diff --git a/hack/.linted_packages b/hack/.linted_packages
index 24c0e0ebda1..3281492dba2 100644
--- a/hack/.linted_packages
+++ b/hack/.linted_packages
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ cmd/gke-certificates-controller
 cmd/kube-apiserver
 cmd/kube-apiserver/app
 cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options
+cmd/kube-apiserver/app/preflight
 cmd/kube-controller-manager
 cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/options
 cmd/kube-proxy