diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index d298d034c..7a2660945 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -210,6 +210,8 @@
 /modules/programs/pubs.nix                            @loicreynier
 /tests/modules/programs/pubs                          @loicreynier
 
+/modules/programs/pylint.nix                          @florpe
+
 /modules/programs/rbw.nix                             @ambroisie
 /tests/modules/programs/rbw                           @ambroisie
 
diff --git a/modules/lib/maintainers.nix b/modules/lib/maintainers.nix
index 7743b3426..4b1f87d2a 100644
--- a/modules/lib/maintainers.nix
+++ b/modules/lib/maintainers.nix
@@ -123,6 +123,12 @@
     githubId = 46252070;
     name = "Sara Johnsson";
   };
+  florpe = {
+    email = "jens.krewald@gmail.com";
+    github = "florpe";
+    githubId = 53856373;
+    name = "Jens Krewald";
+  };
   maximsmol = {
     email = "maximsmol@gmail.com";
     github = "maximsmol";
diff --git a/modules/modules.nix b/modules/modules.nix
index 5bd77c929..cb2e30b5b 100644
--- a/modules/modules.nix
+++ b/modules/modules.nix
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ let
     ./programs/piston-cli.nix
     ./programs/powerline-go.nix
     ./programs/pubs.nix
+    ./programs/pylint.nix
     ./programs/qutebrowser.nix
     ./programs/rbw.nix
     ./programs/readline.nix
diff --git a/modules/programs/pylint.nix b/modules/programs/pylint.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e6679b985
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/programs/pylint.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+let
+
+  cfg = config.programs.pylint;
+  listToValue = concatMapStringsSep ", " (generators.mkValueStringDefault { });
+  iniFormat = pkgs.formats.ini { inherit listToValue; };
+in {
+  meta.maintainers = [ hm.maintainers.florpe ];
+  options.programs.pylint = {
+    enable = mkEnableOption "the pylint Python linter";
+    package = mkOption {
+      type = types.package;
+      default = pkgs.python3Packages.pylint;
+      defaultText = literalExpression "pkgs.python3Packages.pylint";
+      description = "The pylint package to use.";
+    };
+    settings = mkOption {
+      type = iniFormat.type;
+      default = { };
+      defaultText = literalExpression "{}";
+      description = "The pylint configuration.";
+    };
+  };
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    home.packages = [ cfg.package ];
+    home.file.".pylintrc".source = iniFormat.generate "pylintrc" cfg.settings;
+  };
+}