diff --git a/.golangci.example.yml b/.golangci.example.yml
index e79984378c57..dd9cd92fdf33 100644
--- a/.golangci.example.yml
+++ b/.golangci.example.yml
@@ -366,6 +366,8 @@ linters-settings:
   gosimple:
     # Select the Go version to target. The default is '1.13'.
     go: "1.15"
+    # https://staticcheck.io/docs/options#checks
+    checks: [ "all" ]
 
   govet:
     # report about shadowed variables
@@ -514,10 +516,21 @@ linters-settings:
   staticcheck:
     # Select the Go version to target. The default is '1.13'.
     go: "1.15"
+    # https://staticcheck.io/docs/options#checks
+    checks: [ "all" ]
 
   stylecheck:
     # Select the Go version to target. The default is '1.13'.
     go: "1.15"
+    # https://staticcheck.io/docs/options#checks
+    checks: [ "all", "-ST1000", "-ST1003", "-ST1016", "-ST1020", "-ST1021", "-ST1022" ]
+    # https://staticcheck.io/docs/options#dot_import_whitelist
+    dot-import-whitelist:
+      - fmt
+    # https://staticcheck.io/docs/options#initialisms
+    initialisms: [ "ACL", "API", "ASCII", "CPU", "CSS", "DNS", "EOF", "GUID", "HTML", "HTTP", "HTTPS", "ID", "IP", "JSON", "QPS", "RAM", "RPC", "SLA", "SMTP", "SQL", "SSH", "TCP", "TLS", "TTL", "UDP", "UI", "GID", "UID", "UUID", "URI", "URL", "UTF8", "VM", "XML", "XMPP", "XSRF", "XSS" ]
+    # https://staticcheck.io/docs/options#http_status_code_whitelist
+    http-status-code-whitelist: [ "200", "400", "404", "500" ]
 
   tagliatelle:
     # check the struck tag name case
diff --git a/pkg/config/linters_settings.go b/pkg/config/linters_settings.go
index 3597dd5b9628..e3355af4c2c0 100644
--- a/pkg/config/linters_settings.go
+++ b/pkg/config/linters_settings.go
@@ -394,6 +394,15 @@ type RowsErrCheckSettings struct {
 
 type StaticCheckSettings struct {
 	GoVersion string `mapstructure:"go"`
+
+	Checks                  []string `mapstructure:"checks"`
+	Initialisms             []string `mapstructure:"initialisms"`                // only for stylecheck
+	DotImportWhitelist      []string `mapstructure:"dot-import-whitelist"`       // only for stylecheck
+	HTTPStatusCodeWhitelist []string `mapstructure:"http-status-code-whitelist"` // only for stylecheck
+}
+
+func (s *StaticCheckSettings) HasConfiguration() bool {
+	return len(s.Initialisms) > 0 || len(s.HTTPStatusCodeWhitelist) > 0 || len(s.DotImportWhitelist) > 0 || len(s.Checks) > 0
 }
 
 type StructCheckSettings struct {
diff --git a/pkg/golinters/gosimple.go b/pkg/golinters/gosimple.go
index 82e30b37d294..fa14f1a966f8 100644
--- a/pkg/golinters/gosimple.go
+++ b/pkg/golinters/gosimple.go
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 func NewGosimple(settings *config.StaticCheckSettings) *goanalysis.Linter {
-	analyzers := setupStaticCheckAnalyzers(simple.Analyzers, settings)
+	cfg := staticCheckConfig(settings)
+
+	analyzers := setupStaticCheckAnalyzers(simple.Analyzers, getGoVersion(settings), cfg.Checks)
 
 	return goanalysis.NewLinter(
 		"gosimple",
diff --git a/pkg/golinters/staticcheck.go b/pkg/golinters/staticcheck.go
index b0c2717bfabd..2226eabb4e21 100644
--- a/pkg/golinters/staticcheck.go
+++ b/pkg/golinters/staticcheck.go
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 func NewStaticcheck(settings *config.StaticCheckSettings) *goanalysis.Linter {
-	analyzers := setupStaticCheckAnalyzers(staticcheck.Analyzers, settings)
+	cfg := staticCheckConfig(settings)
+
+	analyzers := setupStaticCheckAnalyzers(staticcheck.Analyzers, getGoVersion(settings), cfg.Checks)
 
 	return goanalysis.NewLinter(
 		"staticcheck",
diff --git a/pkg/golinters/staticcheck_common.go b/pkg/golinters/staticcheck_common.go
index f0338032d001..e7476e230147 100644
--- a/pkg/golinters/staticcheck_common.go
+++ b/pkg/golinters/staticcheck_common.go
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 package golinters
 
 import (
+	"strings"
+	"unicode"
+
 	"golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis"
+	scconfig "honnef.co/go/tools/config"
 
 	"github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/logutils"
@@ -9,25 +13,155 @@ import (
 
 var debugf = logutils.Debug("megacheck")
 
-func setupStaticCheckAnalyzers(m map[string]*analysis.Analyzer, settings *config.StaticCheckSettings) []*analysis.Analyzer {
-	var ret []*analysis.Analyzer
-	for _, v := range m {
-		setAnalyzerGoVersion(v, settings)
-		ret = append(ret, v)
+func getGoVersion(settings *config.StaticCheckSettings) string {
+	var goVersion string
+	if settings != nil {
+		goVersion = settings.GoVersion
+	}
+
+	if goVersion != "" {
+		return goVersion
 	}
-	return ret
-}
 
-func setAnalyzerGoVersion(a *analysis.Analyzer, settings *config.StaticCheckSettings) {
 	// TODO: uses "1.13" for backward compatibility, but in the future (v2) must be set by using build.Default.ReleaseTags like staticcheck.
-	goVersion := "1.13"
-	if settings != nil && settings.GoVersion != "" {
-		goVersion = settings.GoVersion
+	return "1.13"
+}
+
+func setupStaticCheckAnalyzers(src map[string]*analysis.Analyzer, goVersion string, checks []string) []*analysis.Analyzer {
+	var names []string
+	for name := range src {
+		names = append(names, name)
+	}
+
+	filter := filterAnalyzerNames(names, checks)
+
+	var ret []*analysis.Analyzer
+	for name, a := range src {
+		if filter[name] {
+			setAnalyzerGoVersion(a, goVersion)
+			ret = append(ret, a)
+		}
 	}
 
+	return ret
+}
+
+func setAnalyzerGoVersion(a *analysis.Analyzer, goVersion string) {
 	if v := a.Flags.Lookup("go"); v != nil {
 		if err := v.Value.Set(goVersion); err != nil {
 			debugf("Failed to set go version: %s", err)
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func staticCheckConfig(settings *config.StaticCheckSettings) *scconfig.Config {
+	var cfg *scconfig.Config
+
+	if settings == nil || !settings.HasConfiguration() {
+		return &scconfig.Config{
+			Checks:                  []string{"*"}, // override for compatibility reason. Must drop in the next major version.
+			Initialisms:             scconfig.DefaultConfig.Initialisms,
+			DotImportWhitelist:      scconfig.DefaultConfig.DotImportWhitelist,
+			HTTPStatusCodeWhitelist: scconfig.DefaultConfig.HTTPStatusCodeWhitelist,
+		}
+	}
+
+	cfg = &scconfig.Config{
+		Checks:                  settings.Checks,
+		Initialisms:             settings.Initialisms,
+		DotImportWhitelist:      settings.DotImportWhitelist,
+		HTTPStatusCodeWhitelist: settings.HTTPStatusCodeWhitelist,
+	}
+
+	if len(cfg.Checks) == 0 {
+		cfg.Checks = append(cfg.Checks, "*") // override for compatibility reason. Must drop in the next major version.
+	}
+
+	if len(cfg.Initialisms) == 0 {
+		cfg.Initialisms = append(cfg.Initialisms, scconfig.DefaultConfig.Initialisms...)
+	}
+
+	if len(cfg.DotImportWhitelist) == 0 {
+		cfg.DotImportWhitelist = append(cfg.DotImportWhitelist, scconfig.DefaultConfig.DotImportWhitelist...)
+	}
+
+	if len(cfg.HTTPStatusCodeWhitelist) == 0 {
+		cfg.HTTPStatusCodeWhitelist = append(cfg.HTTPStatusCodeWhitelist, scconfig.DefaultConfig.HTTPStatusCodeWhitelist...)
+	}
+
+	cfg.Checks = normalizeList(cfg.Checks)
+	cfg.Initialisms = normalizeList(cfg.Initialisms)
+	cfg.DotImportWhitelist = normalizeList(cfg.DotImportWhitelist)
+	cfg.HTTPStatusCodeWhitelist = normalizeList(cfg.HTTPStatusCodeWhitelist)
+
+	return cfg
+}
+
+// https://github.com/dominikh/go-tools/blob/9bf17c0388a65710524ba04c2d821469e639fdc2/lintcmd/lint.go#L437-L477
+// nolint // Keep the original source code.
+func filterAnalyzerNames(analyzers []string, checks []string) map[string]bool {
+	allowedChecks := map[string]bool{}
+
+	for _, check := range checks {
+		b := true
+		if len(check) > 1 && check[0] == '-' {
+			b = false
+			check = check[1:]
+		}
+
+		if check == "*" || check == "all" {
+			// Match all
+			for _, c := range analyzers {
+				allowedChecks[c] = b
+			}
+		} else if strings.HasSuffix(check, "*") {
+			// Glob
+			prefix := check[:len(check)-1]
+			isCat := strings.IndexFunc(prefix, func(r rune) bool { return unicode.IsNumber(r) }) == -1
+
+			for _, a := range analyzers {
+				idx := strings.IndexFunc(a, func(r rune) bool { return unicode.IsNumber(r) })
+				if isCat {
+					// Glob is S*, which should match S1000 but not SA1000
+					cat := a[:idx]
+					if prefix == cat {
+						allowedChecks[a] = b
+					}
+				} else {
+					// Glob is S1*
+					if strings.HasPrefix(a, prefix) {
+						allowedChecks[a] = b
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		} else {
+			// Literal check name
+			allowedChecks[check] = b
+		}
+	}
+	return allowedChecks
+}
+
+// https://github.com/dominikh/go-tools/blob/9bf17c0388a65710524ba04c2d821469e639fdc2/config/config.go#L95-L116
+func normalizeList(list []string) []string {
+	if len(list) > 1 {
+		nlist := make([]string, 0, len(list))
+		nlist = append(nlist, list[0])
+		for i, el := range list[1:] {
+			if el != list[i] {
+				nlist = append(nlist, el)
+			}
+		}
+		list = nlist
+	}
+
+	for _, el := range list {
+		if el == "inherit" {
+			// This should never happen, because the default config
+			// should not use "inherit"
+			panic(`unresolved "inherit"`)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return list
+}
diff --git a/pkg/golinters/stylecheck.go b/pkg/golinters/stylecheck.go
index 175553accc32..899f6ff58236 100644
--- a/pkg/golinters/stylecheck.go
+++ b/pkg/golinters/stylecheck.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package golinters
 
 import (
+	"golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis"
+	scconfig "honnef.co/go/tools/config"
 	"honnef.co/go/tools/stylecheck"
 
 	"github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/config"
@@ -8,7 +10,16 @@ import (
 )
 
 func NewStylecheck(settings *config.StaticCheckSettings) *goanalysis.Linter {
-	analyzers := setupStaticCheckAnalyzers(stylecheck.Analyzers, settings)
+	cfg := staticCheckConfig(settings)
+
+	// `scconfig.Analyzer` is a singleton, then it's not possible to have more than one instance for all staticcheck "sub-linters".
+	// When we will merge the 4 "sub-linters", the problem will disappear: https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/issues/357
+	// Currently only stylecheck analyzer has a configuration in staticcheck.
+	scconfig.Analyzer.Run = func(pass *analysis.Pass) (interface{}, error) {
+		return cfg, nil
+	}
+
+	analyzers := setupStaticCheckAnalyzers(stylecheck.Analyzers, getGoVersion(settings), cfg.Checks)
 
 	return goanalysis.NewLinter(
 		"stylecheck",
diff --git a/pkg/golinters/unused.go b/pkg/golinters/unused.go
index 639929ded28d..09f6f202f064 100644
--- a/pkg/golinters/unused.go
+++ b/pkg/golinters/unused.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func NewUnused(settings *config.StaticCheckSettings) *goanalysis.Linter {
 		},
 	}
 
-	setAnalyzerGoVersion(analyzer, settings)
+	setAnalyzerGoVersion(analyzer, getGoVersion(settings))
 
 	lnt := goanalysis.NewLinter(
 		name,