diff --git a/goclean.sh b/goclean.sh
index af174b2a..2f7f95cf 100755
--- a/goclean.sh
+++ b/goclean.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,22 @@
 
 set -ex
 
+# Make sure glide is installed and $GOPATH/bin is in your path.
+# $ go get -u github.com/Masterminds/glide
+# $ glide install
+if [ ! -x "$(type -p glide)" ]; then
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Make sure gometalinter is installed and $GOPATH/bin is in your path.
+# $ go get -v github.com/alecthomas/gometalinter"
+# $ gometalinter --install"
+if [ ! -x "$(type -p gometalinter)" ]; then
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+linter_targets=$(glide novendor)
+
 # Automatic checks
 test -z "$(gometalinter --disable-all \
 --enable=gofmt \
@@ -20,8 +36,8 @@ test -z "$(gometalinter --disable-all \
 --enable=vet \
 --enable=gosimple \
 --enable=unconvert \
---deadline=4m $(glide novendor) | grep -v 'ALL_CAPS\|OP_' 2>&1 | tee /dev/stderr)"
-env GORACE="halt_on_error=1" go test -race -tags rpctest $(glide novendor)
+--deadline=4m $linter_targets 2>&1 | grep -v 'ALL_CAPS\|OP_' 2>&1 | tee /dev/stderr)"
+env GORACE="halt_on_error=1" go test -race -tags rpctest $linter_targets
 
 # Run test coverage on each subdirectories and merge the coverage profile.