diff --git a/scripts/lint.ts b/scripts/lint.ts
index d213461005..1b7339385b 100644
--- a/scripts/lint.ts
+++ b/scripts/lint.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ import * as path from 'path';
 import { Configuration, ILinterOptions, Linter, findFormatter } from 'tslint';
 import * as ts from 'typescript';
 
+// Blacklist (regexes) of the files to not lint. Generated files should not be linted.
+// TODO: when moved to using bazel for the build system, this won't be needed.
+const blacklist = [
+  /^dist-schema[\\\/].*/,
+];
+
 
 function _buildRules(logger: logging.Logger) {
   const tsConfigPath = path.join(__dirname, '../rules/tsconfig.json');
@@ -50,6 +56,10 @@ export default function (options: ParsedArgs, logger: logging.Logger) {
   const tsLintConfig = Configuration.loadConfigurationFromPath(tsLintPath);
 
   program.getRootFileNames().forEach(fileName => {
+    if (blacklist.some(x => x.test(path.relative(process.cwd(), fileName)))) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     linter.lint(fileName, ts.sys.readFile(fileName) || '', tsLintConfig);
   });