diff --git a/alint.5.scd b/alint.5.scd
index 688b25247c9e40b78196cecc43277021be2ce679..80477c87a5fb29606c8901ee9ef4e6614a88474b 100644
--- a/alint.5.scd
+++ b/alint.5.scd
@@ -82,11 +82,13 @@ Declaring duplicate dependencies is superfluous.
 The pkgname variable of the APKBUILD has value *foo* but the directory in which the
 APKBUILD is found is not named *foo*
 
-## makedepend-in-depends
+## depends-makedepends-checkdepends-overlap
 
-A package is present in both makedepends and depends which is superfluous since all
-depends are installed alongside the makedepends, the package can be removed from
-makedepends
+A package is present in 2 to 3 of the 3 types of following dependencies: depends,
+makedepends and checkdepends. All of them are installed during creation of the package,
+please specify only once in the lowest common denominator location.
+
+## checkdepend-in-depends
 
 # TAGS (apkbuild-lint)
 
diff --git a/aports-lint b/aports-lint
index 084a327417575c106dd957120ea844796ecbb27b..1f2c827b9a4e403c3c6fa0e2d9f5aa06c4d776b6 100755
--- a/aports-lint
+++ b/aports-lint
@@ -136,14 +136,30 @@ pkgname_dirname_mismatch() {
 	fi
 }
 
-makedepend_in_depends() {
-	[ "$SKIP_MAKEDEPEND_IN_DEPENDS" ] && return 0
-	local _mkdeps
+depends_makedepends_checkdepends_overlap() {
+	[ "$SKIP_DEPENDS_MAKEDEPENDS_CHECKDEPENDS_OVERLAP" ] && return 0
+	local _mkdeps _ckdeps d
 	_mkdeps="$(echo $makedepends | tr " " "\\n" | sort -u)"
+	_ckdeps="$(echo $checkdepends | tr " " "\\n" | sort -u)"
+	[ -z "$_mkdeps" ] && [ -z "$_ckdeps" ] && return 0
 	for d in $depends; do
 		if printf "%s\\n" "$_mkdeps" | grep -q "^$d$"; then
 			printf "%s:: dependency '%s' is in depends and makedepends\n" "$apkbuild" "$d"
 		fi
+
+		# Don't check against checkdepends if it is empty
+		[ -z "$checkdepends" ] && continue
+		if printf "%s\\n" "$_ckdeps" | grep -q "^$d$"; then
+			printf "%s:: dependency '%s' is in depends and checkdepends\n" "$apkbuild" "$d"
+		fi
+	done
+
+	# Don't check against checkdepends if it is empty
+	[ -z "$checkdepends" ] && return 0
+	for d in $makedepends; do
+		if printf "%s\\n" "$_ckdeps" | grep -q "^$d$"; then
+			printf "%s:: dependency '%s' is in makedepends and checkdepends\n" "$apkbuild" "$d"
+		fi
 	done
 }
 
@@ -176,10 +192,7 @@ for apkbuild; do
 	if [ ! -z "$makedepends" ]; then
 		upper_repo_makedepends &
 		duplicate_makedepends &
-	fi
-
-	if [ "$makedepends" ] && [ "$depends" ]; then
-		makedepend_in_depends &
+		depends_makedepends_checkdepends_overlap &
 	fi
 
 	if [ ! -z "$checkdepends" ]; then