diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-pull-request.yaml b/.github/workflows/check-pull-request.yaml
index 87c413612..281d4b9f7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-pull-request.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-pull-request.yaml
@@ -78,9 +78,6 @@ jobs:
       with:
         go-version: '1.20'
 
-    - name: Setup Goimports
-      run: go install golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goimports@v0.4.0
-
     - name: Generate code
       run: make generate
 
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e3e0dc30d..7e15990dd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,3 +9,6 @@
 !/examples/*.yaml
 !/examples/go.mod
 !/examples/go.sum
+
+# local bin directory
+/bin
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8beafb920..2f5409d05 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
+#
+#
+MKFILE_PATH := $(abspath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST)))
+PROJECT_PATH := $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(MKFILE_PATH)))
+LOCAL_BIN_PATH := $(PROJECT_PATH)/bin
+
+# Add the project-level bin directory into PATH. Needed in order
+# for the tasks to use project-level bin directory binaries first
+export PATH := $(LOCAL_BIN_PATH):$(PATH)
 
 # Disable CGO so that we always generate static binaries:
 export CGO_ENABLED=0
@@ -24,6 +33,8 @@ model_url:=https://github.com/openshift-online/ocm-api-model.git
 # Details of the metamodel to use:
 metamodel_version:=v0.0.59
 
+goimports_version:=v0.4.0
+
 # Additional flags to pass to the `ginkgo` command. This is used in the GitHub
 # actions environment to skip tests that are sensitive to the speed of the
 # machine: the leadership flag and retry tests.
@@ -50,7 +61,7 @@ lint:
 	golangci-lint run
 
 .PHONY: generate
-generate: model metamodel
+generate: model metamodel-install goimports-install
 	rm -rf \
 		accountsmgmt \
 		addonsmgmt \
@@ -65,11 +76,11 @@ generate: model metamodel
 		webrca \
 		osdfleetmgmt \
 		openapi
-	metamodel generate go \
+	$(METAMODEL) generate go \
 		--model=model/model \
 		--base=github.com/openshift-online/ocm-sdk-go \
 		--output=.
-	metamodel generate openapi \
+	$(METAMODEL) generate openapi \
 		--model=model/model \
 		--output=openapi
 
@@ -86,8 +97,13 @@ model:
 	fi
 
 .PHONY: metamodel
-metamodel:
-	go install github.com/openshift-online/ocm-api-metamodel/cmd/metamodel@$(metamodel_version)
+METAMODEL=$(LOCAL_BIN_PATH)/metamodel
+metamodel-install:
+	GOBIN=$(LOCAL_BIN_PATH) go install github.com/openshift-online/ocm-api-metamodel/cmd/metamodel@$(metamodel_version)
+
+.PHONY: goimports
+goimports-install:
+	@GOBIN=$(LOCAL_BIN_PATH) go install golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goimports@$(goimports_version)
 
 .PHONY: clean
 clean: