diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 8e8b43069..4aa828b4b 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -194,17 +194,7 @@ jobs:
           command: lintian --version
       - run:
           name: Run lintian
-          command: |
-            set -exu
-            while read -r file; do
-              lintian \
-                --check \
-                --no-tag-display-limit \
-                --suppress-tags-from-file .lintianignore \
-                --no-cfg \
-                --fail-on warning,error \
-                "${file}"
-            done < <(ls *.deb)
+          command: ./dev-scripts/check-debian-pkg
   build_bundle:
     executor: python
     steps:
diff --git a/dev-scripts/check-debian-pkg b/dev-scripts/check-debian-pkg
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..c7173f991
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-scripts/check-debian-pkg
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Perform static analysis on all .deb files in the working directory.
+
+# Exit on first failure.
+set -e
+
+# Echo commands before executing them, by default to stderr.
+set -x
+
+# Exit on unset variable.
+set -u
+
+while read -r file; do
+  lintian \
+    --check \
+    --no-tag-display-limit \
+    --suppress-tags-from-file .lintianignore \
+    --no-cfg \
+    --fail-on warning,error \
+    "${file}"
+done < <(ls -- *.deb)