diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-sanity-check.yml b/.github/workflows/python-sanity-check.yml
index ada340686..6429fed73 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-sanity-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-sanity-check.yml
@@ -76,7 +76,9 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           sudo apt install -y libenchant-2-dev libcrack2-dev libssl-dev
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install flake8 pylint #pytest
+          if [ -f local-requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r local-requirements.txt; fi
+          if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
+          if [ -f recommended.txt ]; then pip install -r recommended.txt; fi
       # We may need git installed to get a full repo clone rather than unpacked archive
       - name: Check out source repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -125,7 +127,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           dnf install -y enchant cracklib openssl-devel
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install flake8 pylint #pytest
+          if [ -f local-requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r local-requirements.txt; fi
           if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
           if [ -f recommended.txt ]; then pip install -r recommended.txt; fi
       # We need git installed to get a full repo clone rather than unpacked archive
diff --git a/local-requirements.txt b/local-requirements.txt
index 7faf3b026..14fd4527b 100644
--- a/local-requirements.txt
+++ b/local-requirements.txt
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 # This list is mainly used to specify addons needed for the unit tests.
 # We only need autopep8 on py 3 as it's used in 'make fmt' (with py3)
 autopep8;python_version >= "3"
+flake8
 # We need paramiko for the ssh unit tests
 # NOTE: paramiko-3.0.0 dropped python2 and python3.6 support
 paramiko;python_version >= "3.7"
 paramiko<3;python_version < "3.7"
+pylint
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