diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b0d010dd..7b591767 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,3 +13,38 @@ members = [
     "vhost-device-template",
     "vhost-device-vsock",
 ]
+
+[workspace.lints.rust]
+unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn = "deny"
+
+[workspace.lints.rustdoc]
+broken_intra_doc_links = "deny"
+redundant_explicit_links = "deny"
+
+[workspace.lints.clippy]
+enum_glob_use = "deny"
+# groups
+correctness = { level = "deny", priority = -1 }
+suspicious = { level = "deny", priority = -1 }
+complexity = { level = "deny", priority = -1 }
+perf = { level = "deny", priority = -1 }
+style = { level = "deny", priority = -1 }
+nursery = { level = "deny", priority = -1 }
+# restriction
+dbg_macro = "deny"
+rc_buffer = "deny"
+as_underscore = "deny"
+assertions_on_result_states = "deny"
+# pedantic
+cast_lossless = "deny"
+cast_possible_wrap = "deny"
+cast_ptr_alignment = "deny"
+naive_bytecount = "deny"
+ptr_as_ptr = "deny"
+bool_to_int_with_if = "deny"
+borrow_as_ptr = "deny"
+case_sensitive_file_extension_comparisons = "deny"
+significant_drop_in_scrutinee = "allow"
+significant_drop_tightening = "allow"
+missing_safety_doc = "deny"
+undocumented_unsafe_blocks = "deny"
diff --git a/staging/Cargo.toml b/staging/Cargo.toml
index 88d41685..dd5d6025 100644
--- a/staging/Cargo.toml
+++ b/staging/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,3 +5,38 @@ members = [
   "vhost-device-can",
   "vhost-device-console",
 ]
+
+[workspace.lints.rust]
+unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn = "deny"
+
+[workspace.lints.rustdoc]
+broken_intra_doc_links = "deny"
+redundant_explicit_links = "deny"
+
+[workspace.lints.clippy]
+enum_glob_use = "deny"
+# groups
+correctness = { level = "deny", priority = -1 }
+suspicious = { level = "deny", priority = -1 }
+complexity = { level = "deny", priority = -1 }
+perf = { level = "deny", priority = -1 }
+style = { level = "deny", priority = -1 }
+nursery = { level = "deny", priority = -1 }
+# restriction
+dbg_macro = "deny"
+rc_buffer = "deny"
+as_underscore = "deny"
+assertions_on_result_states = "deny"
+# pedantic
+cast_lossless = "deny"
+cast_possible_wrap = "deny"
+cast_ptr_alignment = "deny"
+naive_bytecount = "deny"
+ptr_as_ptr = "deny"
+bool_to_int_with_if = "deny"
+borrow_as_ptr = "deny"
+case_sensitive_file_extension_comparisons = "deny"
+significant_drop_in_scrutinee = "allow"
+significant_drop_tightening = "allow"
+missing_safety_doc = "deny"
+undocumented_unsafe_blocks = "deny"
diff --git a/vhost-device-sound/Cargo.toml b/vhost-device-sound/Cargo.toml
index 47bffc1d..2a9ec019 100644
--- a/vhost-device-sound/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vhost-device-sound/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ categories = ["multimedia::audio", "virtualization"]
 license = "Apache-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause"
 edition = "2018"
 
+[lints]
+workspace = true
+
 [features]
 xen = ["vm-memory/xen", "vhost/xen", "vhost-user-backend/xen"]
 default = ["alsa-backend", "pw-backend"]