diff --git a/cts/Makefile.am b/cts/Makefile.am
index d7ac2c9b60..ac2e8abf82 100644
--- a/cts/Makefile.am
+++ b/cts/Makefile.am
@@ -1,76 +1,90 @@
 #
 # Copyright 2001-2023 the Pacemaker project contributors
 #
 # The version control history for this file may have further details.
 #
 # This source code is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2
 # or later (GPLv2+) WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.
 #
 
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES    = Makefile.in
 
 # Test commands and globally applicable test files should be in $(testdir),
 # and command-specific test data should be in a command-specific subdirectory.
 testdir			= $(datadir)/$(PACKAGE)/tests
 test_SCRIPTS		= cts-attrd \
 			  cts-cli		\
 			  cts-exec		\
 			  cts-fencing		\
 			  cts-lab 		\
 			  cts-regression	\
 			  cts-scheduler
 dist_test_DATA		= README.md			\
 			  valgrind-pcmk.suppressions
 
 clidir		= $(testdir)/cli
 dist_cli_DATA	= cli/constraints.xml 				\
 		  cli/crmadmin-cluster-remote-guest-nodes.xml	\
 		  cli/crm_diff_new.xml				\
 		  cli/crm_diff_old.xml				\
 		  cli/crm_mon.xml				\
 		  cli/crm_mon-feature_set.xml			\
 		  cli/crm_mon-partial.xml			\
 		  cli/crm_mon-rsc-maint.xml			\
 		  cli/crm_mon-T180.xml				\
 		  cli/crm_mon-unmanaged.xml			\
 		  cli/crm_resource_digests.xml			\
 		  cli/regression.acls.exp			\
 		  cli/regression.crm_mon.exp			\
 		  cli/regression.daemons.exp			\
 		  cli/regression.dates.exp			\
 		  cli/regression.error_codes.exp		\
 		  cli/regression.feature_set.exp		\
 		  cli/regression.rules.exp			\
 		  cli/regression.tools.exp			\
 		  cli/regression.upgrade.exp			\
 		  cli/regression.validity.exp			\
 		  cli/regression.access_render.exp
 
 ctsdir			= $(datadir)/$(PACKAGE)/tests/cts
 cts_SCRIPTS		= cts
 
 # Commands intended to be run only via other commands
 halibdir		= $(CRM_DAEMON_DIR)
 dist_halib_SCRIPTS	= cts-log-watcher
 
 noinst_SCRIPTS		= cluster_test
 
 scheduler-list:
 	@for T in "$(srcdir)"/scheduler/xml/*.xml; do       \
 		echo $$(basename $$T .xml);             \
 	done
 
 CLEANFILES	= $(builddir)/.regression.failed.diff
 
 clean-local:
 	rm -f scheduler/*/*.pe
 
 SUBDIRS	= benchmark scheduler support
 
 cts-support-install:
 	$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) -C support cts-support
 	$(builddir)/support/cts-support install
 
 cts-support-uninstall:
 	$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) -C support cts-support
 	$(builddir)/support/cts-support uninstall
+
+# Everything listed here is a python script, typically generated from a .in file
+# (though that is not a requirement).  We want to run pylint on all of these
+# things after they've been built.
+python_files = cts-attrd \
+			   cts-exec \
+			   cts-fencing \
+			   cts-lab \
+			   cts-log-watcher \
+			   cts-regression \
+			   cts-scheduler
+
+pylint: $(python_files)
+	PYTHONPATH=$(top_builddir)/python pylint --rcfile $(top_srcdir)/python/pylintrc $(python_files)