diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index a483b03..5833131 100644
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -165,6 +165,13 @@ let g:markdown_fenced_languages=['cpp', 'c', 'cmake', 'sh', 'vim', 'python']
 " SimplyFold - python folding
 Plug 'tmhedberg/SimpylFold'
 
+" syntastic - syntax checker
+Plug 'scrooloose/syntastic'
+let g:syntastic_always_populate_loc_list = 1
+let g:syntastic_check_on_open = 1
+let g:syntastic_check_on_wq = 0
+let g:syntastic_python_checkers = ['pylint']
+
 " Syntax checking for python
 Plug 'nvie/vim-flake8', {'for': ['python']}