diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d86d2452f..56370f5e6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -397,6 +397,26 @@ kustomize-crds: output.init $(KUSTOMIZE) $(YQ)
 
 .PHONY: kustomize-crds
 
+ifeq ($(RUN_BUILDTAGGER),true)
+lint.init: build-lint-cache
+lint.done: delete-build-tags
+
+build-lint-cache: $(GOLANGCILINT)
+	@$(INFO) Running golangci-lint with the analysis cache building phase.
+	@# we run the initial analysis cache build phase using the relatively
+	@# smaller API group "account", to keep the memory requirements at a
+	@# minimum.
+	@(BUILDTAGGER_DOWNLOAD_URL=$(BUILDTAGGER_DOWNLOAD_URL) ./scripts/tag.sh && \
+	(([[ "${SKIP_LINTER_ANALYSIS}" == "true" ]] && $(OK) "Skipping analysis cache build phase because it's already been populated") && \
+	[[ "${SKIP_LINTER_ANALYSIS}" == "true" ]] || $(GOLANGCILINT) run -v --build-tags account,configregistry,configprovider,linter_run -v --disable-all --exclude '.*')) || $(FAIL)
+	@$(OK) Running golangci-lint with the analysis cache building phase.
+
+delete-build-tags:
+	@$(INFO) Untagging source files.
+	@EXTRA_BUILDTAGGER_ARGS="--delete" RESTORE_DEEPCOPY_TAGS="true" ./scripts/tag.sh || $(FAIL)
+	@$(OK) Untagging source files.
+endif
+
 # TODO(negz): Update CI to use these targets.
 vendor: modules.download
 vendor.check: modules.check
diff --git a/scripts/tag.sh b/scripts/tag.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8357d57e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/tag.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -aeuo pipefail
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 The Crossplane Authors <https://crossplane.io>
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
+
+TAGGER="/tmp/buildtagger"
+REPO_ROOT="."
+EXTRA_BUILDTAGGER_ARGS="${EXTRA_BUILDTAGGER_ARGS:-}"
+RESTORE_DEEPCOPY_TAGS="${RESTORE_DEEPCOPY_TAGS:-false}"
+
+if [[ ! -f "${TAGGER}" ]]; then
+  curl -fsSL  "${BUILDTAGGER_DOWNLOAD_URL}" -o "${TAGGER}"
+  chmod +x "${TAGGER}"
+fi
+
+"${TAGGER}" --parent-dir "${REPO_ROOT}"/apis --regex "(.+)/.+/.+\.go" --tag-format "(%s || all) && !ignore_autogenerated" --mode dir ${EXTRA_BUILDTAGGER_ARGS}
+"${TAGGER}" --parent-dir "${REPO_ROOT}"/apis --regex "(.+)/.+/zz_groupversion_info\.go" --tag-format "(%s || all) && !ignore_autogenerated" --mode dir ${EXTRA_BUILDTAGGER_ARGS}
+"${TAGGER}" --parent-dir "${REPO_ROOT}"/internal/controller --regex "(.+)/.+/zz_controller\.go" --tag-format "(%s || all) && !ignore_autogenerated" --mode dir ${EXTRA_BUILDTAGGER_ARGS}
+"${TAGGER}" --parent-dir "${REPO_ROOT}"/internal/controller --regex "zz_(.+)_setup\.go" --tag-format "(%s || all) && !ignore_autogenerated" --mode file ${EXTRA_BUILDTAGGER_ARGS}
+"${TAGGER}" --parent-dir "${REPO_ROOT}"/cmd/provider --regex "(.+)/zz_main\.go" --tag-format "(%s || all) && !ignore_autogenerated" --mode dir ${EXTRA_BUILDTAGGER_ARGS}
+"${TAGGER}" --parent-dir "${REPO_ROOT}"/config --regex "(.+)/config\.go" --tag-format "(%s || all) && !ignore_autogenerated" --mode dir ${EXTRA_BUILDTAGGER_ARGS}
+
+# constant tags
+# apis/zz_register.go -> (apiregister || register || all) && !ignore_autogenerated
+"${TAGGER}" --parent-dir "${REPO_ROOT}"/apis/zz_register.go --tag-format "all && !ignore_autogenerated" --mode file ${EXTRA_BUILDTAGGER_ARGS}
+# cmd/generator/main.go -> config || generate || all
+"${TAGGER}" --parent-dir "${REPO_ROOT}"/cmd/generator/main.go --tag-format "all" --mode file ${EXTRA_BUILDTAGGER_ARGS}
+# config/config_registry.go -> configregistry || register || config || all
+"${TAGGER}" --parent-dir "${REPO_ROOT}"/config/registry.go --tag-format "configregistry || all" --mode file ${EXTRA_BUILDTAGGER_ARGS}
+# config/provider.go -> configprovider || register || config || all
+"${TAGGER}" --parent-dir "${REPO_ROOT}"/config/provider.go --tag-format "(configprovider || all) && !linter_run" --mode file ${EXTRA_BUILDTAGGER_ARGS}
+# config/overrides.go -> configprovider || register || config || all
+"${TAGGER}" --parent-dir "${REPO_ROOT}"/config/overrides.go --tag-format "configprovider || all" --mode file ${EXTRA_BUILDTAGGER_ARGS}
+
+if [[ "${RESTORE_DEEPCOPY_TAGS}" == "true" ]]; then
+  "${TAGGER}" --parent-dir "${REPO_ROOT}"/apis --regex "zz_generated.deepcopy.go" --tag-format "!ignore_autogenerated" --mode file
+fi
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