diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e701f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+[TYPECHECK]
+
+# add,bind,close,commit,delete,flush,rollback are for SQLAlchemy's
+# scoped_session implementation, which uses __call__ to pass the call
+# to a backing instance
+
+# secure_filename is from werkzeug, which lazy loads functions from
+# submodules
+
+# get_object,set_target,shorthand,target are for some kind of
+# shenanigans going on with flask and werkzeug proxying and pygit2
+
+# GIT_REPOSITORY_INIT_SHARED_GROUP is for a constant we get from
+# pygit2; we could use:
+# pygit2.GIT_REPOSITORY_INIT_SHARED_GROUP
+# instead of:
+# pygit2.C.GIT_REPOSITORY_INIT_SHARED_GROUP
+# and avoid the pylint error, but per
+# https://github.com/libgit2/pygit2/issues/483
+# that only works since a commit in early 2015 which may be too new
+# to be safe
+generated-members=GIT_REPOSITORY_INIT_SHARED_GROUP,add,bind,close,commit,delete,flush,get_object,rollback,secure_filename,set_target,shorthand,target
diff --git a/pagure/api/__init__.py b/pagure/api/__init__.py
index fc65844..66727d5 100644
--- a/pagure/api/__init__.py
+++ b/pagure/api/__init__.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ API namespace version 0.
 
 # pylint: disable=invalid-name
 # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
-# pylint: disable=no-member
 # pylint: disable=too-many-locals
 
 import codecs
@@ -424,7 +423,7 @@ def api_error_codes():
         }
 
     '''
-    errors = {val.name: val.value for val in APIERROR.__members__.values()}
+    errors = {val.name: val.value for val in APIERROR.__members__.values()}     # pylint: disable=no-member
 
     return flask.jsonify(errors)
 
diff --git a/pagure/internal/__init__.py b/pagure/internal/__init__.py
index 514a1af..83711c8 100644
--- a/pagure/internal/__init__.py
+++ b/pagure/internal/__init__.py
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ Internal endpoints.
 
 """
 
-# pylint: disable=no-member
-
-
 import shutil
 import tempfile
 import os
diff --git a/pagure/lib/git.py b/pagure/lib/git.py
index bf5c87f..fff6dc1 100644
--- a/pagure/lib/git.py
+++ b/pagure/lib/git.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
 # pylint: disable=too-many-locals
 # pylint: disable=too-many-statements
-# pylint: disable=no-member
 # pylint: disable=too-many-lines
 
 
diff --git a/pagure/lib/model.py b/pagure/lib/model.py
index d69f215..ab6e6fe 100644
--- a/pagure/lib/model.py
+++ b/pagure/lib/model.py
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ ERROR_LOG = logging.getLogger('pagure.model')
 # pylint: disable=invalid-name
 # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
 # pylint: disable=no-init
-# pylint: disable=no-member
 # pylint: disable=too-many-lines
 
 
diff --git a/pagure/ui/admin.py b/pagure/ui/admin.py
index 951c67f..a420bfc 100644
--- a/pagure/ui/admin.py
+++ b/pagure/ui/admin.py
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@
 
 """
 
-# pylint: disable=no-member
-
-
 from functools import wraps
 
 import flask
diff --git a/pagure/ui/app.py b/pagure/ui/app.py
index 66ee14e..5d85c70 100644
--- a/pagure/ui/app.py
+++ b/pagure/ui/app.py
@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@ from pagure import (APP, SESSION, login_required,
                     admin_session_timedout)
 
 
-# Application
-# pylint: disable=no-member
-
-
 @APP.route('/browse/projects', endpoint='browse_projects')
 @APP.route('/browse/projects/', endpoint='browse_projects')
 @APP.route('/')
diff --git a/pagure/ui/fork.py b/pagure/ui/fork.py
index aaccfba..6a8a8fe 100644
--- a/pagure/ui/fork.py
+++ b/pagure/ui/fork.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 # pylint: disable=too-many-locals
 # pylint: disable=too-many-statements
 # pylint: disable=too-many-lines
-# pylint: disable=no-member
 
 
 import flask
diff --git a/pagure/ui/groups.py b/pagure/ui/groups.py
index e3110fd..2c05070 100644
--- a/pagure/ui/groups.py
+++ b/pagure/ui/groups.py
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
 
 """
 
-# pylint: disable=no-member
-
 import flask
 
 from sqlalchemy.exc import SQLAlchemyError
diff --git a/pagure/ui/issues.py b/pagure/ui/issues.py
index 6389545..eb73d85 100644
--- a/pagure/ui/issues.py
+++ b/pagure/ui/issues.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 """
 
-# pylint: disable=no-member
 # pylint: disable=too-many-lines
 # pylint: disable=too-many-branches
 # pylint: disable=too-many-locals
diff --git a/pagure/ui/login.py b/pagure/ui/login.py
index 5eb9dfc..cdb6757 100644
--- a/pagure/ui/login.py
+++ b/pagure/ui/login.py
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@
 
 """
 
-# pylint: disable=no-member
-
-
 import datetime
 import urlparse
 
diff --git a/pagure/ui/plugins.py b/pagure/ui/plugins.py
index 84e0117..0c8915d 100644
--- a/pagure/ui/plugins.py
+++ b/pagure/ui/plugins.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 """
 
 # pylint: disable=too-many-branches
-# pylint: disable=no-member
 
 import flask
 
diff --git a/pagure/ui/repo.py b/pagure/ui/repo.py
index 924ca03..fe4592c 100644
--- a/pagure/ui/repo.py
+++ b/pagure/ui/repo.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 """
 
-# pylint: disable=no-member
 # pylint: disable=too-many-lines
 # pylint: disable=too-many-branches
 # pylint: disable=too-many-locals