diff --git a/tests/scripts/check-python-files.sh b/tests/scripts/check-python-files.sh
index 9290418..6b864d2 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/check-python-files.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/check-python-files.sh
@@ -9,4 +9,15 @@
 # Run 'pylint' on Python files for programming errors and helps enforcing
 # PEP8 coding standards.
 
-pylint3 -j 2 scripts/*.py tests/scripts/*.py
+# Find the installed version of Pylint. Installed as a distro package this can
+# be pylint3 and as a PEP egg, pylint. We prefer pylint over pylint3
+if type pylint >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
+    PYLINT=pylint
+elif type pylint3 >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
+    PYLINT=pylint3
+else
+    echo 'Pylint was not found.'
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+$PYLINT -j 2 scripts/*.py tests/scripts/*.py