)
 		testTable.errorAssertion(t, err, testTable.testName)
 	}
diff --git a/sync_libraries.go b/sync_libraries.go
index 729cbba5..7d3dae9c 100644
--- a/sync_libraries.go
+++ b/sync_libraries.go
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	LibrariesIndex  string
 	GitClonesFolder string
 	DoNotRunClamav  bool
+	ArduinoLintPath string
 }
 
 func logError(err error) bool {
@@ -308,7 +309,7 @@ func syncLibraryTaggedRelease(logger *log.Logger, repo *libraries.Repository, ta
 		}
 	}
 
-	report, err := libraries.RunArduinoLint(repo.FolderPath, repoMeta)
+	report, err := libraries.RunArduinoLint(config.ArduinoLintPath, repo.FolderPath, repoMeta)
 	reportTemplate := `<a href="https://arduino.github.io/arduino-lint/latest/">Arduino Lint</a> %s:
 <details><summary>Click to expand Arduino Lint report</summary>
 <hr>