diff --git a/tools/@aws-cdk/prlint/lint.ts b/tools/@aws-cdk/prlint/lint.ts
index 48c5a23819459..39cd4db00919c 100644
--- a/tools/@aws-cdk/prlint/lint.ts
+++ b/tools/@aws-cdk/prlint/lint.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import * as path from 'path';
 import { Octokit } from '@octokit/rest';
 import { Endpoints } from '@octokit/types';
 import { StatusEvent } from '@octokit/webhooks-definitions/schema';
+import type { components } from '@octokit/openapi-types';
 import { findModulePath, moduleStability } from './module';
 import { breakingModules } from './parser';
 
@@ -10,6 +11,18 @@ export type GitHubPr =
   Endpoints['GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{pull_number}']['response']['data'];
 
 export const CODE_BUILD_CONTEXT = 'AWS CodeBuild us-east-1 (AutoBuildv2Project1C6BFA3F-wQm2hXv2jqQv)';
+export const CODECOV_PREFIX = 'codecov/';
+
+export const CODECOV_CHECKS = [
+  'patch',
+  'patch/packages/aws-cdk',
+  'patch/packages/aws-cdk-lib/core',
+  'project',
+  'project/packages/aws-cdk',
+  'project/packages/aws-cdk-lib/core'
+];
+
+type CheckRunConclusion = components['schemas']['check-run']['conclusion']
 
 const PR_FROM_MAIN_ERROR = 'Pull requests from `main` branch of a fork cannot be accepted. Please reopen this contribution from another branch on your fork. For more information, see https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#step-4-pull-request.';
 
@@ -24,6 +37,7 @@ enum Exemption {
   CLI_INTEG_TESTED = 'pr-linter/cli-integ-tested',
   REQUEST_CLARIFICATION = 'pr/reviewer-clarification-requested',
   REQUEST_EXEMPTION = 'pr-linter/exemption-requested',
+  CODECOV = "pr-linter/exempt-codecov",
 }
 
 export interface GithubStatusEvent {
@@ -352,6 +366,24 @@ export class PullRequestLinter {
     }
   }
 
+  private async checkRunConclusion(sha: string, checkName: string): Promise<CheckRunConclusion> {    
+    const response = await this.client.paginate(this.client.checks.listForRef, {
+      owner: this.prParams.owner,
+      repo: this.prParams.repo,
+      ref: sha,
+    });
+
+    // grab the last check run that was started
+    const conclusion = response.check_runs
+      .filter(c => c.name === checkName)
+      .filter(c => c.started_at != null)
+      .sort((c1, c2) => c2.started_at!.localeCompare(c1.started_at!))
+      .map(s => s.conclusion)[0];
+
+    console.log(`${checkName} conclusion: ${conclusion}`)
+    return conclusion;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Assess whether or not a PR is ready for review.
    * This is needed because some things that we need to evaluate are not filterable on
@@ -575,6 +607,25 @@ export class PullRequestLinter {
       ],
     });
 
+    const codecovTests: Test[] = [];
+    for (const c of CODECOV_CHECKS) {
+      const checkName = `${CODECOV_PREFIX}${c}`;
+      const status = await this.checkRunConclusion(sha, checkName);
+      codecovTests.push({
+        test: () => {
+          const result = new TestResult();
+          const message = status == null ? `${checkName} has not started yet` : `${checkName} job is in status: ${status}`;
+          result.assessFailure(status !== 'success', message);
+          return result;
+        }
+      })
+    }
+
+    validationCollector.validateRuleSet({
+      exemption: shouldExemptCodecov,
+      testRuleSet: codecovTests,
+    });
+
     console.log("Deleting PR Linter Comment now");
     await this.deletePRLinterComment();
     try {
@@ -656,6 +707,10 @@ function fixContainsIntegTest(pr: GitHubPr, files: GitHubFile[]): TestResult {
   return result;
 }
 
+function shouldExemptCodecov(pr: GitHubPr): boolean {
+  return hasLabel(pr, Exemption.CODECOV);
+}
+
 function shouldExemptReadme(pr: GitHubPr): boolean {
   return hasLabel(pr, Exemption.README);
 }
diff --git a/tools/@aws-cdk/prlint/test/lint.test.ts b/tools/@aws-cdk/prlint/test/lint.test.ts
index 1de1f3c334ee0..fe64c74d026f6 100644
--- a/tools/@aws-cdk/prlint/test/lint.test.ts
+++ b/tools/@aws-cdk/prlint/test/lint.test.ts
@@ -1190,6 +1190,18 @@ function configureMock(pr: Subset<linter.GitHubPr>, prFiles?: linter.GitHubFile[
     },
   };
 
+  const checksClient = {
+    listForRef() {
+      return {
+        data: { check_runs: linter.CODECOV_CHECKS.map(c => ({ 
+          name: `${linter.CODECOV_PREFIX}${c}`, 
+          conclusion: 'success',
+          started_at: '1'
+        }))},
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   const searchClient = {
     issuesAndPullRequests() {},
   };
@@ -1204,6 +1216,7 @@ function configureMock(pr: Subset<linter.GitHubPr>, prFiles?: linter.GitHubFile[
       issues: issuesClient as any,
       search: searchClient as any,
       repos: reposClient as any,
+      checks: checksClient as any,
       paginate: (method: any, args: any) => { return method(args).data; },
     } as any,
   });