diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 51aa8259..2388c8e2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ go 1.15
 
 require (
 	4d63.com/gochecknoglobals v0.0.0-20201008074935-acfc0b28355a
+	github.com/Antonboom/errname v0.1.3
 	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1
 	github.com/Djarvur/go-err113 v0.0.0-20210108212216-aea10b59be24
 	github.com/OpenPeeDeeP/depguard v1.0.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0ac05a3c..a5f07335 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ cloud.google.com/go/storage v1.8.0/go.mod h1:Wv1Oy7z6Yz3DshWRJFhqM/UCfaWIRTdp0RX
 cloud.google.com/go/storage v1.10.0/go.mod h1:FLPqc6j+Ki4BU591ie1oL6qBQGu2Bl/tZ9ullr3+Kg0=
 contrib.go.opencensus.io/exporter/stackdriver v0.13.4/go.mod h1:aXENhDJ1Y4lIg4EUaVTwzvYETVNZk10Pu26tevFKLUc=
 dmitri.shuralyov.com/gpu/mtl v0.0.0-20190408044501-666a987793e9/go.mod h1:H6x//7gZCb22OMCxBHrMx7a5I7Hp++hsVxbQ4BYO7hU=
+github.com/Antonboom/errname v0.1.2 h1:Lg1R0kXPC57BhcK8P8dDjMC4xee7BBBwVxe9M0yOF2A=
+github.com/Antonboom/errname v0.1.2/go.mod h1:jRXo3m0E0EuCnK3wbsSVH3X55Z4iTDLl6ZfCxwFj4TM=
+github.com/Antonboom/errname v0.1.3 h1:qKV8gSzPzBqrG/q0dgraZXJCymWt6KuD9+Y7K7xtzN8=
+github.com/Antonboom/errname v0.1.3/go.mod h1:jRXo3m0E0EuCnK3wbsSVH3X55Z4iTDLl6ZfCxwFj4TM=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1 h1:WXkYYl6Yr3qBf1K79EBnL4mak0OimBfB0XUf9Vl28OQ=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03qcyfWMU=
 github.com/BurntSushi/xgb v0.0.0-20160522181843-27f122750802/go.mod h1:IVnqGOEym/WlBOVXweHU+Q+/VP0lqqI8lqeDx9IjBqo=
diff --git a/pkg/golinters/errname.go b/pkg/golinters/errname.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7ee81134
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/golinters/errname.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package golinters
+
+import (
+	"github.com/Antonboom/errname/pkg/analyzer"
+	"golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis"
+
+	"github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/golinters/goanalysis"
+)
+
+func NewErrName() *goanalysis.Linter {
+	analyzers := []*analysis.Analyzer{
+		analyzer.New(),
+	}
+
+	return goanalysis.NewLinter(
+		"errname",
+		"Checks that sentinel errors are prefixed with the `Err` and error types are suffixed with the `Error`.",
+		analyzers,
+		nil,
+	).WithLoadMode(goanalysis.LoadModeTypesInfo)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/lint/lintersdb/manager.go b/pkg/lint/lintersdb/manager.go
index fc760dc3..a69a6ec3 100644
--- a/pkg/lint/lintersdb/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/lint/lintersdb/manager.go
@@ -501,6 +501,11 @@ func (m Manager) GetAllSupportedLinterConfigs() []*linter.Config {
 			WithSince("v1.40.0").
 			WithPresets(linter.PresetStyle).
 			WithURL("https://github.com/ldez/tagliatelle"),
+		linter.NewConfig(golinters.NewErrName()).
+			WithPresets(linter.PresetStyle).
+			WithLoadForGoAnalysis().
+			WithURL("https://github.com/Antonboom/errname").
+			WithSince("v1.42.0"),
 
 		// nolintlint must be last because it looks at the results of all the previous linters for unused nolint directives
 		linter.NewConfig(golinters.NewNoLintLint()).
diff --git a/test/testdata/errname.go b/test/testdata/errname.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8b44e0b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/testdata/errname.go
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+//args: -Eerrname
+package testdata
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+var (
+	EOF          = errors.New("end of file")
+	ErrEndOfFile = errors.New("end of file")
+	errEndOfFile = errors.New("end of file")
+
+	EndOfFileError = errors.New("end of file") // ERROR "the variable name `EndOfFileError` should conform to the `ErrXxx` format"
+	ErrorEndOfFile = errors.New("end of file") // ERROR "the variable name `ErrorEndOfFile` should conform to the `ErrXxx` format"
+	EndOfFileErr   = errors.New("end of file") // ERROR "the variable name `EndOfFileErr` should conform to the `ErrXxx` format"
+	endOfFileError = errors.New("end of file") // ERROR "the variable name `endOfFileError` should conform to the `errXxx` format"
+	errorEndOfFile = errors.New("end of file") // ERROR "the variable name `errorEndOfFile` should conform to the `errXxx` format"
+)
+
+const maxSize = 256
+
+var (
+	ErrOutOfSize = fmt.Errorf("out of size (max %d)", maxSize)
+	errOutOfSize = fmt.Errorf("out of size (max %d)", maxSize)
+
+	OutOfSizeError = fmt.Errorf("out of size (max %d)", maxSize) // ERROR "the variable name `OutOfSizeError` should conform to the `ErrXxx` format"
+	outOfSizeError = fmt.Errorf("out of size (max %d)", maxSize) // ERROR "the variable name `outOfSizeError` should conform to the `errXxx` format"
+)
+
+func errInsideFuncIsNotSentinel() error {
+	var lastErr error
+	return lastErr
+}
+
+type NotErrorType struct{}
+
+func (t NotErrorType) Set() {}
+func (t NotErrorType) Get() {}
+
+type DNSConfigError struct{}
+
+func (D DNSConfigError) Error() string { return "DNS config error" }
+
+type someTypeWithoutPtr struct{}           // ERROR "the type name `someTypeWithoutPtr` should conform to the `xxxError` format"
+func (s someTypeWithoutPtr) Error() string { return "someTypeWithoutPtr" }
+
+type SomeTypeWithoutPtr struct{}           // ERROR "the type name `SomeTypeWithoutPtr` should conform to the `XxxError` format"
+func (s SomeTypeWithoutPtr) Error() string { return "SomeTypeWithoutPtr" }
+
+type someTypeWithPtr struct{}            // ERROR "the type name `someTypeWithPtr` should conform to the `xxxError` format"
+func (s *someTypeWithPtr) Error() string { return "someTypeWithPtr" }
+
+type SomeTypeWithPtr struct{}            // ERROR "the type name `SomeTypeWithPtr` should conform to the `XxxError` format"
+func (s *SomeTypeWithPtr) Error() string { return "SomeTypeWithPtr" }