diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d803e81..1fd7432 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ POD2MAN ?= pod2man --section 1 --utf8 -c "svtplay-dl manual" \
 PYTHON ?= /usr/bin/env python
 export PYTHONPATH=lib
 
-# Disable convention, refactor, and TODO warnings
-PYLINT_OPTS = --report=no -d I -d C -d R -d W0511
-
 # If you don't have a python3 environment (e.g. mock for py3 and
 # nosetests3), you can remove the -3 flag.
 TEST_OPTS ?= -2 -3
@@ -54,7 +51,7 @@ cover:
 	sh run-tests.sh -C
 
 pylint:
-	find lib -name '*.py' -a '!' -path '*/tests/*' | xargs pylint $(PYLINT_OPTS)
+	$(MAKE) -C lib pylint
 
 clean:
 	$(MAKE) -C lib clean
diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index f35f84f..7eab4f5 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
+PYLINT_OPTS = --report=no -d I -d C -d R -d W0511
+
 all: svtplay-dl
 
 clean:
 	find . -name '*.pyc' -exec rm {} \;
 	rm -f svtplay-dl
 
+pylint:
+	pylint $(PYLINT_OPTS) svtplay_dl
+
 export PACKAGES = svtplay_dl \
                  svtplay_dl.fetcher \
                  svtplay_dl.utils \