diff --git a/.pylintrc b/setup.cfg
similarity index 82%
rename from .pylintrc
rename to setup.cfg
index 1a7c8a30..66675bc2 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-[MASTER]
+[pylint.MASTER]
 disable=missing-docstring,too-few-public-methods,invalid-name,duplicate-code,superfluous-parens,too-many-locals,attribute-defined-outside-init,too-many-arguments
 max-line-length=120
 
-[TYPECHECK]
+[pylint.TYPECHECK]
 ignored-classes=osbuild.loop.LoopInfo
 
-[DESIGN]
+[pylint.DESIGN]
 max-attributes=10