diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 163ebdc..975e667 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: pip install -r requirements.txt && pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
       - name: Lint
-        run: pylint --recursive=yes --output-format=parseable --output=lintreport.txt .
+        run: pylint --recursive=yes --output-format=parseable --output=lintreport.txt . || pylint-exit $?
       - name: Run test suite
         run: |
           coverage run -m py.test -v --junitxml=testresults.xml
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index df0ec7f..827ef5a 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 black
 coverage
 pylint
+pylint-exit
 pytest
 requests-mock