diff --git a/.golangci.next.reference.yml b/.golangci.next.reference.yml
index aeda8070e4ae..48b7c1593eda 100644
--- a/.golangci.next.reference.yml
+++ b/.golangci.next.reference.yml
@@ -548,6 +548,12 @@ linters-settings:
     exclude:
       - '.+/cobra\.Command$'
 
+  fatcontext:
+    # Check for potential fat contexts in struct pointers.
+    # May generate false positives.
+    # Default: false
+    check-struct-pointers: true
+
   forbidigo:
     # Forbid the following identifiers (list of regexp).
     # Default: ["^(fmt\\.Print(|f|ln)|print|println)$"]
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9f91e090929e..e248b82a421f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/Antonboom/nilnil v1.0.1
 	github.com/Antonboom/testifylint v1.5.2
 	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.4.1-0.20240526193622-a339e1f7089c
-	github.com/Crocmagnon/fatcontext v0.6.0
+	github.com/Crocmagnon/fatcontext v0.7.0
 	github.com/Djarvur/go-err113 v0.0.0-20210108212216-aea10b59be24
 	github.com/GaijinEntertainment/go-exhaustruct/v3 v3.3.0
 	github.com/OpenPeeDeeP/depguard/v2 v2.2.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5f5c064cd02b..22c155931e4f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.4.1-0.20240526193622-a339e1f7089c h1:pxW6RcqyfI9/kWtOwnv/G+AzdKuy2ZrqINhenH4HyNs=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.4.1-0.20240526193622-a339e1f7089c/go.mod h1:ukJfTF/6rtPPRCnwkur4qwRxa8vTRFBF0uk2lLoLwho=
 github.com/BurntSushi/xgb v0.0.0-20160522181843-27f122750802/go.mod h1:IVnqGOEym/WlBOVXweHU+Q+/VP0lqqI8lqeDx9IjBqo=
-github.com/Crocmagnon/fatcontext v0.6.0 h1:DxGYfrUrJBOtvldiWpMvntvkTDgj6c1zLCTKelMqAtw=
-github.com/Crocmagnon/fatcontext v0.6.0/go.mod h1:1wMvv3NXEBJucFGfwOJBxSVWcoIO6emV215SMkW9MFU=
+github.com/Crocmagnon/fatcontext v0.7.0 h1:z0mPJ/MsuhiEq+cj4LwRHv7qo/LQH0mL8rXBDpTDT/s=
+github.com/Crocmagnon/fatcontext v0.7.0/go.mod h1:1wMvv3NXEBJucFGfwOJBxSVWcoIO6emV215SMkW9MFU=
 github.com/Djarvur/go-err113 v0.0.0-20210108212216-aea10b59be24 h1:sHglBQTwgx+rWPdisA5ynNEsoARbiCBOyGcJM4/OzsM=
 github.com/Djarvur/go-err113 v0.0.0-20210108212216-aea10b59be24/go.mod h1:4UJr5HIiMZrwgkSPdsjy2uOQExX/WEILpIrO9UPGuXs=
 github.com/GaijinEntertainment/go-exhaustruct/v3 v3.3.0 h1:/fTUt5vmbkAcMBt4YQiuC23cV0kEsN1MVMNqeOW43cU=
diff --git a/pkg/config/linters_settings.go b/pkg/config/linters_settings.go
index 8e6c184ca4d3..9968f3a0760b 100644
--- a/pkg/config/linters_settings.go
+++ b/pkg/config/linters_settings.go
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ type LintersSettings struct {
 	ErrorLint       ErrorLintSettings
 	Exhaustive      ExhaustiveSettings
 	Exhaustruct     ExhaustructSettings
+	Fatcontext      FatcontextSettings
 	Forbidigo       ForbidigoSettings
 	Funlen          FunlenSettings
 	Gci             GciSettings
@@ -430,6 +431,10 @@ type ExhaustructSettings struct {
 	Exclude []string `mapstructure:"exclude"`
 }
 
+type FatcontextSettings struct {
+	CheckStructPointers bool `mapstructure:"check-struct-pointers"`
+}
+
 type ForbidigoSettings struct {
 	Forbid               []ForbidigoPattern `mapstructure:"forbid"`
 	ExcludeGodocExamples bool               `mapstructure:"exclude-godoc-examples"`
diff --git a/pkg/golinters/fatcontext/fatcontext.go b/pkg/golinters/fatcontext/fatcontext.go
index 378025a8cc5e..2ffacacd39a7 100644
--- a/pkg/golinters/fatcontext/fatcontext.go
+++ b/pkg/golinters/fatcontext/fatcontext.go
@@ -4,16 +4,25 @@ import (
 	"github.com/Crocmagnon/fatcontext/pkg/analyzer"
 	"golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis"
 
+	"github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/goanalysis"
 )
 
-func New() *goanalysis.Linter {
-	a := analyzer.Analyzer
+func New(settings *config.FatcontextSettings) *goanalysis.Linter {
+	a := analyzer.NewAnalyzer()
+
+	cfg := map[string]map[string]any{}
+
+	if settings != nil {
+		cfg[a.Name] = map[string]any{
+			analyzer.FlagCheckStructPointers: settings.CheckStructPointers,
+		}
+	}
 
 	return goanalysis.NewLinter(
 		a.Name,
 		a.Doc,
 		[]*analysis.Analyzer{a},
-		nil,
+		cfg,
 	).WithLoadMode(goanalysis.LoadModeTypesInfo)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/lint/lintersdb/builder_linter.go b/pkg/lint/lintersdb/builder_linter.go
index 116e46a9f4ee..beda9e3c76b6 100644
--- a/pkg/lint/lintersdb/builder_linter.go
+++ b/pkg/lint/lintersdb/builder_linter.go
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ func (LinterBuilder) Build(cfg *config.Config) ([]*linter.Config, error) {
 			WithPresets(linter.PresetStyle).
 			WithURL("https://github.com/gostaticanalysis/forcetypeassert"),
 
-		linter.NewConfig(fatcontext.New()).
+		linter.NewConfig(fatcontext.New(&cfg.LintersSettings.Fatcontext)).
 			WithSince("v1.58.0").
 			WithPresets(linter.PresetPerformance).
 			WithLoadForGoAnalysis().