diff --git a/src/goCheck.ts b/src/goCheck.ts
index 933fb13c1..0053d4d3b 100644
--- a/src/goCheck.ts
+++ b/src/goCheck.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,18 @@ export interface ICheckResult {
 	severity: string;
 }
 
-function runTool(cmd: string, args: string[], cwd: string, severity: string, useStdErr: boolean, toolName: string, notFoundError?: string) {
+/**
+ * Runs given Go tool and returns errors/warnings that can be fed to the Problems Matcher
+ * @param args Arguments to be passed while running given tool
+ * @param cwd cwd that will passed in the env object while running given tool
+ * @param serverity error or warning
+ * @param useStdErr If true, the stderr of the output of the given tool will be used, else stdout will be used
+ * @param toolName The name of the Go tool to run. If none is provided, the go runtime itself is used
+ * @param printUnexpectedOutput If true, then output that doesnt match expected format is printed to the output channel
+ */
+function runTool(args: string[], cwd: string, severity: string, useStdErr: boolean, toolName: string, printUnexpectedOutput?: boolean): Promise<ICheckResult[]> {
+	let goRuntimePath = getGoRuntimePath();
+	let cmd = toolName ? getBinPath(toolName) : goRuntimePath;
 	return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
 		cp.execFile(cmd, args, { cwd: cwd }, (err, stdout, stderr) => {
 			try {
@@ -31,10 +42,15 @@ function runTool(cmd: string, args: string[], cwd: string, severity: string, use
 					if (toolName) {
 						promptForMissingTool(toolName);
 					} else {
-						vscode.window.showInformationMessage(notFoundError);
+						vscode.window.showInformationMessage(`Cannot find ${goRuntimePath}`);
 					}
 					return resolve([]);
 				}
+				if (err && stderr && !useStdErr) {
+					outputChannel.appendLine(['Error while running tool:', cmd, ...args].join(' '));
+					outputChannel.appendLine(stderr);
+					return resolve([]);
+				}
 				let lines = (useStdErr ? stderr : stdout).toString().split('\n');
 				outputChannel.appendLine(['Finished running tool:', cmd, ...args].join(' '));
 
@@ -45,7 +61,10 @@ function runTool(cmd: string, args: string[], cwd: string, severity: string, use
 						continue;
 					}
 					let match = /^([^:]*: )?((.:)?[^:]*):(\d+)(:(\d+)?)?:(?:\w+:)? (.*)$/.exec(lines[i]);
-					if (!match) continue;
+					if (!match) {
+						if (printUnexpectedOutput) outputChannel.appendLine(lines[i]);
+						continue;
+					}
 					let [_, __, file, ___, lineStr, ____, charStr, msg] = match;
 					let line = +lineStr;
 					file = path.resolve(cwd, file);
@@ -91,55 +110,46 @@ export function check(filename: string, goConfig: vscode.WorkspaceConfiguration)
 				let tmppath = path.normalize(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'go-code-check'));
 				let args = ['build'];
 				if (!isMainPkg) {
-					args.push('- i');
+					args.push('-i');
 				};
 				args = args.concat(['-o', tmppath, '-tags', buildTags, ...buildFlags, '.']);
 				if (filename.match(/_test.go$/i)) {
 					args = ['test', '-copybinary', '-o', tmppath, '-c', '-tags', buildTags, ...buildFlags, '.'];
 				}
 				runTool(
-					goRuntimePath,
 					args,
 					cwd,
 					'error',
 					true,
 					null,
-					`Cannot find ${goRuntimePath}`
+					true
 				).then(result => resolve(result), err => reject(err));
 			});
 		});
 		runningToolsPromises.push(buildPromise);
 	}
 	if (!!goConfig['lintOnSave']) {
-		let lintTool = getBinPath(goConfig['lintTool'] || 'golint');
+		let lintTool = goConfig['lintTool'] || 'golint';
 		let lintFlags = goConfig['lintFlags'] || [];
 		let args = [...lintFlags];
 
-		if (lintTool === 'golint') {
-			args.push(filename);
-		}
-
 		runningToolsPromises.push(runTool(
-			lintTool,
 			args,
 			cwd,
 			'warning',
-			lintTool === 'golint',
-			lintTool === 'golint' ? 'golint' : null,
-			lintTool === 'golint' ? undefined : 'No "gometalinter" could be found.  Install gometalinter to use this option.'
+			false,
+			lintTool
 		));
 	}
 
 	if (!!goConfig['vetOnSave']) {
 		let vetFlags = goConfig['vetFlags'] || [];
 		runningToolsPromises.push(runTool(
-			goRuntimePath,
 			['tool', 'vet', ...vetFlags, filename],
 			cwd,
 			'warning',
 			true,
-			null,
-			`Cannot find ${goRuntimePath}`
+			null
 		));
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/goInstallTools.ts b/src/goInstallTools.ts
index c12de2c92..46eda675e 100644
--- a/src/goInstallTools.ts
+++ b/src/goInstallTools.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ function getTools(goVersion: SemVersion): { [key: string]: string } {
 		tools['golint'] = 'github.com/golang/lint/golint';
 		tools['gotests'] = 'github.com/cweill/gotests/...';
 	}
+
+	if (goConfig['lintTool'] === 'gometalinter') {
+		tools['gometalinter'] = 'github.com/alecthomas/gometalinter';
+	}
+
 	return tools;
 }
 
@@ -131,7 +136,7 @@ function installTools(goVersion: SemVersion, missing?: string[]) {
 		});
 	}
 
-	// If the VSCODE_GOTOOLS environment variable is set, use 
+	// If the VSCODE_GOTOOLS environment variable is set, use
  	// its value as the GOPATH for the "go get" child precess.
 	let toolsGoPath = process.env['VSCODE_GOTOOLS'];
 	if (toolsGoPath) {
@@ -153,9 +158,21 @@ function installTools(goVersion: SemVersion, missing?: string[]) {
 		}));
 	}, Promise.resolve([])).then(res => {
 		outputChannel.appendLine(''); // Blank line for spacing
+		let allDoneMsg = 'All tools successfully installed. You\'re ready to Go :).';
 		let failures = res.filter(x => x != null);
 		if (failures.length === 0) {
-			outputChannel.appendLine('All tools successfully installed. You\'re ready to Go :).');
+			// Gometalinter needs to install all the linters it uses.
+			if (missing.indexOf('gometalinter') > -1) {
+				let gometalinterBinPath = getBinPath('gometalinter');
+				outputChannel.appendLine('Installing linters to be used by gometalinter...');
+				cp.execFile(gometalinterBinPath, ['--install'], { env }, (err, stdout, stderr) => {
+					if (!err) {
+						outputChannel.appendLine(`Installed all linters to be used by gometalinter.\n\n${allDoneMsg}`);
+					}
+				});
+			} else {
+				outputChannel.appendLine(allDoneMsg);
+			}
 			return;
 		}