diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3cc13799..dc226817 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -59,8 +59,9 @@ To deploy, run `bin/deploy`. This requires SSH access to `hickory.sfconservancy.
 
 ## Link checking
 
-To check for broken links, log on to `hickory.sfconservancy.org` and run
-`linkchecker https://sfconservancy.org/`.
+To check for broken links in production, run:
+
+    bin/linkcheck
 
 Note that the Apache configuration has a significant number of aliases and
 redirects for historic URL changes which means that linkchecker may not run
diff --git a/bin/linkcheck b/bin/linkcheck
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..d7cfca55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/linkcheck
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+set -e  # Abort on failure
+set -x
+
+# Run the check from the web-server itself to avoid network delays.
+ssh debian@hickory.sfconservancy.org "linkchecker https://sfconservancy.org/"