diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index 6bf6c9f9..71134848 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ ignore=CVS
 
 # Add files or directories matching the regex patterns to the blacklist. The
 # regex matches against base names, not paths.
-ignore-patterns=
+ignore-patterns=.*_pb2.*.py
 
 # Python code to execute, usually for sys.path manipulation such as
 # pygtk.require().