diff --git a/.zuul.yaml b/.zuul.yaml
index 9acdf138..4bcb0ae8 100644
--- a/.zuul.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
       jobs:
         - openstack-tox-linters
         - openstack-tox-pep8
+        - fault-tox-pylint
         - stx-fault-build
         - fault-rest-api-py27
         - fault-rest-api-py36
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@
       jobs:
         - openstack-tox-linters
         - openstack-tox-pep8
+        - fault-tox-pylint
         - fault-rest-api-py27
         - fault-rest-api-py36
     post:
@@ -81,6 +83,16 @@
       tox_envlist: py36
       tox_extra_args: -c fm-rest-api/fm/tox.ini
 
+- job:
+    name: fault-tox-pylint
+    parent: tox
+    description: |
+      Run pylint for python files in fault
+    required-projects:
+      - starlingx/config
+    vars:
+      tox_envlist: pylint
+
 - job:
     name: stx-fault-upload-git-mirror
     parent: upload-git-mirror
diff --git a/fm-api/fm_api/fm_api.py b/fm-api/fm_api/fm_api.py
index d2cd34d8..0da0b7b6 100755
--- a/fm-api/fm_api/fm_api.py
+++ b/fm-api/fm_api/fm_api.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 import copy
 from . import constants
 import six
-import fm_core
+import fm_core  # pylint: disable=import-error
 import threading
 
 fm_api_lock = threading.Lock()
diff --git a/pylint.rc b/pylint.rc
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..9acd1ce2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pylint.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,267 @@
+[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. Should be base names, not paths.
+ignore=
+
+# 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=
+
+# Use multiple processes to speed up Pylint.
+jobs=4
+
+# Allow loading of arbitrary C extensions. Extensions are imported into the
+# active Python interpreter and may run arbitrary code.
+unsafe-load-any-extension=no
+
+# A comma-separated list of package or module names from where C extensions may
+# be loaded. Extensions are loading into the active Python interpreter and may
+# run arbitrary code
+extension-pkg-whitelist=lxml.etree,greenlet
+
+
+
+[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).
+# See "Messages Control" section of
+# https://pylint.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user_guide
+# We are disabling (C)onvention
+# We are disabling (R)efactor
+# We are selectively disabling (W)arning
+# W0102 dangerous-default-value
+# W0106 expression-not-assigned
+# W0107 unnecessary-pass
+# W0110 deprecated-lambda
+# W0201 attribute-defined-outside-init
+# W0212 protected-access
+# W0221 arguments-differ
+# W0223 abstract-method
+# W0231 super-init-not-called
+# W0235 useless-super-delegation
+# W0311 bad-indentation
+# W0403 relative-import (this needs to be fixed in py3)
+# W0603 global-statement
+# W0612 unused-variable
+# W0613 unused-argument
+# W0621 redefined-outer-name
+# W0622 redefined-builtin
+# W0703 broad-except
+# W1401 anomalous-backslash-in-string
+# E are error codes
+# E0604 invalid-all-object
+# E1101 no-member
+# E1102 not-callable
+# E1120 no-value-for-parameter
+# E1121 too-many-function-args
+disable=C, R, fixme,
+        W0102,W0106,W0107,W0110,W0201,W0212,W0221,W0223,W0231,W0235,
+        W0311,W0403,W0603,W0612,W0613,W0621,W0622,W0703,W1401,
+        E0604,E1101,E1102,E1120,E1121
+
+[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=yes
+
+# 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 module names for which member attributes should not be checked
+# (useful for modules/projects where namespaces are manipulated during runtime
+# and thus existing member attributes cannot be deduced by static analysis
+ignored-modules=distutils,eventlet.green.subprocess,six,six.moves
+
+# List of classes names for which member attributes should not be checked
+# (useful for classes with attributes dynamically set).
+# pylint is confused by sqlalchemy Table, as well as sqlalchemy Enum types
+# ie: (unprovisioned, identity)
+# LookupDict in requests library confuses pylint
+ignored-classes=SQLObject, optparse.Values, thread._local, _thread._local,
+                Table, unprovisioned, identity, LookupDict
+
+# 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
+
+
+[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/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ccc829ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+httplib2
+keystoneauth1
+keystonemiddleware
+oslo.config
+oslo.db
+oslo.log
+oslo.policy
+oslo.service
+oslo.utils
+oslo.versionedobjects
+pecan
+prettytable
+pyOpenSSL
+SQLAlchemy
+WSME
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 21c49e2f..8f1b9382 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 hacking!=0.13.0,<0.14,>=0.12.0
 bashate >= 0.2
+mock
 PyYAML >= 3.1.0
 yamllint >= 0.5.2
 #spec_cleaner>=1.0.9
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 875d9873..17cf525c 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 [tox]
-envlist = linters,pep8,rpm-packaging-lint
+envlist = linters,pep8,pylint,rpm-packaging-lint
 minversion = 2.3
 skipsdist = True
 stxdir = {toxinidir}/../
 
 [testenv]
-install_command = pip install -U {opts} {packages}
+install_command = pip install \
+    -chttps://opendev.org/openstack/requirements/raw/branch/stable/stein/upper-constraints.txt \
+    {opts} {packages}
 setenv = VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
          OS_STDOUT_CAPTURE=1
          OS_STDERR_CAPTURE=1
@@ -17,9 +19,6 @@ basepython = python3
 setenv =
     VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
     LC_ALL=en_US.utf-8
-install_command = pip install -U \
-    -c{env:UPPER_CONSTRAINTS_FILE:https://opendev.org/openstack/requirements/raw/branch/stable/stein/upper-constraints.txt} \
-    {opts} {packages}
 deps = -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
 whitelist_externals = bash
 commands =
@@ -51,6 +50,23 @@ commands =
             -o -type f -name '*.yaml'       \
             -print0 | xargs -0 yamllint -d '\{extends: relaxed, rules: \{line-length: \{max: 260\}\}\}'"
 
+[testenv:pylint]
+basepython = python2.7
+sitepackages = False
+
+deps = {[testenv]deps}
+       -e{toxinidir}/../config/tsconfig/tsconfig
+       -e{toxinidir}/../config/sysinv/cgts-client/cgts-client
+       -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
+       pylint
+
+commands = pylint {posargs} --rcfile=./pylint.rc \
+               fm-api/fm_api \
+               fm-common/sources/fm_db_sync_event_suppression.py \
+               fm-rest-api/fm/fm  \
+               python-fmclient/fmclient/fmclient
+
+
 ####
 # Add flake8 as pep8 codestyle check.
 [testenv:pep8]