diff --git a/bootstrapvz/base/fs/partitionmaps/gpt.py b/bootstrapvz/base/fs/partitionmaps/gpt.py
index 1dbd943..89f5f9f 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/base/fs/partitionmaps/gpt.py
+++ b/bootstrapvz/base/fs/partitionmaps/gpt.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class GPTPartitionMap(AbstractPartitionMap):
 
         # Returns the last partition unless there is none
         def last_partition():
-            return self.partitions[-1] if len(self.partitions) > 0 else None
+            return self.partitions[-1] if self.partitions else None
 
         if bootloader == 'grub':
             # If we are using the grub bootloader we need to create an unformatted partition
diff --git a/bootstrapvz/base/fs/partitionmaps/msdos.py b/bootstrapvz/base/fs/partitionmaps/msdos.py
index ebc04cc..2e80d92 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/base/fs/partitionmaps/msdos.py
+++ b/bootstrapvz/base/fs/partitionmaps/msdos.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class MSDOSPartitionMap(AbstractPartitionMap):
 
         # Returns the last partition unless there is none
         def last_partition():
-            return self.partitions[-1] if len(self.partitions) > 0 else None
+            return self.partitions[-1] if self.partitions else None
 
         # The boot and swap partitions are optional
         if 'boot' in data:
diff --git a/bootstrapvz/base/pkg/sourceslist.py b/bootstrapvz/base/pkg/sourceslist.py
index 2539611..2a68f19 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/base/pkg/sourceslist.py
+++ b/bootstrapvz/base/pkg/sourceslist.py
@@ -82,11 +82,11 @@ class Source(object):
         :rtype: str
         """
         options = ''
-        if len(self.options) > 0:
+        if self.options:
             options = ' [{options}]'.format(options=' '.join(self.options))
 
         components = ''
-        if len(self.components) > 0:
+        if self.components:
             components = ' {components}'.format(components=' '.join(self.components))
 
         return ('{type}{options} {uri} {distribution}{components}'
diff --git a/bootstrapvz/common/fsm_proxy.py b/bootstrapvz/common/fsm_proxy.py
index 5db4036..6a44d4b 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/common/fsm_proxy.py
+++ b/bootstrapvz/common/fsm_proxy.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class FSMProxy(object):
             fn = getattr(fsm, event)
 
             def proxy(*args, **kwargs):
-                if len(args) > 0:
+                if args:
                     raise FSMProxyError('FSMProxy event listeners only accept named arguments.')
                 fn(**kwargs)
             return proxy
diff --git a/bootstrapvz/common/tasks/bootstrap.py b/bootstrapvz/common/tasks/bootstrap.py
index 6a79a04..436450e 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/common/tasks/bootstrap.py
+++ b/bootstrapvz/common/tasks/bootstrap.py
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ def get_bootstrap_args(info):
         else:
             from bootstrapvz.common.exceptions import ManifestError
             raise ManifestError('force-check-gpg is only support in Stretch and newer releases')
-    if len(info.include_packages) > 0:
+    if info.include_packages:
         options.append('--include=' + ','.join(info.include_packages))
-    if len(info.exclude_packages) > 0:
+    if info.exclude_packages:
         options.append('--exclude=' + ','.join(info.exclude_packages))
     mirror = info.manifest.bootstrapper.get('mirror', info.apt_mirror)
     arguments = [info.manifest.system['release'], info.root, mirror]
diff --git a/bootstrapvz/common/tasks/grub.py b/bootstrapvz/common/tasks/grub.py
index edf03f5..a0281ea 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/common/tasks/grub.py
+++ b/bootstrapvz/common/tasks/grub.py
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ class WriteGrubConfig(Task):
             elif isinstance(value, bool):
                 grub_config_contents += '{}="{}"\n'.format(key, str(value).lower())
             elif isinstance(value, list):
-                if len(value) > 0:
+                if value:
                     args_list = ' '.join(map(str, value))
                     grub_config_contents += '{}="{}"\n'.format(key, args_list)
             elif value is not None:
diff --git a/bootstrapvz/common/tasks/host.py b/bootstrapvz/common/tasks/host.py
index 73d7d3d..8285b81 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/common/tasks/host.py
+++ b/bootstrapvz/common/tasks/host.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ class CheckExternalCommands(Task):
         import re
         import os
         import logging
+        # https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/73
+        # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module,import-error,useless-suppression
         from distutils.spawn import find_executable
         missing_packages = []
         log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -28,6 +30,6 @@ class CheckExternalCommands(Task):
                            'it is located in the package `{package}\'.'
                            .format(command=command, package=package))
                 missing_packages.append(msg)
-        if len(missing_packages) > 0:
+        if missing_packages:
             msg = '\n'.join(missing_packages)
             raise TaskError(msg)
diff --git a/bootstrapvz/common/tasks/logicalvolume.py b/bootstrapvz/common/tasks/logicalvolume.py
index 2092ea0..f5d4566 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/common/tasks/logicalvolume.py
+++ b/bootstrapvz/common/tasks/logicalvolume.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class AddRequiredCommands(Task):
     @classmethod
     def run(cls, info):
         from bootstrapvz.common.fs.logicalvolume import LogicalVolume
-        if type(info.volume) is LogicalVolume:
+        if isinstance(info.volume, LogicalVolume):
             info.host_dependencies['lvcreate'] = 'lvm2'
             info.host_dependencies['losetup'] = 'mount'
 
diff --git a/bootstrapvz/common/tasks/loopback.py b/bootstrapvz/common/tasks/loopback.py
index 0de1764..25d4179 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/common/tasks/loopback.py
+++ b/bootstrapvz/common/tasks/loopback.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class AddRequiredCommands(Task):
     def run(cls, info):
         from ..fs.loopbackvolume import LoopbackVolume
         from ..fs.qemuvolume import QEMUVolume
-        if type(info.volume) is LoopbackVolume:
+        if isinstance(info.volume, LoopbackVolume):
             info.host_dependencies['losetup'] = 'mount'
             info.host_dependencies['truncate'] = 'coreutils'
         if isinstance(info.volume, QEMUVolume):
diff --git a/bootstrapvz/common/tools.py b/bootstrapvz/common/tools.py
index a80c8c6..e935a15 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/common/tools.py
+++ b/bootstrapvz/common/tools.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def log_call(command, stdin=None, env=None, shell=False, cwd=None):
 
     command_log = realpath(command[0]).replace('/', '.')
     log = logging.getLogger(__name__ + command_log)
-    if type(command) is list:
+    if isinstance(command, list):
         log.debug('Executing: {command}'.format(command=' '.join(command)))
     else:
         log.debug('Executing: {command}'.format(command=command))
diff --git a/bootstrapvz/plugins/cloud_init/__init__.py b/bootstrapvz/plugins/cloud_init/__init__.py
index 5567251..7e7f714 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/plugins/cloud_init/__init__.py
+++ b/bootstrapvz/plugins/cloud_init/__init__.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def resolve_tasks(taskset, manifest):
     options = manifest.plugins['cloud_init']
     if 'username' in options:
         taskset.add(tasks.SetUsername)
-    if 'groups' in options and len(options['groups']):
+    if 'groups' in options and options['groups']:
         taskset.add(tasks.SetGroups)
     if 'enable_modules' in options:
         taskset.add(tasks.EnableModules)
diff --git a/bootstrapvz/plugins/docker_daemon/__init__.py b/bootstrapvz/plugins/docker_daemon/__init__.py
index 05e5aea..4e47cde 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/plugins/docker_daemon/__init__.py
+++ b/bootstrapvz/plugins/docker_daemon/__init__.py
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ def resolve_tasks(taskset, manifest):
     taskset.add(tasks.AddDockerBinary)
     taskset.add(tasks.AddDockerInit)
     taskset.add(tasks.EnableMemoryCgroup)
-    if len(manifest.plugins['docker_daemon'].get('pull_images', [])) > 0:
+    if manifest.plugins['docker_daemon'].get('pull_images', []):
         taskset.add(tasks.PullDockerImages)
diff --git a/bootstrapvz/providers/oracle/apiclient.py b/bootstrapvz/providers/oracle/apiclient.py
index d162bd4..0740936 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/providers/oracle/apiclient.py
+++ b/bootstrapvz/providers/oracle/apiclient.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import requests
 from bootstrapvz.common.bytes import Bytes
 
 
-class OracleStorageAPIClient:
+class OracleStorageAPIClient(object):
     def __init__(self, username, password, identity_domain, container):
         self.username = username
         self.password = password
diff --git a/pylintrc b/pylintrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..414f0f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pylintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,263 @@
+[MASTER]
+
+# Specify a configuration file.
+#rcfile=
+
+# Python code to execute, usually for sys.path manipulation such as
+# pygtk.require().
+#init-hook=
+
+# Profiled execution.
+profile=no
+
+# Add <file or directory> to the black list. It should be a base name, not a
+# path. You may set this option multiple times.
+ignore=
+
+# Pickle collected data for later comparisons.
+persistent=yes
+
+# List of plugins (as comma separated values of python modules names) to load,
+# usually to register additional checkers.
+load-plugins=
+
+
+[MESSAGES CONTROL]
+
+# Enable the message, report, category or checker with the given id(s). You can
+# either give multiple identifier separated by comma (,) or put this option
+# multiple time.
+enable=W0401,W0611
+
+# Disable the message, report, category or checker with the given id(s). You
+# can either give multiple identifier separated by comma (,) or put this option
+# multiple time.
+disable=C0111,I0011,I0020,R0201,R0801,R0914,R1704,R1705,R1710,W,E0632,E1101,E1121,E1601,E1608,C0103,C0301,C0325,C0326,C0330,C0411,R0401
+# C0111 mssing-docstring
+# I0011 locally-disabled
+# I0020 suppressed-message
+# R0801 duplicate-code
+
+#TODO
+# E0632(unbalanced-tuple-unpacking)
+# E1101(no-member)
+# E1121(too-many-function-args)
+# E1601(print-statement)
+# E1608(old-octal-literal)
+# C0103(invalid-name)
+# C0411(wrong-import-order)
+# C0301(line-too-long)
+# C0325(superfluous-parens)
+# C0326(bad-whitespace)
+# C0330(bad-continuation)
+# R0201(no-self-use)
+# R0401(cyclic-import)
+# R0914(too-many-locals)
+# R1704(redefined-argument-from-local)
+# R1705(no-else-return)
+# R1710(inconsistent-return-statements)
+# W all warnings
+
+
+[REPORTS]
+
+# Set the output format. Available formats are text, parseable, colorized, msvs
+# (visual studio) and html
+output-format=colorized
+
+# Include message's id in output
+include-ids=yes
+
+# Put messages in a separate file for each module / package specified on the
+# command line instead of printing them on stdout. Reports (if any) will be
+# written in a file name "pylint_global.[txt|html]".
+files-output=
+
+# Tells whether to display a full report or only the messages
+reports=no
+
+# Python expression which should return a note less than 10 (10 is the highest
+# note). You have access to the variables errors warning, statement which
+# respectively contain the number of errors / warnings messages and the total
+# number of statements analyzed. This is used by the global evaluation report
+# (R0004).
+evaluation=10.0 - ((float(5 * error + warning + refactor + convention) / statement) * 10)
+
+# Add a comment according to your evaluation note. This is used by the global
+# evaluation report (R0004).
+comment=no
+
+# Template used to display messages. This is a python new-style format string
+# used to format the message information. See doc for all details
+msg-template={msg_id}({symbol}) - {path}:{line},{column}:{obj} {msg}
+
+[VARIABLES]
+
+# Tells whether we should check for unused import in __init__ files.
+init-import=no
+
+# A regular expression matching names used for dummy variables (i.e. not used).
+dummy-variables-rgx=_|dummy
+
+# List of additional names supposed to be defined in builtins. Remember that
+# you should avoid to define new builtins when possible.
+additional-builtins=
+
+
+[BASIC]
+
+# Required attributes for module, separated by a comma
+required-attributes=
+
+# List of builtins function names that should not be used, separated by a comma
+bad-functions=map,filter,apply,input
+
+# Regular expression which should only match correct module names
+module-rgx=(([a-z_][a-z0-9_]*)|([A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]+))$
+
+# Regular expression which should only match correct module level names
+const-rgx=(([A-Z_][A-Z0-9_]*)|(__.*__)|(assets))$
+
+# Regular expression which should only match correct class names
+class-rgx=[A-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9]+$
+
+# Regular expression which should only match correct function names
+function-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,30}$
+
+# Regular expression which should only match correct method names
+method-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,30}$
+
+# Regular expression which should only match correct instance attribute names
+attr-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,30}$
+
+# Regular expression which should only match correct argument names
+argument-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,30}$
+
+# Regular expression which should only match correct variable names
+variable-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,30}$
+
+# Regular expression which should only match correct list comprehension /
+# generator expression variable names
+inlinevar-rgx=[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*$
+
+# Good variable names which should always be accepted, separated by a comma
+good-names=i,j,k,ex,Run,_
+
+# Bad variable names which should always be refused, separated by a comma
+bad-names=foo,bar,baz,toto,tutu,tata
+
+# Regular expression which should only match functions or classes name which do
+# not require a docstring
+no-docstring-rgx=__.*__
+
+
+[MISCELLANEOUS]
+
+# List of note tags to take in consideration, separated by a comma.
+notes=FIXME,XXX,TODO
+
+
+[FORMAT]
+
+# Maximum number of characters on a single line.
+max-line-length=110
+
+# Maximum number of lines in a module
+max-module-lines=1000
+
+# String used as indentation unit. This is usually " " (4 spaces) or "\t" (1
+# tab).
+indent-string='    '
+
+
+[SIMILARITIES]
+
+# Minimum lines number of a similarity.
+min-similarity-lines=4
+
+# Ignore comments when computing similarities.
+ignore-comments=yes
+
+# Ignore docstrings when computing similarities.
+ignore-docstrings=yes
+
+
+[TYPECHECK]
+
+# Tells whether missing members accessed in mixin class should be ignored. A
+# mixin class is detected if its name ends with "mixin" (case insensitive).
+ignore-mixin-members=yes
+
+# List of classes names for which member attributes should not be checked
+# (useful for classes with attributes dynamically set).
+ignored-classes=SQLObject
+
+# When zope mode is activated, add a predefined set of Zope acquired attributes
+# to generated-members.
+zope=no
+
+# List of members which are set dynamically and missed by pylint inference
+# system, and so shouldn't trigger E0201 when accessed.
+generated-members=REQUEST,acl_users,aq_parent
+
+
+[DESIGN]
+
+# Maximum number of arguments for function / method
+max-args=10
+
+# Argument names that match this expression will be ignored. Default to name
+# with leading underscore
+ignored-argument-names=_.*
+
+# Maximum number of locals for function / method body
+max-locals=15
+
+# Maximum number of return / yield for function / method body
+max-returns=6
+
+# Maximum number of branch for function / method body
+max-branchs=12
+
+# Maximum number of statements in function / method body
+max-statements=50
+
+# Maximum number of parents for a class (see R0901).
+max-parents=7
+
+# Maximum number of attributes for a class (see R0902).
+max-attributes=20
+
+# Minimum number of public methods for a class (see R0903).
+min-public-methods=0
+
+# Maximum number of public methods for a class (see R0904).
+max-public-methods=20
+
+
+[IMPORTS]
+
+# Deprecated modules which should not be used, separated by a comma
+deprecated-modules=regsub,string,TERMIOS,Bastion,rexec
+
+# Create a graph of every (i.e. internal and external) dependencies in the
+# given file (report RP0402 must not be disabled)
+import-graph=
+
+# Create a graph of external dependencies in the given file (report RP0402 must
+# not be disabled)
+ext-import-graph=
+
+# Create a graph of internal dependencies in the given file (report RP0402 must
+# not be disabled)
+int-import-graph=
+
+
+[CLASSES]
+
+# List of interface methods to ignore, separated by a comma. This is used for
+# instance to not check methods defines in Zope's Interface base class.
+ignore-iface-methods=isImplementedBy,deferred,extends,names,namesAndDescriptions,queryDescriptionFor,getBases,getDescriptionFor,getDoc,getName,getTaggedValue,getTaggedValueTags,isEqualOrExtendedBy,setTaggedValue,isImplementedByInstancesOf,adaptWith,is_implemented_by
+
+# List of method names used to declare (i.e. assign) instance attributes.
+defining-attr-methods=__init__,__new__,setUp
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 0e6c514..eaad4bc 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tox]
-envlist = flake8, yamllint, unit, integration, docs
+envlist = flake8, pylint, yamllint, unit, integration, docs
 
 [flake8]
 ignore = E221,E241,E501
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ basepython = python2.7
 deps = flake8
 commands = flake8 bootstrapvz/ tests/ {posargs}
 
+[testenv:pylint]
+deps =
+    pylint
+    nose
+    pyvbox
+commands = pylint bootstrapvz/ tests/ setup.py
+
 [testenv:unit]
 deps =
     nose