1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8a224fe..01d0a98 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@ check:
 	rm -f .coverage
 	cmdtest tests
 	pep8 summain summainlib.py summainlib_tests.py
-	pylint --rcfile=pylint.conf summain summainlib.py summainlib_tests.py
+	if command -v pylint && pylint --version | grep '^pylint [1-9]'; \
+        then \
+		PYTHONPATH=. pylint --rcfile=pylint.conf \
+			summain summainlib.py summainlib_tests.py; \
+        fi
 
 clean:
 	python setup.py clean