diff --git a/ROMFS/CMakeLists.txt b/ROMFS/CMakeLists.txt
index 0709608ac2..259c017d8f 100644
--- a/ROMFS/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ROMFS/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ if(SHELLCHECK_PATH)
 			--exclude=SC2166 # SC2166: Prefer [ p ] || [ q ] as [ p -o q ] is not well defined.
 			--exclude=SC2154 # SC2154: <var> is referenced but not assigned (NuttX uses different asssignment)
 			--exclude=SC2164 # SC2164: Use 'cd ... || exit' or 'cd ... || return' in case cd fails.
+			--exclude=SC2181 # SC2181: Check exit code directly with e.g. 'if mycmd;', not indirectly with $?.
 			`find ${romfs_gen_root_dir}/init.d -type f`
 		DEPENDS ${romfs_gen_root_dir}/init.d/rc.autostart
 		WORKING_DIRECTORY ${romfs_gen_root_dir}
diff --git a/Tools/run-shellcheck.sh b/Tools/run-shellcheck.sh
index 3354bbc30c..cf58ae0f97 100755
--- a/Tools/run-shellcheck.sh
+++ b/Tools/run-shellcheck.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ echo "Running shellcheck in '$search_directory'."
 # SC2166: allow the form [ $OUTPUT_MODE == fmu -o $OUTPUT_MODE == io ]
 # SC2148: allow files w/o shebang
 # SC2039: In POSIX sh, array references are undefined. TODO: fix this
+# SC2181: Check exit code directly with e.g. 'if mycmd;', not indirectly with $?.
 shellcheck -x \
 	-e SC1008 \
 	-e SC2086 \
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ shellcheck -x \
 	-e SC2148 \
 	-e SC2166 \
 	-e SC2039 \
+	-e SC2181 \
 	--shell=dash \
 	$scripts
 ret=$?