diff --git a/tests/pylint.conf b/.pylintrc
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/pylint.conf
rename to .pylintrc
diff --git a/tests/test_pylint.py b/tests/test_pylint.py
index eb8ccab..a72e3cd 100644
--- a/tests/test_pylint.py
+++ b/tests/test_pylint.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 from . import get_source_files, unittest_verbosity
 
-CONFIG = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "pylint.conf")
+CONFIG = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", ".pylintrc")
 
 
 class PylintTestCase(unittest.TestCase):