diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index b450d58a..0dfe7e3f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ on: [pull_request, push]
 
 jobs:
   pylint:
-    name: "pylint"
+    name: "Source Tests"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container: docker.io/library/python:3.7
     steps:
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ jobs:
         run: pip install pylint==2.4.1 jsonschema
       - name: Clone repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Run pylint
-        run: make test-pylint
+      - name: Run Source Tests
+        run: make test-src
 
   module:
     name: "Module Unittests"
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 924896f4..792d7f00 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 BUILDDIR ?= .
 SRCDIR ?= .
 
-PYLINT ?= pylint
 PYTHON3 ?= python3
 RST2MAN ?= rst2man
 
@@ -80,9 +79,9 @@ help:
 	@echo "    man:                Generate all man-pages"
 	@echo
 	@echo "    test-all:           Run all tests"
-	@echo "    test-pylint:        Run pylint on all sources"
 	@echo "    test-module:        Run all module unit-tests"
 	@echo "    test-runtime:       Run all osbuild pipeline tests"
+	@echo "    test-src:           Run all osbuild source tests"
 
 $(BUILDDIR)/:
 	mkdir -p "$@"
@@ -113,7 +112,8 @@ man: $(MANPAGES_TROFF)
 #
 # We use the python `unittest` module for all tests. All the test-sources are
 # located in the `./test/` top-level directory, with `./test/mod/` for module
-# unittests and `./test/run/` for osbuild pipeline runtime tests.
+# unittests, `./test/run/` for osbuild pipeline runtime tests, and `./test/src/`
+# for linters and other tests on the source code.
 #
 
 .PHONY: test-units
@@ -133,13 +133,16 @@ test-runtime:
 			--top-level-directory=$(SRCDIR) \
 			-v
 
-.PHONY: test-pylint
-test-pylint:
-	@find . -type f -name "*.py" | xargs $(PYLINT)
-	@$(PYLINT) runners/* assemblers/* stages/* sources/*
+.PHONY: test-src
+test-src:
+	@$(PYTHON3) -m unittest \
+		discover \
+			--start=$(SRCDIR)/test/src \
+			--top-level-directory=$(SRCDIR) \
+			-v
 
 .PHONY: test
-test-all: test-pylint
+test-all:
 	@$(PYTHON3) -m unittest \
 		discover \
 			--start=$(SRCDIR)/test \
diff --git a/test/src/__init__.py b/test/src/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/test/src/test_pylint.py b/test/src/test_pylint.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..45cbabf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/src/test_pylint.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#
+# Run `pylint` on all python sources.
+#
+
+import subprocess
+import unittest
+
+from .. import test
+
+
+@unittest.skipUnless(test.TestBase.have_test_checkout(), "no test-checkout access")
+class TestPylint(test.TestBase, unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_pylint(self):
+        #
+        # Run `pylint` on all python sources. We simply use `find` to locate
+        # all `*.py` files, and then manually select the reverse-domain named
+        # modules we have.
+        #
+
+        path = self.locate_test_checkout()
+        options = "--errors-only"
+
+        subprocess.run(f"find {path} -type f -name '*.py' | xargs pylint {options}",
+                       shell=True, check=True)
+        subprocess.run(f"pylint {options}"
+                       + f" {path}/assemblers/*"
+                       + f" {path}/runners/*"
+                       + f" {path}/sources/*"
+                       + f" {path}/stages/*",
+                       shell=True, check=True)