diff --git a/src/GitlabApiClient.php b/src/GitlabApiClient.php
index e748cfb..a3c6c4d 100644
--- a/src/GitlabApiClient.php
+++ b/src/GitlabApiClient.php
@@ -57,10 +57,6 @@ public function lint(): array
         $yamlEncoder = new YamlEncoder();
         $jsonEncoder = new JsonEncoder();
 
-        if (! file_exists($this->configFile)) {
-            throw GitlabLinterException::fileNotFound($this->configFile);
-        }
-
         $fileContents = (string) file_get_contents($this->configFile);
 
         $jsonData = $jsonEncoder->encode(
diff --git a/src/GitlabLintTask.php b/src/GitlabLintTask.php
index 87b110b..4e4eeb2 100644
--- a/src/GitlabLintTask.php
+++ b/src/GitlabLintTask.php
@@ -49,6 +49,15 @@ public function run(ContextInterface $context): TaskResultInterface
     {
         $config = $this->getConfig()->getOptions();
 
+        if (! file_exists($config['gitlab_file'])) {
+            throw GitlabLinterException::fileNotFound($config['gitlab_file']);
+        }
+
+        $files = $context->getFiles()->name(basename($config['gitlab_file']));
+        if (count($files) === 0) {
+            return TaskResult::createSkipped($this, $context);
+        }
+
         $apiClient = new GitlabApiClient($config);
 
         /** @var array{valid: bool, errors: array<string>} $response */
diff --git a/tests/GitlabLintTaskTest.php b/tests/GitlabLintTaskTest.php
index 54609f1..a2a85b6 100644
--- a/tests/GitlabLintTaskTest.php
+++ b/tests/GitlabLintTaskTest.php
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 use Headsnet\GrumPHP\GitlabLint\GitlabLinterException;
 use Headsnet\GrumPHP\GitlabLint\GitlabLintTask;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use SplFileInfo;
 
 class GitlabLintTaskTest extends TestCase
 {
@@ -96,12 +97,20 @@ public function gitlabFileDataProvider(): array
      */
     private function buildTask(string $file, string $apiToken): array
     {
+        $gitlabFile = sprintf('%s/%s', __DIR__, $file);
         $processBuilder = $this->createMock(ProcessBuilder::class);
         $rawProcessFormatter = $this->createMock(RawProcessFormatter::class);
-        $context = new class() implements ContextInterface {
+        $context = new class($gitlabFile) implements ContextInterface {
+            private string $gitlabFile;
+
+            public function __construct(string $gitlabFile)
+            {
+                $this->gitlabFile = $gitlabFile;
+            }
+
             public function getFiles(): FilesCollection
             {
-                return new FilesCollection();
+                return new FilesCollection([new SplFileInfo($this->gitlabFile)]);
             }
         };
 
@@ -115,7 +124,7 @@ public function getFiles(): FilesCollection
                 'gitlab_lint',
                 [
                     'api_token' => $apiToken,
-                    'gitlab_file' => sprintf('%s/%s', __DIR__, $file),
+                    'gitlab_file' => $gitlabFile,
                     'gitlab_url' => 'gitlab.com',
                 ],
                 new Metadata([])