diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 935b24e332..940b175b61 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ vet:
 check_license:
 	./scripts/check_license.sh
 
+check_shell:
+	find . -type f -name "*.sh" -exec shellcheck {} +
+
 sanity: vet fix lint fmt check_license
 
 cover:
@@ -243,4 +246,4 @@ dump: $(addprefix gen/,$(addsuffix /genesis.dump, $(NETWORKS)))
 install: build
 	scripts/dev_install.sh -p $(GOPATH1)/bin
 
-.PHONY: default fmt vet lint check_license sanity cover prof deps build test fulltest shorttest clean cleango deploy node_exporter install %gen gen NONGO_BIN
+.PHONY: default fmt vet lint check_license check_shell sanity cover prof deps build test fulltest shorttest clean cleango deploy node_exporter install %gen gen NONGO_BIN
diff --git a/docker/build/Dockerfile b/docker/build/Dockerfile
index f502a81ec6..d3d0e20e9b 100644
--- a/docker/build/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/build/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM ubuntu:16.04
 ENV GOLANG_VERSION 1.12
 
-RUN apt update && apt install -y git libboost-all-dev wget sqlite3 autoconf build-essential
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y git libboost-all-dev wget sqlite3 autoconf build-essential shellcheck
 WORKDIR /root
 RUN wget --quiet https://dl.google.com/go/go${GOLANG_VERSION}.linux-amd64.tar.gz && tar -xvf go${GOLANG_VERSION}.linux-amd64.tar.gz && mv go /usr/local
 ENV GOROOT=/usr/local/go \
diff --git a/docker/build/Dockerfile-deploy b/docker/build/Dockerfile-deploy
index 560f7d0279..69fdbd3145 100644
--- a/docker/build/Dockerfile-deploy
+++ b/docker/build/Dockerfile-deploy
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM ubuntu:18.04
 ENV GOLANG_VERSION 1.12
 
-RUN apt update && apt install -y git libboost-all-dev wget sqlite3 autoconf jq bsdmainutils
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y git libboost-all-dev wget sqlite3 autoconf jq bsdmainutils shellcheck
 WORKDIR /root
 RUN wget --quiet https://dl.google.com/go/go${GOLANG_VERSION}.linux-amd64.tar.gz && tar -xvf go${GOLANG_VERSION}.linux-amd64.tar.gz && mv go /usr/local
 ENV GOROOT=/usr/local/go \
diff --git a/scripts/centos-build.Dockerfile b/scripts/centos-build.Dockerfile
index c484ab2935..2ea453c261 100644
--- a/scripts/centos-build.Dockerfile
+++ b/scripts/centos-build.Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 FROM centos:7
 WORKDIR /root
 RUN yum install -y https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
-RUN yum install -y autoconf awscli git gnupg2 nfs-utils python36 sqlite3 boost-devel expect jq libtool gcc-c++ libstdc++-devel libstdc++-static rpmdevtools createrepo rpm-sign bzip2
+RUN yum install -y autoconf awscli git gnupg2 nfs-utils python36 sqlite3 boost-devel expect jq libtool gcc-c++ libstdc++-devel libstdc++-static rpmdevtools createrepo rpm-sign bzip2 shellcheck
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/bash"]
diff --git a/scripts/check_deps.sh b/scripts/check_deps.sh
index afa820f873..8a57510f33 100755
--- a/scripts/check_deps.sh
+++ b/scripts/check_deps.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-# checkout_deps.sh - Quickly(!) checks the enlistment for any missing dependencies and attempts to resolve them.
+# check_deps.sh - Quickly(!) checks the enlistment for any missing dependencies and attempts to resolve them.
 #           Reports if any dependencies are still missing after attempts to resolve.
 #
-# Syntax:   checkout_deps.sh
+# Syntax:   check_deps.sh
 #
 # Outputs:  status messages
 #
@@ -11,77 +11,55 @@
 #
 # Usage:    Use before building to ensure dependencies are present (should be nop except after dependencies change)
 #
-# Examples: scripts/checkout_deps.sh
+# Examples: scripts/check_deps.sh
 
-export GOPATH=$(go env GOPATH)
-GOPATH1=$(echo $GOPATH | cut -d: -f1)
+GREEN_FG=$(tput setaf 2)
+RED_FG=$(tput setaf 1)
+TEAL_FG=$(tput setaf 6)
+YELLOW_FG=$(tput setaf 3)
+END_FG_COLOR=$(tput sgr0)
 
-ANY_MISSING=0
-# golint doesn't work with 'dep ensure' so we manually install it
-GOLINT_MISSING=0
-STRINGER_MISSING=0
-SWAGGER_MISSING=0
+GOPATH=$(go env GOPATH)
+export GOPATH
+GO_BIN="$(echo "$GOPATH" | cut -d: -f1)/bin"
+MISSING=0
 
-function check_deps() {
-    ANY_MISSING=0
-    GOLINT_MISSING=0
+missing_dep() {
+    echo "$YELLOW_FG[WARNING]$END_FG_COLOR Mising dependency \`$TEAL_FG${1}$END_FG_COLOR\`."
+    MISSING=1
+}
 
-    if [ ! -f "${GOPATH1}/bin/golint" ]; then
-        GOLINT_MISSING=1
-        ANY_MISSING=1
-        echo "... golint missing"
-    fi
+GO_DEPS=(
+    "$GO_BIN/golint"
+    "$GO_BIN/stringer"
+    "$GO_BIN/swagger"
+)
 
-    if [ ! -f "${GOPATH1}/bin/stringer" ]; then
-        STRINGER_MISSING=1
-        ANY_MISSING=1
-        echo "... stringer missing"
-    fi
+check_deps() {
+    for path in ${GO_DEPS[*]}
+    do
+        if [ ! -f "$path" ]
+        then
+            # Parameter expansion is faster than invoking another process.
+            # https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/bash-parameter-expansion
+            missing_dep "${path##*/}"
+        fi
+    done
 
-    if [ ! -f "${GOPATH1}/bin/swagger" ]; then
-        SWAGGER_MISSING=1
-        ANY_MISSING=1
-        echo "... swagger missing"
+    # Don't print `shellcheck`s location.
+    if ! which shellcheck > /dev/null
+    then
+        missing_dep shellcheck
     fi
-
-    return ${ANY_MISSING}
 }
 
 check_deps
-if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-    echo Required dependencies already installed.
-    exit 0
-fi
-
-if [ ${GOLINT_MISSING} -ne 0 ]; then
-    read -p "Install golint (using go get) (y/N): " OK
-    if [ "$OK" = "y" ]; then
-        echo "Installing golint..."
-        GO111MODULE=off go get -u golang.org/x/lint/golint
-    fi
-fi
 
-if [ ${STRINGER_MISSING} -ne 0 ]; then
-    read -p "Install stringer (using go get) (y/N): " OK
-    if [ "$OK" = "y" ]; then
-        echo "Installing stringer..."
-        GO111MODULE=off go get -u golang.org/x/tools/cmd/stringer
-    fi
-fi
-
-if [ ${SWAGGER_MISSING} -ne 0 ]; then
-    read -p "Install swagger (using go get) (y/N): " OK
-    if [ "$OK" = "y" ]; then
-        echo "Installing swagger..."
-        GO111MODULE=off go get -u github.com/go-swagger/go-swagger/cmd/swagger
-    fi
-fi
-
-check_deps
-if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-    echo Required dependencies have been installed
-    exit 0
+if [ $MISSING -eq 0 ]
+then
+    echo "$GREEN_FG[$0]$END_FG_COLOR Required dependencies installed."
 else
-    echo Required dependencies still missing. Build will probably fail.
-    exit 0
+    echo -e "$RED_FG[$0]$END_FG_COLOR Required dependencies missing. Run \`${TEAL_FG}./scripts/configure-dev.sh$END_FG_COLOR\` to install."
+    exit 1
 fi
+
diff --git a/scripts/configure_dev-deps.sh b/scripts/configure_dev-deps.sh
index 59737f15ca..6b4dad873e 100755
--- a/scripts/configure_dev-deps.sh
+++ b/scripts/configure_dev-deps.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set -ex
 
 function install_go_module {
     local OUTPUT
-    OUTPUT=$(GO111MODULE=off go get -u $1 2>&1)
+    OUTPUT=$(GO111MODULE=off go get -u "$1" 2>&1)
     if [ "${OUTPUT}" != "" ]; then
         echo "error: executing \"go get -u $1\" failed : ${OUTPUT}"
         exit 1
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ function install_go_module {
 install_go_module golang.org/x/lint/golint
 install_go_module golang.org/x/tools/cmd/stringer
 install_go_module github.com/go-swagger/go-swagger/cmd/swagger
+
diff --git a/scripts/configure_dev.sh b/scripts/configure_dev.sh
index d70150028e..1d4721bc9a 100755
--- a/scripts/configure_dev.sh
+++ b/scripts/configure_dev.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ set -e
 
 SCRIPTPATH="$( cd "$(dirname "$0")" ; pwd -P )"
 
-OS=$(${SCRIPTPATH}/ostype.sh)
+OS=$("$SCRIPTPATH"/ostype.sh)
 
 function install_or_upgrade {
     if brew ls --versions "$1" >/dev/null; then
@@ -14,13 +14,14 @@ function install_or_upgrade {
 }
 
 if [ "${OS}" = "linux" ]; then
-    if [ -z "$(dpkg -l sudo 2>/dev/null | grep ^ii)" ] ; then
+    if ! which sudo > /dev/null
+    then
         apt-get update
         apt-get -y install sudo
     fi
 
     sudo apt-get update
-    sudo apt-get -y install libboost-all-dev expect jq autoconf
+    sudo apt-get install -y libboost-all-dev expect jq autoconf shellcheck
 elif [ "${OS}" = "darwin" ]; then
     brew update
     brew tap homebrew/cask
@@ -30,6 +31,8 @@ elif [ "${OS}" = "darwin" ]; then
     install_or_upgrade libtool
     install_or_upgrade autoconf
     install_or_upgrade automake
+    install_or_upgrade shellcheck
 fi
 
-${SCRIPTPATH}/configure_dev-deps.sh
+"$SCRIPTPATH"/configure_dev-deps.sh
+