diff --git a/tools/lint.sh b/tools/lint.sh
index 320832bb7..3a5a5fd89 100755
--- a/tools/lint.sh
+++ b/tools/lint.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 TOOLS="$(cd "`dirname "$0"`"; pwd)"
-pylint -E -j 0 -f colorized $TOOLS/../anki $TOOLS/../aqt
+pylint -E -j 0 -f colorized --extension-pkg-whitelist=PyQt5 $TOOLS/../anki $TOOLS/../aqt