diff --git a/pkg/analysis/passes/gosec/gosec.go b/pkg/analysis/passes/gosec/gosec.go
index df0ee259..0d033593 100644
--- a/pkg/analysis/passes/gosec/gosec.go
+++ b/pkg/analysis/passes/gosec/gosec.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"io/fs"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
@@ -62,6 +63,17 @@ func run(pass *analysis.Pass) (interface{}, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	// gosec exits 1 without output when it finds no Go files, which is indistinguishable from a failed scan.
+	hasGo, err := hasGoFiles(sourceCodeDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		pass.ReportIncomplete("Could not inspect source code for Go files: " + err.Error())
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	if !hasGo {
+		logme.Debugln("no Go files in source code, skipping gosec analysis")
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
 	// gosec resolves relative file paths against the module root.
 	goSecCommand := exec.Command(
 		goSecBin,
@@ -132,3 +144,19 @@ func run(pass *analysis.Pass) (interface{}, error) {
 
 	return nil, nil
 }
+
+func hasGoFiles(dir string) (bool, error) {
+	found := false
+	err := filepath.WalkDir(dir, func(_ string, d fs.DirEntry, err error) error {
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if d.IsDir() || filepath.Ext(d.Name()) != ".go" {
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		found = true
+		return fs.SkipAll
+	})
+	return found, err
+}
diff --git a/pkg/analysis/passes/gosec/incomplete_test.go b/pkg/analysis/passes/gosec/incomplete_test.go
index 1368583a..ba8187bf 100644
--- a/pkg/analysis/passes/gosec/incomplete_test.go
+++ b/pkg/analysis/passes/gosec/incomplete_test.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ func TestIncompleteScan(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(script, func(t *testing.T) {
 			directory := t.TempDir()
 			require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(directory, "gosec"), []byte("#!/bin/sh\n"+script+"\n"), 0755))
+			require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(directory, "main.go"), []byte("package main\n"), 0644))
 			t.Setenv("PATH", directory)
 			var interceptor testpassinterceptor.TestPassInterceptor
 			pass := &analysis.Pass{AnalyzerName: Analyzer.Name, ResultOf: map[*analysis.Analyzer]any{sourcecode.Analyzer: directory}, Report: interceptor.ReportInterceptor()}
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ func TestIncompleteScan(t *testing.T) {
 func TestQuietSuccessfulScan(t *testing.T) {
 	directory := t.TempDir()
 	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(directory, "gosec"), []byte("#!/bin/sh\nexit 0\n"), 0755))
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(directory, "main.go"), []byte("package main\n"), 0644))
 	t.Setenv("PATH", directory)
 	var interceptor testpassinterceptor.TestPassInterceptor
 	pass := &analysis.Pass{
@@ -41,3 +43,23 @@ func TestQuietSuccessfulScan(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.Empty(t, interceptor.Diagnostics)
 }
+
+// gosec exits 1 without output when the source tree has no Go files.
+func TestSourceWithoutGoFiles(t *testing.T) {
+	binDir := t.TempDir()
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(binDir, "gosec"), []byte("#!/bin/sh\nexit 1\n"), 0755))
+	t.Setenv("PATH", binDir)
+
+	sourceDir := t.TempDir()
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(sourceDir, "index.ts"), []byte("export const a = 1;\n"), 0644))
+
+	var interceptor testpassinterceptor.TestPassInterceptor
+	pass := &analysis.Pass{
+		AnalyzerName: Analyzer.Name,
+		ResultOf:     map[*analysis.Analyzer]any{sourcecode.Analyzer: sourceDir},
+		Report:       interceptor.ReportInterceptor(),
+	}
+	_, err := run(pass)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Empty(t, interceptor.Diagnostics)
+}