diff --git a/vta/hardware/chisel/Makefile b/vta/hardware/chisel/Makefile
index 52df5e679a79..743f6c6f2f80 100644
--- a/vta/hardware/chisel/Makefile
+++ b/vta/hardware/chisel/Makefile
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ endif
 default: lint lib
 
 lint:
-	sbt scalafmt
+	sbt scalafmt --test
 
 lib: $(lib_path)