diff --git a/components/engine/Dockerfile b/components/engine/Dockerfile
index 8971edf6b8..ba84584954 100644
--- a/components/engine/Dockerfile
+++ b/components/engine/Dockerfile
@@ -216,3 +216,6 @@ ENTRYPOINT ["hack/dind"]
 
 # Upload docker source
 COPY . /go/src/github.com/docker/docker
+
+# Options for hack/validate/gometalinter
+ENV GOMETALINTER_OPTS="--deadline 2m"
diff --git a/components/engine/Dockerfile.aarch64 b/components/engine/Dockerfile.aarch64
index c59335b53f..ee67dcb8c8 100644
--- a/components/engine/Dockerfile.aarch64
+++ b/components/engine/Dockerfile.aarch64
@@ -181,3 +181,6 @@ ENTRYPOINT ["hack/dind"]
 
 # Upload docker source
 COPY . /go/src/github.com/docker/docker
+
+# Options for hack/validate/gometalinter
+ENV GOMETALINTER_OPTS="--deadline 4m -j2"
diff --git a/components/engine/Dockerfile.armhf b/components/engine/Dockerfile.armhf
index 80005bc26d..ed42b2dae9 100644
--- a/components/engine/Dockerfile.armhf
+++ b/components/engine/Dockerfile.armhf
@@ -169,3 +169,6 @@ ENTRYPOINT ["hack/dind"]
 
 # Upload docker source
 COPY . /go/src/github.com/docker/docker
+
+# Options for hack/validate/gometalinter
+ENV GOMETALINTER_OPTS="--deadline 10m -j2"
diff --git a/components/engine/hack/validate/gometalinter b/components/engine/hack/validate/gometalinter
index 9830659d69..ae411e864a 100755
--- a/components/engine/hack/validate/gometalinter
+++ b/components/engine/hack/validate/gometalinter
@@ -3,4 +3,9 @@ set -e -o pipefail
 
 SCRIPTDIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 
-gometalinter --config $SCRIPTDIR/gometalinter.json ./...
+# CI platforms differ, so per-platform GOMETALINTER_OPTS can be set
+# from a platform-specific Dockerfile, otherwise let's just set
+# (somewhat pessimistic) default of 10 minutes.
+gometalinter \
+	${GOMETALINTER_OPTS:--deadine 10m} \
+	--config $SCRIPTDIR/gometalinter.json ./...
diff --git a/components/engine/hack/validate/gometalinter.json b/components/engine/hack/validate/gometalinter.json
index c43ddec892..93328f82ad 100644
--- a/components/engine/hack/validate/gometalinter.json
+++ b/components/engine/hack/validate/gometalinter.json
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 {
   "Vendor": true,
-  "Deadline": "2m",
   "EnableGC": true,
   "Sort": ["linter", "severity", "path"],
   "Exclude": [