diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index ba9430ba6b..c829d45127 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [MASTER]
-init-hook="import sys; sys.path.insert(0, '..')"
+init-hook="import sys; sys.path.extend(['..', 'tests/topotests']);"
 signature-mutators=common_config.retry,retry
 
 [FORMAT]