diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e0f1ed0a5..e37069134 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
   [Samuel Giddins](https://github.com/segiddins)
   [CocoaPods#2850](https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/issues/2850)
 
+* The Linter will now give a warning if Github Gists begin with `www`  
+  [Joshua Kalpin](https://github.com/Kapin)
+  [Core#200](https://github.com/CocoaPods/Core/pull/200)
+
 
 ## 0.35.0
 
diff --git a/lib/cocoapods-core/specification/linter.rb b/lib/cocoapods-core/specification/linter.rb
index 3db219764..06a670e67 100644
--- a/lib/cocoapods-core/specification/linter.rb
+++ b/lib/cocoapods-core/specification/linter.rb
@@ -335,20 +335,22 @@ def perform_github_source_checks(s)
         if git = s[:git]
           return unless git =~ /^#{URI.regexp}$/
           git_uri = URI.parse(git)
-          if git_uri.host == 'www.github.com'
-            results.add_warning('github_sources', 'Github repositories should ' \
-             'not use `www` in their URL.')
-          end
-          if git_uri.host == 'github.com' || git_uri.host == 'gist.github.com'
-            unless git.end_with?('.git')
-              results.add_warning('github_sources', 'Github repositories ' \
-              'should end in `.git`.')
-            end
-            unless git_uri.scheme == 'https'
-              results.add_warning('github_sources', 'Github repositories ' \
-                'should use an `https` link.')
-            end
-          end
+          perform_github_uri_checks(git, git_uri) if git_uri.host.end_with?('github.com')
+        end
+      end
+
+      def perform_github_uri_checks(git, git_uri)
+        if git_uri.host.start_with?('www.')
+          results.add_warning('github_sources', 'Github repositories should ' \
+            'not use `www` in their URL.')
+        end
+        unless git.end_with?('.git')
+          results.add_warning('github_sources', 'Github repositories ' \
+            'should end in `.git`.')
+        end
+        unless git_uri.scheme == 'https'
+          results.add_warning('github_sources', 'Github repositories ' \
+            'should use an `https` link.')
         end
       end
 
diff --git a/spec/specification/linter_spec.rb b/spec/specification/linter_spec.rb
index e2fec7e00..f92d8e2a9 100644
--- a/spec/specification/linter_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/specification/linter_spec.rb
@@ -271,6 +271,11 @@ def result_should_include(*values)
         result_should_include('Github', 'www')
       end
 
+      it 'checks that Gist Github repositories do not use `www`' do
+        @spec.stubs(:source).returns(:git => 'https://www.gist.github.com/2823399.git', :tag => '1.0')
+        result_should_include('Github', 'www')
+      end
+
       it 'checks that Github repositories end in .git (for compatibility)' do
         @spec.stubs(:source).returns(:git => 'https://github.com/repo', :tag => '1.0')
         result_should_include('Github', '.git')