diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 82986385de..045d2d512a 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ errors.
 
 - Added `--raw` flag when generating JSON docs to not render markup.
 - Added `--stdinfile` flag to name of the file used when running program from stdin (defaults to `stdinfile.nim`)
+- Added `--styleCheck:warning` flag to treat style check violations as warnings.
 
 ## Documentation changes
 
diff --git a/compiler/commands.nim b/compiler/commands.nim
index 27d62fb3e7..43256bce0c 100644
--- a/compiler/commands.nim
+++ b/compiler/commands.nim
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ const
   errInvalidCmdLineOption = "invalid command line option: '$1'"
   errOnOrOffExpectedButXFound = "'on' or 'off' expected, but '$1' found"
   errOnOffOrListExpectedButXFound = "'on', 'off' or 'list' expected, but '$1' found"
-  errOffHintsError = "'off', 'hint', 'error' or 'usages' expected, but '$1' found"
+  errOffHintsError = "'off', 'hint', 'warning', 'error' or 'usages' expected, but '$1' found"
 
 proc invalidCmdLineOption(conf: ConfigRef; pass: TCmdLinePass, switch: string, info: TLineInfo) =
   if switch == " ": localError(conf, info, errInvalidCmdLineOption % "-")
@@ -1131,9 +1131,10 @@ proc processSwitch*(switch, arg: string, pass: TCmdLinePass, info: TLineInfo;
       defineSymbol(conf.symbols, "nimSeqsV2")
   of "stylecheck":
     case arg.normalize
-    of "off": conf.globalOptions = conf.globalOptions - {optStyleHint, optStyleError}
-    of "hint": conf.globalOptions = conf.globalOptions + {optStyleHint} - {optStyleError}
-    of "error": conf.globalOptions = conf.globalOptions + {optStyleError}
+    of "off": conf.globalOptions = conf.globalOptions - {optStyleHint, optStyleError, optStyleWarning}
+    of "hint": conf.globalOptions = conf.globalOptions + {optStyleHint} - {optStyleError, optStyleWarning}
+    of "warning": conf.globalOptions = conf.globalOptions + {optStyleWarning} - {optStyleHint, optStyleError}
+    of "error": conf.globalOptions = conf.globalOptions + {optStyleError} - {optStyleHint, optStyleWarning}
     of "usages": conf.globalOptions.incl optStyleUsages
     else: localError(conf, info, errOffHintsError % arg)
   of "showallmismatches":
diff --git a/compiler/lexer.nim b/compiler/lexer.nim
index 769987ba8f..9ebec89be5 100644
--- a/compiler/lexer.nim
+++ b/compiler/lexer.nim
@@ -923,7 +923,7 @@ proc getSymbol(L: var Lexer, tok: var Token) =
     tok.tokType = tkSymbol
   else:
     tok.tokType = TokType(tok.ident.id + ord(tkSymbol))
-    if suspicious and {optStyleHint, optStyleError} * L.config.globalOptions != {}:
+    if suspicious and {optStyleHint, optStyleError, optStyleWarning} * L.config.globalOptions != {}:
       lintReport(L.config, getLineInfo(L), tok.ident.s.normalize, tok.ident.s)
   L.bufpos = pos
 
diff --git a/compiler/linter.nim b/compiler/linter.nim
index b8358f5de9..490e59d0cb 100644
--- a/compiler/linter.nim
+++ b/compiler/linter.nim
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ proc nep1CheckDefImpl(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo; s: PSym; k: TSymKind) =
 template styleCheckDef*(ctx: PContext; info: TLineInfo; sym: PSym; k: TSymKind) =
   ## Check symbol definitions adhere to NEP1 style rules.
   if optStyleCheck in ctx.config.options and # ignore if styleChecks are off
-     {optStyleHint, optStyleError} * ctx.config.globalOptions != {} and # check only if hint/error is enabled
+     {optStyleHint, optStyleError, optStyleWarning} * ctx.config.globalOptions != {} and # check only if hint/error/warning is enabled
      hintName in ctx.config.notes and # ignore if name checks are not requested
      ctx.config.belongsToProjectPackageMaybeNil(getModule(ctx.graph, info.fileIndex)) and # ignore foreign packages
      optStyleUsages notin ctx.config.globalOptions and # ignore if requested to only check name usage
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ proc styleCheckUseImpl(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo; s: PSym) =
 
 template styleCheckUse*(ctx: PContext; info: TLineInfo; sym: PSym) =
   ## Check symbol uses match their definition's style.
-  if {optStyleHint, optStyleError} * ctx.config.globalOptions != {} and # ignore if styleChecks are off
+  if {optStyleHint, optStyleError, optStyleWarning} * ctx.config.globalOptions != {} and # ignore if styleChecks are off
      hintName in ctx.config.notes and # ignore if name checks are not requested
      ctx.config.belongsToProjectPackageMaybeNil(getModule(ctx.graph, info.fileIndex)) and # ignore foreign packages
      sym.kind != skTemp and # ignore temporary variables created by the compiler
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ proc checkPragmaUseImpl(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo; w: TSpecialWord; pragm
 template checkPragmaUse*(ctx: PContext; info: TLineInfo; w: TSpecialWord; pragmaName: string, sym: PSym) =
   ## Check builtin pragma uses match their definition's style.
   ## Note: This only applies to builtin pragmas, not user pragmas.
-  if {optStyleHint, optStyleError} * ctx.config.globalOptions != {} and # ignore if styleChecks are off
+  if {optStyleHint, optStyleError, optStyleWarning} * ctx.config.globalOptions != {} and # ignore if styleChecks are off
      hintName in ctx.config.notes and # ignore if name checks are not requested
      ctx.config.belongsToProjectPackageMaybeNil(getModule(ctx.graph, info.fileIndex)): # ignore foreign packages
     checkPragmaUseImpl(ctx.config, info, w, pragmaName)
diff --git a/compiler/msgs.nim b/compiler/msgs.nim
index c49ca8c9b1..7bd70d8afb 100644
--- a/compiler/msgs.nim
+++ b/compiler/msgs.nim
@@ -648,7 +648,9 @@ template internalAssert*(conf: ConfigRef, e: bool) =
 
 template lintReport*(conf: ConfigRef; info: TLineInfo, beau, got: string, extraMsg = "") =
   let m = "'$1' should be: '$2'$3" % [got, beau, extraMsg]
-  let msg = if optStyleError in conf.globalOptions: errGenerated else: hintName
+  let msg = if optStyleError in conf.globalOptions: errGenerated
+            elif optStyleWarning in conf.globalOptions: warnUser
+            else: hintName
   liMessage(conf, info, msg, m, doNothing, instLoc())
 
 proc quotedFilename*(conf: ConfigRef; fi: FileIndex): Rope =
diff --git a/compiler/options.nim b/compiler/options.nim
index 5dc1942157..f25b52051b 100644
--- a/compiler/options.nim
+++ b/compiler/options.nim
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ type                          # please make sure we have under 32 options
     optUseNimcache,           # save artifacts (including binary) in $nimcache
     optStyleHint,             # check that the names adhere to NEP-1
     optStyleError,            # enforce that the names adhere to NEP-1
+    optStyleWarning,          # emit style checks as warnings
     optStyleUsages,           # only enforce consistent **usages** of the symbol
     optSkipSystemConfigFile,  # skip the system's cfg/nims config file
     optSkipProjConfigFile,    # skip the project's cfg/nims config file
diff --git a/tests/tools/tlinter_warnings.nim b/tests/tools/tlinter_warnings.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b1297ab02b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tools/tlinter_warnings.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+discard """
+  cmd: '''nim c --styleCheck:warning --hints:off $file'''
+  nimout: '''
+tlinter_warnings.nim(25, 1) Warning: 'tyPE' should be: 'type' [User]
+tlinter_warnings.nim(21, 14) Warning: 'nosideeffect' should be: 'noSideEffect' [User]
+tlinter_warnings.nim(21, 28) Warning: 'myown' should be: 'myOwn' [template declared in tlinter_warnings.nim(19, 9)] [User]
+tlinter_warnings.nim(21, 35) Warning: 'inLine' should be: 'inline' [User]
+tlinter_warnings.nim(23, 1) Warning: 'foO' should be: 'foo' [proc declared in tlinter_warnings.nim(21, 6)] [User]
+tlinter_warnings.nim(27, 14) Warning: 'Foo_bar' should be: 'FooBar' [type declared in tlinter_warnings.nim(25, 6)] [User]
+tlinter_warnings.nim(29, 6) Warning: 'someVAR' should be: 'someVar' [var declared in tlinter_warnings.nim(27, 5)] [User]
+tlinter_warnings.nim(32, 7) Warning: 'i_fool' should be: 'iFool' [User]
+tlinter_warnings.nim(39, 5) Warning: 'meh_field' should be: 'mehField' [User]
+'''
+  action: "compile"
+"""
+
+
+
+{.pragma: myOwn.}
+
+proc foo() {.nosideeffect, myown, inLine.} = debugEcho "hi"
+
+foO()
+
+tyPE FooBar = string
+
+var someVar: Foo_bar = "a"
+
+echo someVAR
+
+proc main =
+  var i_fool = 34
+  echo i_fool
+
+main()
+
+type
+  Foo = object
+    meh_field: int
+