diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7a1491662..5c96550a9 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ before_install:
   - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]] && [[ "$INSTALL_QEMU_ARM" == "yes" ]]; then tools/apt-get-install-qemu-arm.sh; fi
   - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]; then tools/brew-install-deps.sh; fi
   - if [[ "$OPTS" == "--test262" ]]; then sudo timedatectl set-timezone America/Los_Angeles; fi
+  - if [[ "$OPTS" == *"--check-pylint"* ]]; then pip install pylint==1.6.5; fi
 
 install:
 
diff --git a/tools/apt-get-install-deps.sh b/tools/apt-get-install-deps.sh
index ec6b54805..a2eaf6e94 100755
--- a/tools/apt-get-install-deps.sh
+++ b/tools/apt-get-install-deps.sh
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ sudo apt-get install -q -y \
     make cmake \
     gcc gcc-multilib \
     doxygen \
-    cppcheck vera++ python pylint
+    cppcheck vera++ python