diff --git a/pkg/printers/checkstyle.go b/pkg/printers/checkstyle.go
index bb347bd2..307a8e7a 100644
--- a/pkg/printers/checkstyle.go
+++ b/pkg/printers/checkstyle.go
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/result"
 )
 
+const defaultCheckstyleSeverity = "error"
+
 type checkstyleOutput struct {
 	XMLName xml.Name          `xml:"checkstyle"`
 	Version string            `xml:"version,attr"`
@@ -31,8 +33,6 @@ type checkstyleError struct {
 	Source   string `xml:"source,attr"`
 }
 
-const defaultCheckstyleSeverity = "error"
-
 type Checkstyle struct {
 	w io.Writer
 }
diff --git a/pkg/printers/codeclimate.go b/pkg/printers/codeclimate.go
index 8127632e..8a90f145 100644
--- a/pkg/printers/codeclimate.go
+++ b/pkg/printers/codeclimate.go
@@ -9,8 +9,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/result"
 )
 
-// CodeClimateIssue is a subset of the Code Climate spec - https://github.com/codeclimate/spec/blob/master/SPEC.md#data-types
-// It is just enough to support GitLab CI Code Quality - https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/merge_requests/code_quality.html
+const defaultCodeClimateSeverity = "critical"
+
+// CodeClimateIssue is a subset of the Code Climate spec.
+// https://github.com/codeclimate/platform/blob/master/spec/analyzers/SPEC.md#data-types
+// It is just enough to support GitLab CI Code Quality.
+// https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/merge_requests/code_quality.html
 type CodeClimateIssue struct {
 	Description string `json:"description"`
 	Severity    string `json:"severity,omitempty"`
@@ -40,6 +44,7 @@ func (p CodeClimate) Print(ctx context.Context, issues []result.Issue) error {
 		codeClimateIssue.Location.Path = issue.Pos.Filename
 		codeClimateIssue.Location.Lines.Begin = issue.Pos.Line
 		codeClimateIssue.Fingerprint = issue.Fingerprint()
+		codeClimateIssue.Severity = defaultCodeClimateSeverity
 
 		if issue.Severity != "" {
 			codeClimateIssue.Severity = issue.Severity
diff --git a/pkg/printers/codeclimate_test.go b/pkg/printers/codeclimate_test.go
index 5c25002a..3776e685 100644
--- a/pkg/printers/codeclimate_test.go
+++ b/pkg/printers/codeclimate_test.go
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-//nolint:dupl
 package printers
 
 import (
@@ -42,6 +41,21 @@ func TestCodeClimate_Print(t *testing.T) {
 				Column:   9,
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			FromLinter: "linter-c",
+			Text:       "issue c",
+			SourceLines: []string{
+				"func foo() {",
+				"\tfmt.Println(\"ccc\")",
+				"}",
+			},
+			Pos: token.Position{
+				Filename: "path/to/filec.go",
+				Offset:   6,
+				Line:     200,
+				Column:   2,
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
@@ -51,7 +65,7 @@ func TestCodeClimate_Print(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	//nolint:lll
-	expected := `[{"description":"linter-a: some issue","severity":"warning","fingerprint":"BA73C5DF4A6FD8462FFF1D3140235777","location":{"path":"path/to/filea.go","lines":{"begin":10}}},{"description":"linter-b: another issue","severity":"error","fingerprint":"0777B4FE60242BD8B2E9B7E92C4B9521","location":{"path":"path/to/fileb.go","lines":{"begin":300}}}]`
+	expected := `[{"description":"linter-a: some issue","severity":"warning","fingerprint":"BA73C5DF4A6FD8462FFF1D3140235777","location":{"path":"path/to/filea.go","lines":{"begin":10}}},{"description":"linter-b: another issue","severity":"error","fingerprint":"0777B4FE60242BD8B2E9B7E92C4B9521","location":{"path":"path/to/fileb.go","lines":{"begin":300}}},{"description":"linter-c: issue c","severity":"critical","fingerprint":"BEE6E9FBB6BFA4B7DB9FB036697FB036","location":{"path":"path/to/filec.go","lines":{"begin":200}}}]`
 
 	assert.Equal(t, expected, buf.String())
 }
diff --git a/pkg/printers/github_test.go b/pkg/printers/github_test.go
index 1e7772d2..f6218518 100644
--- a/pkg/printers/github_test.go
+++ b/pkg/printers/github_test.go
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+//nolint:dupl
 package printers
 
 import (