diff --git a/guix/lint.scm b/guix/lint.scm
index 146bc337d7b..ad639a63f75 100644
--- a/guix/lint.scm
+++ b/guix/lint.scm
@@ -396,6 +396,15 @@ superfluous when building natively and incorrect when cross-compiling."
                        #:field 'description))
         '()))
 
+  (define (check-ends-with-period description)
+    "Checks that a description field ends with a period."
+    (if (not (string-suffix? "." description))
+        (list
+         (make-warning package
+                       (G_ "description should end with a period")
+                       #:field 'description))
+        '()))
+
   (define (check-texinfo-markup description)
     "Check that DESCRIPTION can be parsed as a Texinfo fragment.  If the
 markup is valid return a plain-text version of DESCRIPTION, otherwise #f."
@@ -515,6 +524,7 @@ by two spaces; possible infraction~p at ~{~a~^, ~}")
          (check-not-empty description)
          (check-quotes description)
          (check-trademarks description)
+         (check-ends-with-period description)
          (check-description-typo description
           '(("Infrastucture" . "Infrastructure")    ; codespell:ignore
             ("This packages" . "This package")      ; codespell:ignore
diff --git a/tests/lint.scm b/tests/lint.scm
index 652a55db922..f712c38c3fd 100644
--- a/tests/lint.scm
+++ b/tests/lint.scm
@@ -108,6 +108,13 @@
    (check-description-style
     (dummy-package "x" (description "")))))
 
+(test-equal "description: does not end with a period"
+  "description should end with a period"
+  (single-lint-warning-message
+   (let ((pkg (dummy-package "x"
+                             (description "This package provides a bad description"))))
+     (check-description-style pkg))))
+
 (test-equal "description: invalid Texinfo markup"
   "Texinfo markup in description is invalid"
   (single-lint-warning-message