diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..106398f9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+[MESSAGES CONTROL]
+disable=C,R,
+  fixme,
+  unused-wildcard-import,
+  attribute-defined-outside-init,
+  redefined-builtin,
+  wildcard-import,
+  broad-except,
+  bare-except,
+  unused-argument,
+  unused-variable,
+  redefined-outer-name,
+  global-statement,
+  protected-access,
+  arguments-differ,
diff --git a/tools/lint.sh b/tools/lint.sh
index 3a5a5fd89..779fc7843 100755
--- a/tools/lint.sh
+++ b/tools/lint.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 TOOLS="$(cd "`dirname "$0"`"; pwd)"
-pylint -E -j 0 -f colorized --extension-pkg-whitelist=PyQt5 $TOOLS/../anki $TOOLS/../aqt
+pylint -j 0 --rcfile=$TOOLS/../.pylintrc -f colorized --extension-pkg-whitelist=PyQt5 $TOOLS/../anki $TOOLS/../aqt