diff --git a/.github/workflows/lintcheck.yml b/.github/workflows/lintcheck.yml
index d487c7d94985..70c805903d36 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lintcheck.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lintcheck.yml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Run lintcheck
       if: steps.cache-json.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-      run: ./target/debug/lintcheck --format json --all-lints --crates-toml ./lintcheck/ci_crates.toml
+      run: env CLIPPY_CONF_DIR="$PWD/lintcheck/ci-config" ./target/debug/lintcheck --format json --all-lints --crates-toml ./lintcheck/ci_crates.toml
 
     - name: Upload base JSON
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ jobs:
       run: cargo build --manifest-path=lintcheck/Cargo.toml
 
     - name: Run lintcheck
-      run: ./target/debug/lintcheck --format json --all-lints --crates-toml ./lintcheck/ci_crates.toml
+      run: env CLIPPY_CONF_DIR="$PWD/lintcheck/ci-config" ./target/debug/lintcheck --format json --all-lints --crates-toml ./lintcheck/ci_crates.toml
 
     - name: Upload head JSON
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
diff --git a/lintcheck/ci-config/clippy.toml b/lintcheck/ci-config/clippy.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d9eb2ef90dba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lintcheck/ci-config/clippy.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Configuration applied when running lintcheck from the CI
+#
+# The CI will set the `CLIPPY_CONF_DIR` environment variable
+# to `$PWD/lintcheck/ci-config`.
+
+avoid-breaking-exported-api = false