diff --git a/pylintrc b/pylintrc
index c16faf4c0c43cdf18f33870e3761c05ea00dcae8..e604e04a521231c8dd83cc433abcc99cb28cd2be 100644
--- a/pylintrc
+++ b/pylintrc
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ module-rgx=(([a-z_][a-z0-9_]*)|([A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]+)|(AK[A-Z][a-z0-9_]+))$
 # Good variable names which should always be accepted, separated by a comma
 good-names=i,j,k,a,e,ak,tz,_
 
+# Allow single-letter variables and enforce lowercase variables with underscores otherwise
+variable-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{0,30}$
+
+
 [TYPECHECK]
 
 # Tells whether missing members accessed in mixin class should be ignored. A