diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a8d1ab2..cc3a7ad 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ all: $(DIST_TEST)
 COCKPIT_REPO_FILES = \
 	pkg/lib \
 	test/common \
+	test/static-code \
 	$(NULL)
 
 COCKPIT_REPO_URL = https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit.git
@@ -178,6 +179,9 @@ prepare-check: $(NODE_MODULES_TEST) $(VM_IMAGE) test/common
 check: prepare-check
 	test/common/run-tests ${RUN_TESTS_OPTIONS}
 
+codecheck: test/static-code $(NODE_MODULES_TEST)
+	test/static-code
+
 # checkout Cockpit's bots for standard test VM images and API to launch them
 bots: $(COCKPIT_REPO_STAMP)
 	test/common/make-bots
diff --git a/test/run b/test/run
index 576d364..1b9cfab 100755
--- a/test/run
+++ b/test/run
@@ -11,6 +11,5 @@ export RUN_TESTS_OPTIONS=--track-naughties
 # linters are off by default for production builds, but we want to run them in CI
 export LINT=1
 
+make codecheck
 make check
-
-ruff check test/check*