diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylint-venv/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylint-venv/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ea361ed88ef3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylint-venv/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+ { lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, poetry-core
+, pythonOlder
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pylint-venv";
+  version = "2.3.0";
+  format = "pyproject";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "jgosmann";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-x36OsTRzrN3NWrMpJ34ZHRsw4cQlo49AnJNr5kP8/aQ=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    poetry-core
+  ];
+
+  # Module has no tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "pylint_venv"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Module to make pylint respect virtual environments";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jgosmann/pylint-venv/";
+    license = with licenses; [ mit ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 5248321ec871..24a2f0767c28 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -7990,16 +7990,18 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   pylink-square = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pylink-square { };
 
+  pylint = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pylint { };
+
   pylint-celery = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pylint-celery { };
 
   pylint-django = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pylint-django { };
 
   pylint-flask = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pylint-flask { };
 
-  pylint = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pylint { };
-
   pylint-plugin-utils = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pylint-plugin-utils { };
 
+  pylint-venv = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pylint-venv { };
+
   pylitterbot = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pylitterbot { };
 
   py-libzfs = callPackage ../development/python-modules/py-libzfs { };