diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9a6eea1331..2e37a15381 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ etcd:
 					$(LD_FLAGS)\"" \
 		$(MAKE) -C etcd
 
-.PHONY: verify verify-images verify-assets
-verify: verify-images verify-assets verify-sh verify-container
+.PHONY: verify verify-images verify-assets licensecheck
+verify: verify-images verify-assets verify-sh verify-container licensecheck
 
 verify-images:
 	./hack/verify_images.sh
@@ -279,14 +279,9 @@ clean-cross-build:
 clean: clean-cross-build
 .PHONY: clean
 
-licensecheck: microshift bin/lichen
-	bin/lichen -c .lichen.yaml microshift
-
-bin:
-	mkdir -p $@
-
-bin/lichen: bin vendor/modules.txt
-	GOBIN=$(realpath ./bin) go install github.com/uw-labs/lichen@latest
+licensecheck: microshift
+	./scripts/fetch_tools.sh lichen && \
+	./_output/bin/lichen -c .lichen.yaml ./_output/bin/microshift
 
 vendor:
 	go mod vendor
diff --git a/scripts/fetch_tools.sh b/scripts/fetch_tools.sh
index c2b277a444..6a093a6e95 100755
--- a/scripts/fetch_tools.sh
+++ b/scripts/fetch_tools.sh
@@ -139,6 +139,11 @@ get_hadolint() {
     _install "${url}" "${checksum}" "${filename}" "hadolint-Linux-${arch}"
 }
 
+get_lichen() {
+    local ver="v0.1.7"
+    GOBIN=${DEST_DIR} GOFLAGS="" go install github.com/uw-labs/lichen@${ver}
+}
+
 tool_getters=$(declare -F |  cut -d' ' -f3 | grep "get_" | sed 's/get_//g')
 
 usage() {