diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index a3ac3d82a..4ff4f2080 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ load-plugins=qute_pylint.config,
              pylint.extensions.check_elif,
              pylint.extensions.typing,
              pylint.extensions.docparams,
+             pylint.extensions.private_import,
 
 persistent=n
 py-version=3.6
diff --git a/tests/unit/utils/test_log.py b/tests/unit/utils/test_log.py
index 9f5a15065..bbc6b02db 100644
--- a/tests/unit/utils/test_log.py
+++ b/tests/unit/utils/test_log.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import warnings
 import dataclasses
 
 import pytest
-import _pytest.logging
+import _pytest.logging  # pylint: disable=import-private-name
 from PyQt5 import QtCore
 
 from qutebrowser import qutebrowser