diff --git a/HACKING.rst b/HACKING.rst
index 3b9fa5fe..a10103c8 100644
--- a/HACKING.rst
+++ b/HACKING.rst
@@ -22,3 +22,10 @@ readable. Follow these guidelines:
 Imports
 -------
 - [S366, S367] Organize your imports according to the ``Import order``
+
+Dictionaries/Lists
+------------------
+
+- [S368] Must use a dict comprehension instead of a dict constructor with a
+         sequence of key-value pairs. For more information, please refer to
+         http://legacy.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0274/
diff --git a/sahara/plugins/cdh/v5/cloudera_utils.py b/sahara/plugins/cdh/v5/cloudera_utils.py
index 9f403c08..f05ec0b6 100644
--- a/sahara/plugins/cdh/v5/cloudera_utils.py
+++ b/sahara/plugins/cdh/v5/cloudera_utils.py
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ class ClouderaUtilsV5(cu.ClouderaUtils):
             core_site_safety_valve = ''
             if self.pu.c_helper.is_swift_enabled(cluster):
                 configs = swift_helper.get_swift_configs()
-                confs = dict((c['name'], c['value']) for c in configs)
+                confs = {c['name']: c['value'] for c in configs}
                 core_site_safety_valve = xmlutils.create_elements_xml(confs)
             all_confs = {
                 'HDFS': {
diff --git a/sahara/plugins/cdh/v5_3_0/cloudera_utils.py b/sahara/plugins/cdh/v5_3_0/cloudera_utils.py
index 9e37e55b..839fe95d 100644
--- a/sahara/plugins/cdh/v5_3_0/cloudera_utils.py
+++ b/sahara/plugins/cdh/v5_3_0/cloudera_utils.py
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ class ClouderaUtilsV530(cu.ClouderaUtils):
             core_site_safety_valve = ''
             if self.pu.c_helper.is_swift_enabled(cluster):
                 configs = swift_helper.get_swift_configs()
-                confs = dict((c['name'], c['value']) for c in configs)
+                confs = {c['name']: c['value'] for c in configs}
                 core_site_safety_valve = xmlutils.create_elements_xml(confs)
             all_confs = {
                 'HDFS': {
diff --git a/sahara/plugins/spark/config_helper.py b/sahara/plugins/spark/config_helper.py
index 6b980023..2f62036d 100644
--- a/sahara/plugins/spark/config_helper.py
+++ b/sahara/plugins/spark/config_helper.py
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ def generate_job_cleanup_config(cluster):
 
 
 def extract_name_values(configs):
-    return dict((cfg['name'], cfg['value']) for cfg in configs)
+    return {cfg['name']: cfg['value'] for cfg in configs}
 
 
 def make_hadoop_path(base_dirs, suffix):
diff --git a/sahara/plugins/storm/config_helper.py b/sahara/plugins/storm/config_helper.py
index 0108e41e..e81ec66a 100644
--- a/sahara/plugins/storm/config_helper.py
+++ b/sahara/plugins/storm/config_helper.py
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ def generate_storm_setup_script(env_configs):
 
 
 def extract_name_values(configs):
-    return dict((cfg['name'], cfg['value']) for cfg in configs)
+    return {cfg['name']: cfg['value'] for cfg in configs}
 
 
 def _set_config(cfg, gen_cfg, name=None):
diff --git a/sahara/plugins/vanilla/v1_2_1/config_helper.py b/sahara/plugins/vanilla/v1_2_1/config_helper.py
index 0a38e63b..8e685d26 100644
--- a/sahara/plugins/vanilla/v1_2_1/config_helper.py
+++ b/sahara/plugins/vanilla/v1_2_1/config_helper.py
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ def generate_setup_script(storage_paths, env_configs, append_oozie=False):
 
 
 def extract_name_values(configs):
-    return dict((cfg['name'], cfg['value']) for cfg in configs)
+    return {cfg['name']: cfg['value'] for cfg in configs}
 
 
 def extract_hadoop_path(lst, hadoop_dir):
diff --git a/sahara/service/edp/oozie/workflow_creator/workflow_factory.py b/sahara/service/edp/oozie/workflow_creator/workflow_factory.py
index 6db3fc89..ca9b20fa 100644
--- a/sahara/service/edp/oozie/workflow_creator/workflow_factory.py
+++ b/sahara/service/edp/oozie/workflow_creator/workflow_factory.py
@@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ class MapReduceFactory(BaseFactory):
 
     def _get_streaming(self, job_dict):
         prefix = 'edp.streaming.'
-        return dict((k[len(prefix):], v) for (k, v) in six.iteritems(
-            job_dict['edp_configs']) if k.startswith(prefix))
+        return {k[len(prefix):]: v for (k, v) in six.iteritems(
+            job_dict['edp_configs']) if k.startswith(prefix)}
 
     def get_workflow_xml(self, cluster, job_configs, input_data, output_data,
                          hdfs_user):
diff --git a/sahara/tests/unit/utils/test_hacking.py b/sahara/tests/unit/utils/test_hacking.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6251b542
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sahara/tests/unit/utils/test_hacking.py
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#    Copyright 2015 EasyStack Inc.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+import testtools
+
+from sahara.utils.hacking import checks
+
+
+class HackingTestCase(testtools.TestCase):
+    def test_dict_constructor_with_list_copy(self):
+        # Following checks for code-lines with pep8 error
+        self.assertEqual(1, len(list(checks.dict_constructor_with_list_copy(
+            "    dict([(i, connect_info[i])"))))
+
+        self.assertEqual(1, len(list(checks.dict_constructor_with_list_copy(
+            "    attrs = dict([(k, _from_json(v))"))))
+
+        self.assertEqual(1, len(list(checks.dict_constructor_with_list_copy(
+            "        type_names = dict((value, key) for key, value in"))))
+
+        self.assertEqual(1, len(list(checks.dict_constructor_with_list_copy(
+            "   dict((value, key) for key, value in"))))
+
+        self.assertEqual(1, len(list(checks.dict_constructor_with_list_copy(
+            "foo(param=dict((k, v) for k, v in bar.items()))"))))
+
+        self.assertEqual(1, len(list(checks.dict_constructor_with_list_copy(
+            " dict([[i,i] for i in range(3)])"))))
+
+        self.assertEqual(1, len(list(checks.dict_constructor_with_list_copy(
+            "  dd = dict([i,i] for i in range(3))"))))
+        # Following checks for ok code-lines
+        self.assertEqual(0, len(list(checks.dict_constructor_with_list_copy(
+            " dict()"))))
+
+        self.assertEqual(0, len(list(checks.dict_constructor_with_list_copy(
+            "        create_kwargs = dict(snapshot=snapshot,"))))
+
+        self.assertEqual(0, len(list(checks.dict_constructor_with_list_copy(
+            "      self._render_dict(xml, data_el, data.__dict__)"))))
diff --git a/sahara/utils/hacking/checks.py b/sahara/utils/hacking/checks.py
index 3050b5b3..e39b7f0d 100644
--- a/sahara/utils/hacking/checks.py
+++ b/sahara/utils/hacking/checks.py
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ def check_oslo_namespace_imports(logical_line):
               logical_line))
 
 
+def dict_constructor_with_list_copy(logical_line):
+    """Check to prevent dict constructor with a sequence of key-value pairs.
+
+    S368
+    """
+    dict_constructor_with_list_copy_re = re.compile(r".*\bdict\((\[)?(\(|\[)")
+
+    if dict_constructor_with_list_copy_re.match(logical_line):
+        yield (0, 'S368: Must use a dict comprehension instead of a dict '
+               'constructor with a sequence of key-value pairs.')
+
+
 def factory(register):
     register(import_db_only_in_conductor)
     register(hacking_no_author_attr)
@@ -92,3 +104,4 @@ def factory(register):
     register(commit_message.OnceGitCheckCommitTitleLength)
     register(import_checks.hacking_import_groups)
     register(import_checks.hacking_import_groups_together)
+    register(dict_constructor_with_list_copy)
diff --git a/sahara/utils/openstack/images.py b/sahara/utils/openstack/images.py
index 350f793b..ccc5e65c 100644
--- a/sahara/utils/openstack/images.py
+++ b/sahara/utils/openstack/images.py
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class SaharaImageManager(images.ImageManager):
         """Adds tags to the specified image."""
         tags = _ensure_tags(tags)
 
-        self.set_meta(image, dict((PROP_TAG + tag, True) for tag in tags))
+        self.set_meta(image, {PROP_TAG + tag: True for tag in tags})
 
     def untag(self, image, tags):
         """Removes tags from the specified image."""
diff --git a/sahara/utils/openstack/nova.py b/sahara/utils/openstack/nova.py
index af931f9c..412ba89d 100644
--- a/sahara/utils/openstack/nova.py
+++ b/sahara/utils/openstack/nova.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def get_images():
 
 def get_limits():
     limits = client().limits.get().absolute
-    return dict((l.name, l.value) for l in limits)
+    return {l.name: l.value for l in limits}
 
 
 def get_user_keypair(cluster):
diff --git a/sahara/utils/resources.py b/sahara/utils/resources.py
index 1b6ff1f8..3b075d66 100644
--- a/sahara/utils/resources.py
+++ b/sahara/utils/resources.py
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ class BaseResource(object):
 
     def to_dict(self):
         dictionary = self.__dict__.copy()
-        return dict([(k, v) for k, v in dictionary.iteritems()
-                     if not self._filter_field(k)])
+        return {k: v for k, v in dictionary.iteritems()
+                if not self._filter_field(k)}
 
     def as_resource(self):
         return Resource(self.__resource_name__, self.to_dict())