diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index be8cd14..eb02a92 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -37,3 +37,5 @@ etc/savanna.conf
 ChangeLog
 savanna/tests/integration/config.py
 cscope.out
+tools/lintstack.head.py
+tools/pylint_exceptions
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 9e5eb51..3ef5a15 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ commands =
     python setup.py build_sphinx
 
 [testenv:pylint]
-commands =
-    pylint --output-format=parseable --rcfile=.pylintrc bin/savanna-api bin/savanna-manage savanna | tee pylint-report.txt
+setenv = VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
+commands = bash tools/lintstack.sh
 
 [flake8]
 show-source = true