diff --git a/hack/validate/golangci-lint b/hack/validate/golangci-lint
index 9d9cadaffbcde..41750f6e26499 100755
--- a/hack/validate/golangci-lint
+++ b/hack/validate/golangci-lint
@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ SCRIPTDIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 
 [ -n "${TESTDEBUG}" ] && set -x
 
+# TODO find a way to share this code with hack/make.sh
+if ${PKG_CONFIG} 'libsystemd >= 209' 2> /dev/null ; then
+	DOCKER_BUILDTAGS+=" journald"
+elif ${PKG_CONFIG} 'libsystemd-journal' 2> /dev/null ; then
+	DOCKER_BUILDTAGS+=" journald journald_compat"
+fi
+
 # TODO use --out-format=junit-xml and store artifacts
 GOGC=20 golangci-lint run \
 	${GOLANGCI_LINT_OPTS} \