diff --git a/.eslintignore b/.eslintignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a1ded284b11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.eslintignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+src/mongo/gotools/*
diff --git a/buildscripts/clang_format.py b/buildscripts/clang_format.py
index 0e9cb7e7416..ce6ea8538e8 100755
--- a/buildscripts/clang_format.py
+++ b/buildscripts/clang_format.py
@@ -500,7 +500,8 @@ class Repo(object):
         file_list = [line.rstrip()
                 for line in gito.splitlines()
                     if (line.startswith("jstests") or line.startswith("src"))
-                        and not line.startswith("src/third_party")]
+                        and not line.startswith("src/third_party/")
+                        and not line.startswith("src/mongo/gotools/")]
 
         files_match = re.compile('\\.(h|cpp|js)$')