diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5e373ba..49c5808 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 sudo: required
 dist: trusty
-language: generic
-install: git clone https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-builder ~/qubes-builder
-script: ~/qubes-builder/scripts/travis-build
+language: python
+python:
+  - '3.5'
+install:
+ - sudo apt-get install python-qt4 pyqt4-dev-tools
+ - pip install --quiet -r ci/requirements.txt
+ - git clone https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-builder ~/qubes-builder
+script:
+ - PYTHONPATH=test-packages pylint --rcfile=ci/pylintrc qubesmanager
+ - ~/qubes-builder/scripts/travis-build
 env:
  - DIST_DOM0=fc25 USE_QUBES_REPO_VERSION=4.0 USE_QUBES_REPO_TESTING=1
diff --git a/.pylintrc b/ci/pylintrc
similarity index 100%
rename from .pylintrc
rename to ci/pylintrc
diff --git a/ci/requirements.txt b/ci/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac54cec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# WARNING: those requirements are used only for travis-ci.org
+# they SHOULD NOT be used under normal conditions; use system package manager
+coverage
+codecov
+docutils
+jinja2
+lxml
+pylint
+sphinx
+pydbus
+PyYAML
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diff --git a/test-packages/qubesadmin/DEFAULT.py b/test-packages/qubesadmin/DEFAULT.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c3b69bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-packages/qubesadmin/DEFAULT.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+### mock qubesadmin.DEFAULT module
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diff --git a/test-packages/qubesadmin/__init__.py b/test-packages/qubesadmin/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9c1b4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-packages/qubesadmin/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+class Qubes(object):
+    pass
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diff --git a/test-packages/qubesadmin/devices.py b/test-packages/qubesadmin/devices.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e31e5c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-packages/qubesadmin/devices.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+### mock qubesadmin.devices module
+
+class DeviceAssignment(object):
+    pass
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diff --git a/test-packages/qubesadmin/exc.py b/test-packages/qubesadmin/exc.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78835e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-packages/qubesadmin/exc.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+### mock qubesadmin.exc module
+
+class QubesException(BaseException):
+    pass
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diff --git a/test-packages/qubesadmin/firewall.py b/test-packages/qubesadmin/firewall.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07a5151
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-packages/qubesadmin/firewall.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+### mock qubesadmin.firewall module
+
+class Rule(object):
+    pass
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diff --git a/test-packages/qubesadmin/tools/__init__.py b/test-packages/qubesadmin/tools/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c448ad0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-packages/qubesadmin/tools/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+### mock qubesadmin.tools module
+
+class QubesArgumentParser(object):
+
+    def add_argument(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        pass
+
+    def set_defaults(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        pass
diff --git a/test-packages/qubesadmin/tools/qvm_start.py b/test-packages/qubesadmin/tools/qvm_start.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4385323
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-packages/qubesadmin/tools/qvm_start.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+### mock qvm_start module
+
+def main(*args, **kwargs):
+    pass
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diff --git a/test-packages/qubesadmin/utils.py b/test-packages/qubesadmin/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bcf4711
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-packages/qubesadmin/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+### mock qubesadmin.utils module
+
+def parse_size(*args, **kwargs):
+    return args[0]
+
+def updates_vms_status(*args, **kwargs):
+    return args[0]
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