diff --git a/.zuul.yaml b/.zuul.yaml
index 85a56388..4631e0d3 100644
--- a/.zuul.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.yaml
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@
       jobs:
         - openstack-tox-pep8
         - openstack-tox-linters
+        - ha-tox-pylint
     gate:
       jobs:
         - openstack-tox-pep8
         - openstack-tox-linters
+        - ha-tox-pylint
     post:
       jobs:
         - stx-ha-upload-git-mirror
@@ -56,6 +58,14 @@
         nfv: https://opendev.org/starlingx/nfv
         update: https://opendev.org/starlingx/update
 
+- job:
+    name: ha-tox-pylint
+    parent: tox
+    description: |
+      Run pylint test for ha in python2.7
+    nodeset: ubuntu-bionic
+    vars:
+      tox_envlist: pylint
 - job:
     name: stx-ha-upload-git-mirror
     parent: upload-git-mirror
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 0375f1c0..1132aeaa 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+hacking
 bashate >= 0.2
 PyYAML >= 3.1.0
 yamllint >= 0.5.2
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 55631319..16508019 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -15,6 +15,27 @@ deps = -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
 whitelist_externals = reno
 
 [testenv:linters]
+basepython = python3
+whitelist_externals = bash
+commands =
+  bash -c "find {toxinidir}          \
+         -not \( -type d -name .?\* -prune \) \
+         -type f                              \
+         -not -name \*~                       \
+         -not -name \*.md                     \
+         \(                                   \
+          -name \*.sh                         \
+          -or -not -wholename \*/devstack/files/\* \
+          -wholename \*/devstack/\*           \
+         \)                                   \
+         -print0 | xargs -r -n 1 -0 bashate -v -e E* -i E006"
+  bash -c "find {toxinidir}        \
+            \( -name middleware/io-monitor/recipes-common/io-monitor/io-monitor/io_monitor/test-tools/yaml/* -prune \) \
+            -o \( -name .tox -prune \)         \
+            -o -type f -name '*.yaml'       \
+            -print0 | xargs -0 yamllint"
+
+[testenv:pylint]
 basepython = python2.7
 deps = {[testenv]deps}
        eventlet
@@ -32,24 +53,7 @@ deps = {[testenv]deps}
        sqlalchemy-migrate
        wsme
        pylint
-whitelist_externals = bash
 commands =
-  bash -c "find {toxinidir}          \
-         -not \( -type d -name .?\* -prune \) \
-         -type f                              \
-         -not -name \*~                       \
-         -not -name \*.md                     \
-         \(                                   \
-          -name \*.sh                         \
-          -or -not -wholename \*/devstack/files/\* \
-          -wholename \*/devstack/\*           \
-         \)                                   \
-         -print0 | xargs -0 bashate -v"
-  bash -c "find {toxinidir}        \
-            \( -name middleware/io-monitor/recipes-common/io-monitor/io-monitor/io_monitor/test-tools/yaml/* -prune \) \
-            -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/ \
@@ -68,15 +72,24 @@ commands =
 # H404: multi line docstring should start without a leading new line
 # H405: multi line docstring summary not separated with an empty line
 # H501: Do not use locals() for string formatting
+# W are warnings
+# W504 W504 line break after binary operator
+# W605 invalid escape sequence 
 # - errors -
+# E741 ambiguous variable name
 # F811 redefinition of unused '<foo>' from line <x>
 # F821 undefined name 'e'
+# F841 local variable
+# F901 'raise NotImplemented' should be 'raise NotImplementedError'
 # - bugbear -
 # B008 Do not perform calls in argument defaults. The call is performed only once at function definition time.
+# B014 Redundant exception types
 ignore= E402,
         H102,H104,H105,H106,H306,H401,H403,H404,H405,H501,
-        F811,F821,
-        B008
+        W504,W605,
+        E741,
+        F811,F821,F841,F901,
+        B008,B014
 # 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).
@@ -89,9 +102,8 @@ basepython = python3
 usedevelop = False
 skip_install = True
 deps =
-    hacking
-    flake8-bugbear<=19.3.0
-    flake8 < 3.6.0
+    -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
+    flake8-bugbear
 commands =
     flake8