diff --git a/pkg/meta/analysis_options.yaml b/pkg/meta/analysis_options.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..572dd239d09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/meta/analysis_options.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include: package:lints/recommended.yaml
diff --git a/pkg/meta/lib/meta.dart b/pkg/meta/lib/meta.dart
index ba14be9f1be..076f2c986e4 100644
--- a/pkg/meta/lib/meta.dart
+++ b/pkg/meta/lib/meta.dart
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 // for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
 // BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
+// ignore_for_file: library_private_types_in_public_api
+
 /// Annotations that developers can use to express the intentions that otherwise
 /// can't be deduced by statically analyzing the source code.
 ///
diff --git a/pkg/meta/pubspec.yaml b/pkg/meta/pubspec.yaml
index 4c5deeb4b09..b621828b576 100644
--- a/pkg/meta/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pkg/meta/pubspec.yaml
@@ -8,3 +8,10 @@ repository: https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk/tree/main/pkg/meta
 
 environment:
   sdk: ">=2.12.0 <3.0.0"
+
+# We use 'any' version constraints here as we get our package versions from
+# the dart-lang/sdk repo's DEPS file. Note that this is a special case; the
+# best practice for packages is to specify their compatible version ranges.
+# See also https://dart.dev/tools/pub/dependencies.
+dev_dependencies:
+  lints: any