diff --git a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
index 2237109b57..ca358a21a5 100644
--- a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1076,7 +1076,7 @@ if(NOT ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/CMakeCache.txt STREQUAL ${CACHE_PATH})
 		"string(REPLACE \"\${GIT_BUILD_DIR_REPL}\" \"GIT_BUILD_DIR=\\\"$TEST_DIRECTORY/../${BUILD_DIR_RELATIVE}\\\"\" content \"\${content}\")\n"
 		"file(WRITE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/t/test-lib.sh \${content})")
 	#misc copies
-	file(COPY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/t/chainlint.sed DESTINATION ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/t/)
+	file(COPY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/t/chainlint.pl DESTINATION ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/t/)
 	file(COPY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/po/is.po DESTINATION ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/po/)
 	file(COPY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/mergetools/tkdiff DESTINATION ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/mergetools/)
 	file(COPY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh DESTINATION ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/contrib/completion/)
diff --git a/t/test-lib.sh b/t/test-lib.sh
index dc0d059109..a65df2fd22 100644
--- a/t/test-lib.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib.sh
@@ -1091,8 +1091,7 @@ test_run_ () {
 		trace=
 		# 117 is magic because it is unlikely to match the exit
 		# code of other programs
-		if $(printf '%s\n' "$1" | sed -f "$GIT_BUILD_DIR/t/chainlint.sed" | grep -q '?![A-Z][A-Z]*?!') ||
-			test "OK-117" != "$(test_eval_ "(exit 117) && $1${LF}${LF}echo OK-\$?" 3>&1)"
+		if test "OK-117" != "$(test_eval_ "(exit 117) && $1${LF}${LF}echo OK-\$?" 3>&1)"
 		then
 			BUG "broken &&-chain or run-away HERE-DOC: $1"
 		fi
@@ -1588,6 +1587,12 @@ then
 	BAIL_OUT_ENV_NEEDS_SANITIZE_LEAK "GIT_TEST_SANITIZE_LEAK_LOG=true"
 fi
 
+if test "${GIT_TEST_CHAIN_LINT:-1}" != 0
+then
+	"$PERL_PATH" "$TEST_DIRECTORY/chainlint.pl" "$0" ||
+		BUG "lint error (see '?!...!? annotations above)"
+fi
+
 # Last-minute variable setup
 USER_HOME="$HOME"
 HOME="$TRASH_DIRECTORY"