diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 42f1d44..e4d7e2f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -91,6 +91,12 @@ color_output = true
 exclude = [".venv/"]
 
 [tool.pylint.main]
+# The repo root on the path, so a file outside the package (scripts/) can be
+# linted on its own. pylint otherwise infers the path from the files it is
+# given, so a script resolved its package imports only when a package file
+# happened to be in the same batch -- passing or failing by what else was
+# staged.
+init-hook = "import sys; sys.path.insert(0, '.')"
 analyse-fallback-blocks = true
 persistent = true
 jobs = 0