diff --git a/hbase-assembly/src/main/assembly/src.xml b/hbase-assembly/src/main/assembly/src.xml
index b972bfd0d35..b13967e149b 100644
--- a/hbase-assembly/src/main/assembly/src.xml
+++ b/hbase-assembly/src/main/assembly/src.xml
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@
         <include>NOTICE.txt</include>
         <include>CHANGES.txt</include>
         <include>README.txt</include>
+        <include>.pylintrc</include>
       </includes>
       <fileMode>0644</fileMode>
     </fileSet>