diff --git a/changelog.d/9191.misc b/changelog.d/9191.misc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b4bc6be13a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/9191.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add some missing source directories to the automatic linting script.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts-dev/lint.sh b/scripts-dev/lint.sh
index f328ab57d5..fe2965cd36 100755
--- a/scripts-dev/lint.sh
+++ b/scripts-dev/lint.sh
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ else
   # then lint everything!
   if [[ -z ${files+x} ]]; then
     # Lint all source code files and directories
-    files=("synapse" "tests" "scripts-dev" "scripts" "contrib" "synctl" "setup.py" "synmark")
+    # Note: this list aims the mirror the one in tox.ini
+    files=("synapse" "docker" "tests" "scripts-dev" "scripts" "contrib" "synctl" "setup.py" "synmark" "stubs" ".buildkite")
   fi
 fi
 
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 5210e7b860..1a3489344f 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ deps =
     # install the "enum34" dependency of cryptography.
     pip>=10
 
-# directories/files we run the linters on
+# directories/files we run the linters on.
+# if you update this list, make sure to do the same in scripts-dev/lint.sh
 lint_targets =
     setup.py
     synapse