diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c720619..ea42cfc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ IMAGE_REPO = securego
 BUILDFLAGS := '-w -s'
 CGO_ENABLED = 0
 GO := GO111MODULE=on go
-GO_NOMOD :=GO111MODULE=off go
+GO_NOMOD :=GO111MODULE=on go
 GOPATH ?= $(shell $(GO) env GOPATH)
 GOBIN ?= $(GOPATH)/bin
 GOLINT ?= $(GOBIN)/golint
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ install-test-deps:
 	$(GO_NOMOD) get -u golang.org/x/crypto/ssh
 	$(GO_NOMOD) get -u github.com/lib/pq
 
-test: install-test-deps build fmt lint sec
+test: install-test-deps build fmt sec # lint -- disabled for minimal builds
 	$(GINKGO) -r -v
 
 fmt:
diff --git a/rules/rulelist.go b/rules/rulelist.go
index fdfd2e4..ebcb556 100644
--- a/rules/rulelist.go
+++ b/rules/rulelist.go
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ func Generate(filters ...RuleFilter) RuleList {
 		{"G703", "Errors that don't result in rollback", sdk.NewErrorNotPropagated},
 		{"G704", "Strconv invalid bitSize and cast", sdk.NewStrconvIntBitSizeOverflow},
 		{"G705", "Iterating over maps undeterministically", sdk.NewMapRangingCheck},
+		{"G706", "Non-consensus aware time.Now() usage", sdk.NewTimeNowRefusal},
 	}
 
 	ruleMap := make(map[string]RuleDefinition)
diff --git a/rules/rules_test.go b/rules/rules_test.go
index f3403ee..02adb9a 100644
--- a/rules/rules_test.go
+++ b/rules/rules_test.go
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ var _ = Describe("gosec rules", func() {
 			runner("G705", testutils.SampleCodeMapRangingNonDeterministic)
 		})
 
+		It("should detect non-consensus aware time.Now() usage", func() {
+			runner("G706", testutils.SampleCodeTimeNowNonCensusAware)
+		})
+
 		It("should detect DoS vulnerability via decompression bomb", func() {
 			runner("G110", testutils.SampleCodeG110)
 		})
diff --git a/rules/sdk/time_now.go b/rules/sdk/time_now.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a145d5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rules/sdk/time_now.go
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+// (c) Copyright 2021 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package sdk
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"go/ast"
+
+	"github.com/securego/gosec/v2"
+)
+
+// This static analyzer discourages the use of time.Now() as it was discovered that
+// its usage caused local non-determinism as reported and detailed at
+// https://forum.cosmos.network/t/cosmos-sdk-vulnerability-retrospective-security-advisory-jackfruit-october-12-2021/5349
+
+type timeNowCheck struct {
+	gosec.MetaData
+	calls gosec.CallList
+}
+
+func (tmc *timeNowCheck) ID() string { return tmc.MetaData.ID }
+
+func (tmc *timeNowCheck) Match(node ast.Node, ctx *gosec.Context) (*gosec.Issue, error) {
+	// We want to catch all function invocations as well as assignments of any of the form:
+	// .Value = time.Now().*
+	// fn := time.Now
+	switch n := node.(type) {
+	default:
+		// TODO: Add more cases for which time.Now can be aliased or used as a variable.
+		return nil, nil
+
+	case *ast.CallExpr:
+		sel, ok := n.Fun.(*ast.SelectorExpr)
+		if !ok {
+			return nil, nil
+		}
+		if sel.X.(*ast.Ident).Name != "time" {
+			return nil, nil
+		}
+		if sel.Sel.Name != "Now" {
+			return nil, nil
+		}
+
+		// Otherwise issue the error.
+		return nil, errors.New("time.Now() is non-deterministic for distributed computing, you should use the current Block's timestamp")
+	}
+}
+
+func NewTimeNowRefusal(id string, config gosec.Config) (rule gosec.Rule, nodes []ast.Node) {
+	calls := gosec.NewCallList()
+
+	tnc := &timeNowCheck{
+		MetaData: gosec.MetaData{
+			ID:         id,
+			Severity:   gosec.High,
+			Confidence: gosec.High,
+			What:       "Non-determinism from using non-consensus aware time.Now()",
+		},
+		calls: calls,
+	}
+
+	nodes = append(nodes, (*ast.CallExpr)(nil))
+	return tnc, nodes
+}
diff --git a/testutils/source.go b/testutils/source.go
index cd49d07..f09a6dc 100644
--- a/testutils/source.go
+++ b/testutils/source.go
@@ -2456,4 +2456,23 @@ func do() map[string]string { return nil }
 `}, 3, gosec.NewConfig(),
 		},
 	}
+
+	SampleCodeTimeNowNonCensusAware = []CodeSample{
+		{
+			[]string{`
+package main
+
+func main() {
+        _ = time.Now()
+}`}, 3, gosec.NewConfig(),
+		},
+		{
+			[]string{`
+package main
+
+func main() {
+        _ = time.Now().Unix()
+}`}, 3, gosec.NewConfig(),
+		},
+	}
 )