diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 827c2548..71cc9fed 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ config/opendkim/
 .idea
 .vscode
 
+
+#################################################
+###  Linting Tools  #############################
+#################################################
+
+tools/
+
 #################################################
 ###  Tests  #####################################
 #################################################
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bc409642..dd8bb0d2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -62,14 +62,15 @@ eclint:
 	@ ./test/linting/lint.sh eclint
 
 install_linters:
-	@ sudo curl -S -L \
-		"https://github.com/hadolint/hadolint/releases/download/v$(HADOLINT_VERSION)/hadolint-$(shell uname -s)-$(shell uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/hadolint
-	@ sudo curl -S -L \
+	@ mkdir -p tools
+	@ curl -S -L \
+		"https://github.com/hadolint/hadolint/releases/download/v$(HADOLINT_VERSION)/hadolint-$(shell uname -s)-$(shell uname -m)" -o tools/hadolint
+	@ curl -S -L \
 		"https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/releases/download/v$(SHELLCHECK_VERSION)/shellcheck-v$(SHELLCHECK_VERSION).linux.x86_64.tar.xz" | tar -xJ
-	@ sudo curl -S -L \
+	@ curl -S -L \
 		"https://github.com/editorconfig-checker/editorconfig-checker/releases/download/$(ECLINT_VERSION)/ec-linux-amd64.tar.gz" | tar -xaz
-	@ sudo chmod +rx /usr/local/bin/hadolint
-	@ sudo mv "shellcheck-v$(SHELLCHECK_VERSION)/shellcheck" /usr/bin/
-	@ sudo mv bin/ec-linux-amd64 /usr/bin/eclint
-	@ sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/eclint
-	@ sudo rm -rf "shellcheck-v$(SHELLCHECK_VERSION)" bin
+	@ chmod +rx tools/hadolint
+	@ mv "shellcheck-v$(SHELLCHECK_VERSION)/shellcheck" tools/
+	@ mv bin/ec-linux-amd64 tools/eclint
+	@ chmod +x tools/eclint
+	@ rm -rf "shellcheck-v$(SHELLCHECK_VERSION)" bin
diff --git a/test/linting/lint.sh b/test/linting/lint.sh
index 35eb3892..d9801d24 100755
--- a/test/linting/lint.sh
+++ b/test/linting/lint.sh
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ function _shellcheck
 {
   local SCRIPT='SHELLCHECK'
   local ERR=0
-  local LINT=(/usr/bin/shellcheck -x -S style -Cauto -o all -e SC2154 -W 50)
+  local LINT=(shellcheck -x -S style -Cauto -o all -e SC2154 -W 50)
 
   if ! __in_path "${LINT[0]}"
   then
@@ -200,4 +200,8 @@ function _main
   esac
 }
 
+# prefer linters installed in tools
+PATH="$(pwd)/tools:${PATH}"
+export PATH
+
 _main "${@}" || exit ${?}