diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7176ab101..9324570fd 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ protoc:
 	##   ldconfig (may require sudo)
 	## https://stackoverflow.com/a/25518702
 	protoc $(INCLUDE) --gogo_out=plugins=grpc:. --lint_out=. types/*.proto
+	@echo "--> adding nolint declarations to protobuf generated files"
+	@awk '/package types/ { print "//nolint: gas"; print; next }1' types/types.pb.go > types/types.pb.go.new
+	@mv types/types.pb.go.new types/types.pb.go
 
 install:
 	@ go install ./cmd/...
diff --git a/types/types.pb.go b/types/types.pb.go
index 69777d6d5..e75496650 100644
--- a/types/types.pb.go
+++ b/types/types.pb.go
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ It has these top-level messages:
 	Evidence
 	KVPair
 */
+//nolint: gas
 package types
 
 import proto "github.com/gogo/protobuf/proto"