diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 89739f3eadeb45..0489fe0f572367 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -656,6 +656,23 @@ available-node = \
 
 run-npm-install = $(PWD)/$(NPM) install --production
 
+find-missing-modules = \
+	cat package.json \
+	| sed -n -e '/dependencies/,/}/ p' \
+	| sed -n -e '/"/,/":/ p' \
+	| sed '1d' \
+	| sed 's/[",]//g' \
+	| cut -f1 -d":"\
+	| while read dependency; \
+	do \
+		if [ ! -d node_modules/$$dependency ]; then \
+			echo "The package $$dependency is missing on the package.json related to $(1)"; \
+			echo "To install it first run: $ make lint-md-clean"; \
+			echo "To install (requires internet access) run: $ make lint-md-build"; \
+			exit 1; \
+		fi \
+	done
+
 tools/doc/node_modules/js-yaml/package.json:
 	cd tools/doc && $(call available-node,$(run-npm-install))
 
@@ -1072,6 +1089,16 @@ lint-md-build: tools/remark-cli/node_modules \
 .PHONY: lint-md
 ifneq ("","$(wildcard tools/remark-cli/node_modules/)")
 
+tools/find-missing-dependencies/remark-cli: \
+	tools/remark-cli/package.json
+	@echo "Checking that all the dependencies are installed on remark-cli"
+	@cd tools/remark-cli && $(call find-missing-modules,remark-cli)
+
+tools/find-missing-dependencies/remark-preset-lint-node: \
+	tools/remark-preset-lint-node/package.json
+	@echo "Checking that all the dependencies are installed on remark-preset-lint-node"
+	@cd tools/remark-preset-lint-node && $(call find-missing-modules,remark-preset-lint-node)
+
 LINT_MD_DOC_FILES = $(shell ls doc/**/*.md)
 run-lint-doc-md = tools/remark-cli/cli.js -q -f $(LINT_MD_DOC_FILES)
 # Lint all changed markdown files under doc/
@@ -1091,7 +1118,10 @@ tools/.miscmdlintstamp: $(LINT_MD_MISC_FILES)
 	@$(call available-node,$(run-lint-misc-md))
 	@touch $@
 
-tools/.mdlintstamp: tools/.miscmdlintstamp tools/.docmdlintstamp
+tools/.mdlintstamp: tools/find-missing-dependencies/remark-cli \
+	tools/find-missing-dependencies/remark-preset-lint-node \
+	tools/.miscmdlintstamp \
+	tools/.docmdlintstamp
 
 # Lints the markdown documents maintained by us in the codebase.
 lint-md: | tools/.mdlintstamp