diff --git a/.ci/lib/apkbuild_linting.py b/.ci/lib/apkbuild_linting.py
index 9aa49ab5a..d16c2e78c 100755
--- a/.ci/lib/apkbuild_linting.py
+++ b/.ci/lib/apkbuild_linting.py
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ def get_kconfigcheck_categories() -> list [str]:
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
+    if common.commit_message_has_string("[ci:skip-apkbuild-lint]"):
+        print("WARNING: not linting deviceinfo files ([ci:skip-apkbuild-lint])")
+        exit(0)
+
     kconfigcheck_categories = get_kconfigcheck_categories()
     custom_valid_options += kconfigcheck_categories
     os.environ["CUSTOM_VALID_OPTIONS"] = " ".join(custom_valid_options)
diff --git a/docs/ci-tags.md b/docs/ci-tags.md
index ca8d733c7..7ff864db9 100644
--- a/docs/ci-tags.md
+++ b/docs/ci-tags.md
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ the continuous integration behaviour for your merge requests.
 
 ## Current CI tags
 
+* `[ci:skip-apkbuild-lint]`: Don't run `apkbuild-lint` from
+  [atools-go](https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/infra/atools-go). Use this
+  e.g. when making treewide changes where fixing up all APKBUILDs in the same
+  merge request is not useful.
 * `[ci:skip-build]`: Do not build modified packages, only verify their
   checksums. Use this when pushing changes to an MR that should not trigger a
   complete build.