diff --git a/freeipa.spec.in b/freeipa.spec.in
index c4420a0daaa..99820d1c00b 100644
--- a/freeipa.spec.in
+++ b/freeipa.spec.in
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@
 
 # lint is not executed during rpmbuild
 # %%global with_lint 1
+%if 0%{?with_lint}
+    %global enable_pylint_option --enable-pylint
+%else
+    %global enable_pylint_option --disable-pylint
+    %global without_jslint_option --without-jslint
+%endif
 
 %global alt_name ipa
 %if 0%{?rhel}
@@ -778,7 +784,10 @@ find \
 	! -name '*.pyo' -a \
 	-type f -exec grep -qsm1 '^#!.*\bpython' {} \; \
 	-exec sed -i -e '1 s|^#!.*\bpython[^ ]*|#!%{__python2}|' {} \;
-%configure --with-vendor-suffix=-%{release}
+%configure --with-vendor-suffix=-%{release} \
+           %{enable_pylint_option} \
+           %{?without_jslint_option}
+
 # -Onone is workaround for https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1398405
 %make_build -Onone
 
@@ -793,7 +802,9 @@ find \
 	! -name '*.pyo' -a \
 	-type f -exec grep -qsm1 '^#!.*\bpython' {} \; \
 	-exec sed -i -e '1 s|^#!.*\bpython[^ ]*|#!%{__python3}|' {} \;
-%configure --with-vendor-suffix=-%{release}
+%configure --with-vendor-suffix=-%{release} \
+           %{enable_pylint_option} \
+           %{?without_jslint_option}
 popd
 %endif # with_python3