diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index bbc98ef..dc5d012 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
       changed_files="$(git diff --name-only --diff-filter=ACMRTUXB "$fork_origin")"
       if [[ -n "$changed_files" ]]; then
         set -o pipefail
-        xargs util/licence-checker.py --config util/licence-checker.hjson <<< "$changed_files" | tee licence-checker-output
+        xargs util/lowrisc_misc-linters/licence-checker/licence-checker.py --config util/licence-checker.hjson <<< "$changed_files" | tee licence-checker-output
         if [[ $? != 0 ]]; then
           echo -n "##vso[task.logissue type=error]"
           echo "Licence header check failed. Please check output of util/licence-checker.py on the noted failures."
diff --git a/util/lowrisc_misc-linters.lock.hjson b/util/lowrisc_misc-linters.lock.hjson
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df16465
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/lowrisc_misc-linters.lock.hjson
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// Copyright lowRISC contributors.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0, see LICENSE for details.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+// This file is generated by the util/vendor script. Please do not modify it
+// manually.
+
+{
+  upstream:
+  {
+    url: https://github.com/lowRISC/misc-linters.git
+    rev: 83e07743a75d8a5425dd7074f64e8ce00439144c
+  }
+}
diff --git a/util/lowrisc_misc-linters.vendor.hjson b/util/lowrisc_misc-linters.vendor.hjson
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0cd0b76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/lowrisc_misc-linters.vendor.hjson
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// Copyright lowRISC contributors.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0, see LICENSE for details.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+{
+  name: "lowrisc_misc-linters",
+  target_dir: "lowrisc_misc-linters",
+
+  upstream: {
+    url: "https://github.com/lowRISC/misc-linters.git",
+    rev: "master",
+  },
+
+  exclude_from_upstream: [
+    // We shouldn't reformat upstream code
+    '.style.yapf',
+    // Avoid licence checker configuration confusion
+    'licence-checker.hjson',
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/util/lowrisc_misc-linters/CLA b/util/lowrisc_misc-linters/CLA
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b628e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/lowrisc_misc-linters/CLA
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+lowRISC CIC
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new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa837d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/lowrisc_misc-linters/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# Contributing code to the misc-linters repository
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new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d645695
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+++ b/util/lowrisc_misc-linters/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
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diff --git a/util/lowrisc_misc-linters/README.md b/util/lowrisc_misc-linters/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09391ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/lowrisc_misc-linters/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# lowRISC's Miscellaneous Linters
+
+## About the project
+
+These are linters and checkers, usually for source code, which we have written
+for various lowRISC projects.
+
+They include
+* `licence-checker/licence-checker.py` which will ensure source code in your
+  repository contains correctly formatted licence headers. This is designed to
+  be reused: it is configured with `licence-checker.hjson`.
+
+## How to contribute
+
+Have a look at [CONTRIBUTING](./CONTRIBUTING.md) for guidelines on how to
+contribute code to this repository.
+
+## Licensing
+
+Unless otherwise noted, everything in this repository is covered by the Apache
+License, Version 2.0 (see [LICENSE](./LICENSE) for full text).
diff --git a/util/lowrisc_misc-linters/dependencies.txt b/util/lowrisc_misc-linters/dependencies.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..306d460
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/lowrisc_misc-linters/dependencies.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Copyright lowRISC contributors.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0, see LICENSE for details.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+hjson
+tabulate
+yapf
+
diff --git a/util/lowrisc_misc-linters/licence-checker/README.md b/util/lowrisc_misc-linters/licence-checker/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b70d01f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/lowrisc_misc-linters/licence-checker/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Licence Checker
+
+This script can check most text file formats that we have checked our
+repositories, though it has some limitations. It ensures the entire licence
+appears on consecutive lines in the first comment in the file, and those lines
+contain nothing else.
+
+The primary limitation of the checker is that each file suffix can only match
+one comment style, which is used for checking for the licence header. In text
+formats which accept multiple comment styles, there is now a canonical one that
+the licence must use. Where available, the licence should use a line comment
+style.
+
+The other limitation is for files where the canonical style is block comments,
+like `/* */`, each line must be wrapped in the comment prefix and suffix, rather
+than the whole licence header being wrapped in a single comment prefix and
+suffix. This is an artefact of how the checker searches for the licence.
+
+The checker is configured using a hjson file, which contains the exact licence
+header, and a list of file patterns to exclude from checking the licence for,
+which is used to exclude vendored and other externally sourced files.
diff --git a/util/licence-checker.py b/util/lowrisc_misc-linters/licence-checker/licence-checker.py
similarity index 100%
rename from util/licence-checker.py
rename to util/lowrisc_misc-linters/licence-checker/licence-checker.py