diff --git a/serial/__init__.py b/serial/__init__.py
index 38c267b..7d60a8b 100644
--- a/serial/__init__.py
+++ b/serial/__init__.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 VERSION = '3.1a0'
 
+# pylint: disable=wrong-import-position
 if sys.platform == 'cli':
     from serial.serialcli import Serial
 else:
diff --git a/serial/serialutil.py b/serial/serialutil.py
index f435007..7338b09 100644
--- a/serial/serialutil.py
+++ b/serial/serialutil.py
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
 except (NameError, AttributeError):
     # implementation does not matter as we do not realy use it.
     # it just must not inherit from something else we might care for.
-    class memoryview(object):
+    class memoryview(object):   # pylint: disable=redefined-builtin,invalid-name
         pass
 
 try:
     unicode
 except (NameError, AttributeError):
-    unicode = str       # for Python 3
+    unicode = str       # for Python 3, pylint: disable=redefined-builtin,invalid-name
 
 
 # "for byte in data" fails for python3 as it returns ints instead of bytes
@@ -510,6 +510,7 @@
 
     #  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
     # backwards compatibility / deprecated functions
+    # pylint: disable=invalid-name,missing-docstring
 
     def flushInput(self):
         self.reset_input_buffer()
diff --git a/serial/serialwin32.py b/serial/serialwin32.py
index f7e3ba8..ade659e 100644
--- a/serial/serialwin32.py
+++ b/serial/serialwin32.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #
 # Initial patch to use ctypes by Giovanni Bajo <rasky@develer.com>
 
+# pylint: disable=invalid-name,too-few-public-methods
 import ctypes
 import time
 from serial import win32
diff --git a/serial/threaded/__init__.py b/serial/threaded/__init__.py
index 43ab180..2671d0a 100644
--- a/serial/threaded/__init__.py
+++ b/serial/threaded/__init__.py
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@
 # - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 # test
 if __name__ == '__main__':
+    # pylint: disable=wrong-import-position
     import sys
     import time
     import traceback
diff --git a/serial/urlhandler/protocol_hwgrep.py b/serial/urlhandler/protocol_hwgrep.py
index 824e6a8..9b3a082 100644
--- a/serial/urlhandler/protocol_hwgrep.py
+++ b/serial/urlhandler/protocol_hwgrep.py
@@ -26,11 +26,12 @@
 try:
     basestring
 except NameError:
-    basestring = str    # python 3
+    basestring = str    # python 3  pylint: disable=redefined-builtin
 
 
 class Serial(serial.Serial):
     """Just inherit the native Serial port implementation and patch the port property."""
+    # pylint: disable=no-member
 
     @serial.Serial.port.setter
     def port(self, value):
diff --git a/serial/urlhandler/protocol_spy.py b/serial/urlhandler/protocol_spy.py
index 54bd55e..55563f9 100644
--- a/serial/urlhandler/protocol_spy.py
+++ b/serial/urlhandler/protocol_spy.py
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@
 
 class Serial(serial.Serial):
     """Just inherit the native Serial port implementation and patch the port property."""
+    # pylint: disable=no-member
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super(Serial, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/serial/win32.py b/serial/win32.py
index 15e6550..e7d625a 100644
--- a/serial/win32.py
+++ b/serial/win32.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier:    BSD-3-Clause
 
+# pylint: disable=invalid-name,too-few-public-methods
 from ctypes import c_ulong, c_void_p, c_int64, c_char, \
                    WinDLL, sizeof, Structure, Union, POINTER
 from ctypes.wintypes import HANDLE