diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/repo/lint.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/repo/lint.ts
index 08d111712d..1cd0f1ce63 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/repo/lint.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/repo/lint.ts
@@ -17,10 +17,18 @@
 import chalk from 'chalk';
 import { Command } from 'commander';
 import { relative as relativePath } from 'path';
-import { PackageGraph } from '../../lib/monorepo';
+import { PackageGraph, ExtendedPackageJSON } from '../../lib/monorepo';
 import { runWorkerQueueThreads } from '../../lib/parallel';
 import { paths } from '../../lib/paths';
 
+function depCount(pkg: ExtendedPackageJSON) {
+  const deps = pkg.dependencies ? Object.keys(pkg.dependencies).length : 0;
+  const devDeps = pkg.devDependencies
+    ? Object.keys(pkg.devDependencies).length
+    : 0;
+  return deps + devDeps;
+}
+
 export async function command(cmd: Command): Promise<void> {
   let packages = await PackageGraph.listTargetPackages();
 
@@ -29,6 +37,10 @@ export async function command(cmd: Command): Promise<void> {
     packages = await graph.listChangedPackages({ ref: cmd.since });
   }
 
+  // Packages are ordered from most to least number of dependencies, as a
+  // very cheap way of guessing which packages are more likely to be larger.
+  packages.sort((a, b) => depCount(b.packageJson) - depCount(a.packageJson));
+
   // This formatter uses the cwd to format file paths, so let's have that happen from the root instead
   if (cmd.format === 'eslint-formatter-friendly') {
     process.chdir(paths.targetRoot);
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/lib/monorepo/index.ts b/packages/cli/src/lib/monorepo/index.ts
index aa12c63abc..7156975c07 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/lib/monorepo/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/lib/monorepo/index.ts
@@ -15,4 +15,8 @@
  */
 
 export { PackageGraph } from './PackageGraph';
-export type { PackageGraphNode } from './PackageGraph';
+export type {
+  PackageGraphNode,
+  ExtendedPackage,
+  ExtendedPackageJSON,
+} from './PackageGraph';