diff --git a/scripts/output_env.sh b/scripts/output_env.sh
index 0e0679479..04edc3812 100755
--- a/scripts/output_env.sh
+++ b/scripts/output_env.sh
@@ -105,7 +105,16 @@ echo
 print_version "python" "--version" "" "head -n 1"
 echo
 
-print_version "pylint3" "--version" "" "sed /^.*config/d" "grep pylint"
+# Find the installed version of Pylint. Installed as a distro package this can
+# be pylint3 and as a PEP egg, pylint. In test scripts We prefer pylint over
+# pylint3
+if type pylint >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
+    print_version "pylint" "--version" "" "sed /^.*config/d" "grep pylint"
+elif type pylint3 >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
+    print_version "pylint3" "--version" "" "sed /^.*config/d" "grep pylint"
+else
+    echo " * pylint or pylint3: Not found."
+fi
 echo
 
 : ${OPENSSL:=openssl}
diff --git a/tests/scripts/all.sh b/tests/scripts/all.sh
index 25bf4255d..7abc395ea 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/all.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/all.sh
@@ -1595,7 +1595,13 @@ component_test_zeroize () {
 }
 
 support_check_python_files () {
-    type pylint3 >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
+    # Find the installed version of Pylint. Installed as a distro package this can
+    # be pylint3 and as a PEP egg, pylint.
+    if type pylint >/dev/null 2>/dev/null || type pylint3 >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
+        true;
+    else
+        false;
+    fi
 }
 component_check_python_files () {
     msg "Lint: Python scripts"
diff --git a/tests/scripts/check-python-files.sh b/tests/scripts/check-python-files.sh
index 929041822..6b864d264 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/check-python-files.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/check-python-files.sh
@@ -9,4 +9,15 @@
 # Run 'pylint' on Python files for programming errors and helps enforcing
 # PEP8 coding standards.
 
-pylint3 -j 2 scripts/*.py tests/scripts/*.py
+# Find the installed version of Pylint. Installed as a distro package this can
+# be pylint3 and as a PEP egg, pylint. We prefer pylint over pylint3
+if type pylint >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
+    PYLINT=pylint
+elif type pylint3 >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
+    PYLINT=pylint3
+else
+    echo 'Pylint was not found.'
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+$PYLINT -j 2 scripts/*.py tests/scripts/*.py