diff --git a/curriculum/gulpfile.js b/curriculum/gulpfile.js
index 249f54004d..5b1b148c56 100644
--- a/curriculum/gulpfile.js
+++ b/curriculum/gulpfile.js
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 const fs = require('fs-extra');
 const gulp = require('gulp');
 const through2 = require('through2');
-const markdownlint = require('markdownlint');
 
 const { locale } = require('../config/env.json');
 const { getChallengesForLang } = require('./getChallenges');
 const { testedLangs } = require('./utils');
-const lintYAML = require('./tools/markdown-yaml');
-const lintConfig = require('./tools/.markdownlintrc.js');
+const lintMarkdown = require('./tools/lint');
 
 /**
  * Tasks
@@ -32,19 +30,7 @@ function watchFiles() {
 function lint() {
   return gulp.src(globLangs(testedLangs()), { read: false }).pipe(
     through2.obj(function obj(file, enc, next) {
-      const options = {
-        files: [file.path],
-        config: lintConfig,
-        customRules: [lintYAML]
-      };
-      markdownlint(options, function callback(err, result) {
-        const resultString = (result || '').toString();
-        if (resultString) {
-          process.exitCode = 1;
-          console.log(resultString);
-        }
-        next(err, file);
-      });
+      lintMarkdown(file, next);
     })
   );
 }
diff --git a/curriculum/package-lock.json b/curriculum/package-lock.json
index 9e2a8eba4d..cbe0040407 100644
--- a/curriculum/package-lock.json
+++ b/curriculum/package-lock.json
@@ -5795,29 +5795,60 @@
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cliui/-/cliui-5.0.0.tgz",
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-        "strip-ansi": "^4.0.0",
-        "wrap-ansi": "^2.0.0"
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+        "string-width": {
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+          "dev": true,
+          "requires": {
+            "emoji-regex": "^7.0.1",
+            "is-fullwidth-code-point": "^2.0.0",
+            "strip-ansi": "^5.1.0"
+          }
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+        "strip-ansi": {
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diff --git a/curriculum/package.json b/curriculum/package.json
index 1cf894d861..4d804f2fdb 100644
--- a/curriculum/package.json
+++ b/curriculum/package.json
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@
     "rx": "^4.1.0",
     "semantic-release": "^15.13.3",
     "through2": "^3.0.1",
-    "validator": "^10.4.0"
+    "validator": "^10.4.0",
+    "yargs": "^13.2.4"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "challenges",
diff --git a/curriculum/tools/lint.js b/curriculum/tools/lint.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..95e9b4ac55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/curriculum/tools/lint.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+const markdownlint = require('markdownlint');
+
+const lintYAML = require('./markdown-yaml');
+const lintConfig = require('./.markdownlintrc.js');
+const argv = require('yargs').argv;
+
+const isMDRE = /.*\.md$/;
+
+const files = argv._.filter(arg => isMDRE.test(arg));
+files.forEach(path => lint({ path: path }));
+
+function lint(file, next) {
+  const options = {
+    files: [file.path],
+    config: lintConfig,
+    customRules: [lintYAML]
+  };
+  markdownlint(options, function callback(err, result) {
+    const resultString = (result || '').toString();
+    if (resultString) {
+      process.exitCode = 1;
+      console.log(resultString);
+    }
+    if (next) next(err, file);
+  });
+}
+
+module.exports = lint;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fdd1691655..6736b40483 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@
     "*.js": [
       "eslint --fix",
       "git add"
+    ],
+    "*.md": [
+      "node ./curriculum/tools/lint",
+      "git add"
     ]
   },
   "husky": {