diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3ccb70d45..dacc7e5ac 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -409,9 +409,10 @@ if test x"$memory_barrier_needed" != xno; then
 			   [need atomic memory barrier])
 fi
 
-LINT_FLAGS="-syntax -weak -unrecog +posixlib +ignoresigns -fcnuse \
-	-badflag -D__gnuc_va_list=va_list -D__attribute\(x\)= \
-	-warnposix +matchanyintegral -sysunrecog"
+LINT_FLAGS="-weak -D__gnuc_va_list=va_list -D__attribute\(x\)= \
+	-badflag -fcnuse -syntax -unrecog -sysunrecog -warnposix \
+	+ignoresigns +matchanyintegral +posixlib \
+	+showscan +showsummary"
 
 # local options
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([ansi],
diff --git a/include/qb/qblog.h b/include/qb/qblog.h
index ff2c43f3a..408465b4b 100644
--- a/include/qb/qblog.h
+++ b/include/qb/qblog.h
@@ -564,8 +564,13 @@ typedef union {
 int32_t qb_log_ctl2(int32_t target, enum qb_log_conf conf_type,
 		    qb_log_ctl2_arg_t arg);
 
+# ifndef S_SPLINT_S
 #define QB_LOG_CTL2_I32(a)  ((qb_log_ctl2_arg_t) { .i32 = (a) })
 #define QB_LOG_CTL2_S(a)    ((qb_log_ctl2_arg_t) { .s = (a) })
+#else
+#define QB_LOG_CTL2_I32(a)  ((qb_log_ctl2_arg_t)(a))
+#define QB_LOG_CTL2_S(a)    ((qb_log_ctl2_arg_t)(a))
+#endif
 
 /**
  * This allows you modify the 'tags' and 'targets' callsite fields at runtime.
diff --git a/lib/Makefile.am b/lib/Makefile.am
index 371cc002c..10720a8a3 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/Makefile.am
@@ -73,10 +73,23 @@ DEB_INCLUDES = -I/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu -I/usr/include/i386-linux-gnu
 ALL_LINT_FLAGS = $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(DEB_INCLUDES) \
 		 $(libqb_la_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) \
 		 $(LINT_FLAGS)
+# expected for the time being (but SHOULD be fixed eventually):
+# ipc_setup.c: (in function qb_ipcc_us_setup_connect)
+# ipc_setup.c:479:2: Return value (type int32_t) ignored: qb_ipc_us_ready(...
+# ipc_setup.c:494:2: Return value (type int32_t) ignored: qb_ipc_auth_cred...
+SPLINT_SUMMARY_EXP = " 2 code warnings"
 
 run_splint.sh: $(top_srcdir)/configure.ac
-	@echo "$(SPLINT) $(ALL_LINT_FLAGS) $(addprefix $(top_srcdir)/lib/, $(source_to_lint))" > $@
-	$(AM_V_GEN)chmod +x $@
+	@echo '$(SPLINT) $(ALL_LINT_FLAGS) \' > $@-t
+	@echo '  $(addprefix $(top_srcdir)/lib/, $(source_to_lint)) \' >> $@-t
+	@echo '  2>&1 | tee $@-o' >> $@-t
+	@echo 'tail -n1 $@-o | grep -qF $(SPLINT_SUMMARY_EXP)' >> $@-t
+	@echo 'ret=$$?' >> $@-t
+	@echo 'rm -f $@-o' >> $@-t
+	@echo 'test $$ret = 0 || echo "EXPECTED:$(SPLINT_SUMMARY_EXP)"' >> $@-t
+	@echo 'exit $$ret' >> $@-t
+	@chmod +x $@-t
+	$(AM_V_GEN)mv $@-t $@
 
 dist-clean-local:
 	rm -f run_splint.sh
diff --git a/lib/loop_poll.c b/lib/loop_poll.c
index 117a27646..5c757481b 100644
--- a/lib/loop_poll.c
+++ b/lib/loop_poll.c
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
  */
 #include "os_base.h"
 
-#ifdef HAVE_SYS_RESOURCE_H
+/* due to MinGW/splint emitting "< Location unknown >: Previous use of" */
+#if defined(HAVE_SYS_RESOURCE_H) && !defined(S_SPLINT_S)
 #include <sys/resource.h>
 #endif