2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index 153a9ef3e..11532bc70 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ extension-pkg-whitelist=
 
 # Add files or directories to the blacklist. They should be base names, not
 # paths.
-ignore=CVS,tests,doc
+ignore=CVS,doc
 
 # Add files or directories matching the regex patterns to the blacklist. The
 # regex matches against base names, not paths.
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 7fc1e85cf..21c94e6fa 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ setenv =
 [testenv:lint]
 commands =
     pycodestyle
-    pylint buildstream
+    pylint buildstream tests
 deps =
     -rrequirements/requirements.txt
     -rrequirements/dev-requirements.txt