diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index 683a0e6a..9283c8e0 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 # Python code to execute, usually for sys.path manipulation such as
 # pygtk.require().
-#init-hook=
+init-hook='import sys; sys.path.append(".")'
 
 # Files or directories to be skipped. They should be base names, not
 # paths.