diff --git a/components/BUILD.yaml b/components/BUILD.yaml
index b976e0c5ba05d7..b82c621f41677c 100644
--- a/components/BUILD.yaml
+++ b/components/BUILD.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ packages:
       - :publish-api
       - dev:all-app
       - install/installer:docker
+      - install/kots:kots
       - components/gitpod-protocol:all
       - operations/observability/mixins:lint
   - name: docker-versions
diff --git a/install/kots/BUILD.yaml b/install/kots/BUILD.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..9e85e43ae9742a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install/kots/BUILD.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+packages:
+  - name: kots
+    type: generic
+    srcs:
+      - "**/*"
+    argdeps:
+      - version
+    config:
+      commands:
+        - ["make", "lint"]