diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 92a000fc64216edb07adbb565fa2a5322e85cb92..3acb8453da3c6cfbe4e2153385bcc075f306a509 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ Pylint:
   - PROJECT_INSTALL_FLAGS="--editable"
   - curl -L -O -k https://gitlab.tiker.net/inducer/ci-support/raw/master/prepare-and-run-pylint.sh
   - ". ./prepare-and-run-pylint.sh pyopencl test/test_*.py"
+  allow_failure: true
   tags:
   - python3
   except: