diff --git a/.changeset/khaki-avocados-remain.md b/.changeset/khaki-avocados-remain.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b4d8f7a9254e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/khaki-avocados-remain.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/cli': patch
+---
+
+Lint storybook files, i.e. `*.stories.*`, as if they were tests.
diff --git a/packages/cli/config/eslint.js b/packages/cli/config/eslint.js
index 37bd7bed94021..fe45f264b5767 100644
--- a/packages/cli/config/eslint.js
+++ b/packages/cli/config/eslint.js
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ module.exports = {
       },
     },
     {
-      files: ['*.test.*', 'src/setupTests.*', 'dev/**'],
+      files: ['*.test.*', '*.stories.*', 'src/setupTests.*', 'dev/**'],
       rules: {
         // Tests are allowed to import dev dependencies
         'import/no-extraneous-dependencies': [