diff --git a/resources/clj-kondo.exports/hooks/defstate.clj b/resources/clj-kondo.exports/hooks/defstate.clj
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+(ns hooks.defstate
+  (:require [clj-kondo.hooks-api :as api]))
+
+(defn defstate [{:keys [:node]}]
+  (let [args (rest (:children node))
+        args (if (string? (api/sexpr (first args)))
+               (next args)
+               args)
+        [n & args] args
+        m (when-let [m (first (:meta n))]
+            (api/sexpr m))
+        m (if (map? m) m {})
+        ks (cond-> (take 1 args)
+                   (> (count args) 2) (conj (nth args 2)))
+        invalid-key (first (remove (comp (partial contains? #{:start :stop}) api/sexpr) ks))]
+    (cond
+      invalid-key
+      (api/reg-finding!
+        {:message (str "lifecycle functions can only contain `:start` and `:stop`. illegal function found: " (api/sexpr invalid-key))
+         :type    :mount/defstate
+         :row     (:row (meta invalid-key))
+         :col     (:col (meta invalid-key))})
+      (not (contains? (set (map api/sexpr ks)) :start))
+      (throw (ex-info "lifecycle functions must include `:start`" {}))
+      ((complement contains?) #{2 4} (count args))
+      (throw (ex-info "lifecycle functions must consist of no more than 2 pair forms: `:start` and `:stop`" {}))
+      (and (contains? m :on-reload) (not (contains? #{:noop :stop} (:on-reload m))))
+      (api/reg-finding!
+        {:message "metadata `:on-reload` key can only have value of `noop` or `stop`"
+         :type    :mount/defstate
+         :row     (:row (meta n))
+         :col     (:col (meta n))})
+      :else
+      {:node (api/list-node
+                  (list*
+                    (api/token-node 'fn*)
+                    (api/vector-node [n])
+                    n
+                    args))})))
diff --git a/resources/clj-kondo.exports/mount/mount/config.edn b/resources/clj-kondo.exports/mount/mount/config.edn
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+{:lint-as {mount.core/defstate clojure.core/def-catch-all}
+ :linters {:mount/defstate {:level :warning}}
+ :hooks {:analyze-call {mount.core/defstate hooks.defstate/defstate}}}