diff --git a/pylint.rc b/pylint.rc
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..a49914c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pylint.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,256 @@
+[MASTER]
+# Specify a configuration file.
+rcfile=pylint.rc
+
+# Python code to execute, usually for sys.path manipulation such as pygtk.require().
+#init-hook=
+
+# Add files or directories to the blacklist. They should be base names, not paths.
+ignore=moxstubout.py,mockpatch.py
+
+# Pickle collected data for later comparisons.
+persistent=yes
+
+# List of plugins (as comma separated values of python modules names) to load,
+# usually to register additional checkers.
+load-plugins=
+
+
+[MESSAGES CONTROL]
+# Enable the message, report, category or checker with the given id(s). You can
+# either give multiple identifier separated by comma (,) or put this option
+# multiple time.
+#enable=
+
+# Disable the message, report, category or checker with the given id(s). You
+# can either give multiple identifier separated by comma (,) or put this option
+# multiple time (only on the command line, not in the configuration file where
+# it should appear only once).
+# W0102 dangerous-default-value
+# W0107 unnecessary-pass
+# W0110 deprecated-lambda
+# W0120 useless-else-on-loop
+# W0201 attribute-defined-outside-init
+# W0212 protected-access
+# W0221 arguments-differ
+# W0223 abstract-method
+# W0231 super-init-not-called
+# W0235 useless-super-delegation
+# W0402 deprecated-module
+# W0403 relative-import
+# W0511 fixme
+# W0603 global-statement
+# W0611 unused-import
+# W0612 unused-variable
+# W0613 unused-argument
+# W0621 redefined-outer-name
+# W0622 redefined-builtin
+# W0702 bare-except
+# W0703 broad except warning
+# W1113 keyword-arg-before-vararg
+# W1201 logging-not-lazy
+# W1401 anomalous-backslash-in-string
+#
+# The following are errors which should be fixed
+#
+# method-hidden (E0202)
+# access-member-before-definition (E0203)
+# undefined-variable (E0602)
+# invalid-all-object (E0604)
+# no-name-in-module (E0611)
+# raising-bad-type (E0702)
+# notimplemented-raised (E0711)
+# bad-super-call (E1003)
+# no-member (E1101)
+# not-callable (E1102)
+# too-many-function-args (E1121)
+# unsubscriptable-object (E1136)
+disable=C, R,
+    W0102, W0107, W0110, W0120, W0201, W0212, W0221, W0223, W0231, W0235, W0402, W0403,
+    W0511, W0603, W0611, W0612, W0613, W0621, W0622, W0702, W0703, W1113, W1201, W1401,
+    E0202, E0203, E0602, E0604, E0611, E0702, E0711, E1003, E1101, E1102, E1121, E1136
+
+
+
+[REPORTS]
+# Set the output format. Available formats are text, parseable, colorized, msvs
+# (visual studio) and html
+output-format=text
+
+# Put messages in a separate file for each module / package specified on the
+# command line instead of printing them on stdout. Reports (if any) will be
+# written in a file name "pylint_global.[txt|html]".
+files-output=no
+
+# Tells whether to display a full report or only the messages
+reports=no
+
+# Python expression which should return a note less than 10 (10 is the highest
+# note). You have access to the variables errors warning, statement which
+# respectively contain the number of errors / warnings messages and the total
+# number of statements analyzed. This is used by the global evaluation report
+# (RP0004).
+evaluation=10.0 - ((float(5 * error + warning + refactor + convention) / statement) * 10)
+
+
+[SIMILARITIES]
+# Minimum lines number of a similarity.
+min-similarity-lines=4
+
+# Ignore comments when computing similarities.
+ignore-comments=yes
+
+# Ignore docstrings when computing similarities.
+ignore-docstrings=yes
+
+
+[FORMAT]
+# Maximum number of characters on a single line.
+max-line-length=85
+
+# Maximum number of lines in a module
+max-module-lines=1000
+
+# String used as indentation unit. This is usually " " (4 spaces) or "\t" (1 tab).
+indent-string='    '
+
+
+[TYPECHECK]
+# Tells whether missing members accessed in mixin class should be ignored. A
+# mixin class is detected if its name ends with "mixin" (case insensitive).
+ignore-mixin-members=yes
+
+# List of classes names for which member attributes should not be checked
+# (useful for classes with attributes dynamically set).
+ignored-classes=SQLObject,sqlalchemy,scoped_session,_socketobject,PeriodicTasks,Collection,APIBase
+
+# List of members which are set dynamically and missed by pylint inference
+# system, and so shouldn't trigger E0201 when accessed. Python regular
+# expressions are accepted.
+#generated-members=REQUEST,acl_users,aq_parent
+generated-members=uuid
+
+
+[BASIC]
+# List of builtins function names that should not be used, separated by a comma
+bad-functions=map,filter,apply,input
+
+# Regular expression which should only match correct module names
+module-rgx=(([a-z_][a-z0-9_]*)|([A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]+))$
+
+# Regular expression which should only match correct module level names
+const-rgx=(([A-Z_][A-Z0-9_]*)|(__.*__))$
+
+# Regular expression which should only match correct class names
+class-rgx=[A-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9]+$
+
+# Regular expression which should only match correct function names
+function-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,30}$
+
+# Regular expression which should only match correct method names
+method-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,30}$
+
+# Regular expression which should only match correct instance attribute names
+attr-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,30}$
+
+# Regular expression which should only match correct argument names
+argument-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,30}$
+
+# Regular expression which should only match correct variable names
+variable-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,30}$
+
+# Regular expression which should only match correct list comprehension /
+# generator expression variable names
+inlinevar-rgx=[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*$
+
+# Good variable names which should always be accepted, separated by a comma
+good-names=i,j,k,ex,Run,_
+
+# Bad variable names which should always be refused, separated by a comma
+bad-names=foo,bar,baz,toto,tutu,tata
+
+# Regular expression which should only match functions or classes name which do
+# not require a docstring
+no-docstring-rgx=__.*__
+
+
+[MISCELLANEOUS]
+# List of note tags to take in consideration, separated by a comma.
+notes=FIXME,XXX,TODO
+
+
+[VARIABLES]
+# Tells whether we should check for unused import in __init__ files.
+init-import=no
+
+# A regular expression matching the beginning of the name of dummy variables
+# (i.e. not used).
+dummy-variables-rgx=_|dummy
+
+# List of additional names supposed to be defined in builtins. Remember that
+# you should avoid to define new builtins when possible.
+additional-builtins=
+
+
+[IMPORTS]
+# Deprecated modules which should not be used, separated by a comma
+deprecated-modules=regsub,string,TERMIOS,Bastion,rexec
+
+# Create a graph of every (i.e. internal and external) dependencies in the
+# given file (report RP0402 must not be disabled)
+import-graph=
+
+# Create a graph of external dependencies in the given file (report RP0402 must
+# not be disabled)
+ext-import-graph=
+
+# Create a graph of internal dependencies in the given file (report RP0402 must
+# not be disabled)
+int-import-graph=
+
+
+[DESIGN]
+# Maximum number of arguments for function / method
+max-args=5
+
+# Argument names that match this expression will be ignored. Default to name
+# with leading underscore
+ignored-argument-names=_.*
+
+# Maximum number of locals for function / method body
+max-locals=15
+
+# Maximum number of return / yield for function / method body
+max-returns=6
+
+# Maximum number of branch for function / method body
+max-branchs=12
+
+# Maximum number of statements in function / method body
+max-statements=50
+
+# Maximum number of parents for a class (see R0901).
+max-parents=7
+
+# Maximum number of attributes for a class (see R0902).
+max-attributes=7
+
+# Minimum number of public methods for a class (see R0903).
+min-public-methods=2
+
+# Maximum number of public methods for a class (see R0904).
+max-public-methods=20
+
+
+[CLASSES]
+# List of method names used to declare (i.e. assign) instance attributes.
+defining-attr-methods=__init__,__new__,setUp
+
+# List of valid names for the first argument in a class method.
+valid-classmethod-first-arg=cls
+
+
+[EXCEPTIONS]
+# Exceptions that will emit a warning when being caught. Defaults to
+# "Exception"
+overgeneral-exceptions=Exception
diff --git a/service-mgmt-api/sm-api/sm_api/db/sqlalchemy/migration.py b/service-mgmt-api/sm-api/sm_api/db/sqlalchemy/migration.py
index c76f4d79..b7f2816a 100644
--- a/service-mgmt-api/sm-api/sm_api/db/sqlalchemy/migration.py
+++ b/service-mgmt-api/sm-api/sm_api/db/sqlalchemy/migration.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #
 
 
-import distutils.version as dist_version
+import distutils.version as dist_version  # pylint: disable=import-error
 import os
 
 import migrate
diff --git a/service-mgmt-api/sm-api/sm_api/openstack/common/lockutils.py b/service-mgmt-api/sm-api/sm_api/openstack/common/lockutils.py
index 98c3bfe8..bccc48ee 100644
--- a/service-mgmt-api/sm-api/sm_api/openstack/common/lockutils.py
+++ b/service-mgmt-api/sm-api/sm_api/openstack/common/lockutils.py
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class _PosixLock(_InterProcessLock):
 
 
 if os.name == 'nt':
-    import msvcrt
+    import msvcrt  # pylint: disable=import-error
     InterProcessLock = _WindowsLock
 else:
     import fcntl
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 46f34bee..40dc8106 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -14,6 +14,23 @@ deps = -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
 whitelist_externals = reno
 
 [testenv:linters]
+basepython=python2.7
+deps = {[testenv]deps}
+       eventlet
+       httplib2
+       iso8601
+       jsonpatch
+       keystonemiddleware
+       kombu
+       MySQL-python
+       oslo.config
+       pecan
+       prettytable
+       psutil
+       sqlalchemy
+       sqlalchemy-migrate
+       wsme
+       pylint
 whitelist_externals = bash
 commands =
   bash -c "find {toxinidir}          \
@@ -28,6 +45,10 @@ commands =
             -o \( -name .tox -prune \)         \
             -o -type f -name '*.yaml'       \
             -print0 | xargs -0 yamllint"
+  pylint --rcfile=./pylint.rc --extension-pkg-whitelist=greenlet \
+         ./service-mgmt-api/sm-api/sm_api/ \
+         ./service-mgmt-tools/sm-tools/sm_tools/ \
+         ./service-mgmt-client/sm-client/sm_client/
 
 [flake8]
 # The following are being suppressed for now
@@ -90,7 +111,6 @@ commands =
 # B006 Do not use mutable data structures for argument defaults. (python3)
 # B007 Loop control variable 'key' not used within the loop body. If this is intended, start the name with an underscore.
 # B008 Do not perform calls in argument defaults. The call is performed only once at function definition time.
-# B301 Python 3 does not include `.iter*` methods on dictionaries.
 # B303 `__metaclass__` does nothing on Python 3. For Python 2 compatibility, use `six.add_metaclass`.
 # B305 `.next()` is not a thing on Python 3. Use the `next()` builtin. For Python 2 compatibility, use `six.next()`.
 # B306 `BaseException.message` has been deprecated as of Python 2.6 and is removed in Python 3.
@@ -99,7 +119,7 @@ ignore= E114,E116,E121,E122,E123,E124,E125,E126,E127,E128,E129,E131,E201,E228,E2
         H102,H104,H105,H106,H201,H231,H233,H236,H306,H401,H403,H404,H405,H501,
         W291,W292,W391,W503,W601,
         F401,F811,F821,F841,
-        B001,B004,B006,B007,B008,B301,B303,B305,B306
+        B001,B004,B006,B007,B008,B303,B305,B306
 # Enable checks which are off by default
 # H106 Don’t put vim configuration in source files (off by default). SHOULD BE ENABLED.
 # H203 Use assertIs(Not)None to check for None (off by default).
@@ -107,7 +127,6 @@ ignore= E114,E116,E121,E122,E123,E124,E125,E126,E127,E128,E129,E131,E201,E228,E2
 enable-extensions = H203
 max-line-length = 110
 
-
 [testenv:pep8]
 usedevelop = False
 skip_install = True