diff --git a/scripts/lint.js b/scripts/lint.js
index 0a840720eb..1ae8e24d40 100644
--- a/scripts/lint.js
+++ b/scripts/lint.js
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 // Usage: npm run lint -- my-package-name
 const pkg = process.argv[2];
 const execSync = require("child_process").execSync;
-const cmd = `node node_modules/tslint/lib/tslint-cli --format stylish ${pkg}/**/*.d.ts`;
+const existsSync = require("fs").existsSync;
+
+// Path of tslint when `types-publisher` is symlinked
+const symlinkedTslintPath = "node_modules/types-publisher/node_modules/tslint"
+const tslintPath =  existsSync(symlinkedTslintPath) ? symlinkedTslintPath : "node_modules/tslint";
+const cmd = `node ${tslintPath}/lib/tslint-cli --format stylish ${pkg}/**/*.d.ts`;
 console.log(cmd);
+
 try {
     // Child process writes directly to our own stdout
     execSync(cmd, { stdio: "inherit" });