diff --git a/pkg/linter/defaults/defaults.go b/pkg/linter/defaults/defaults.go
index 2986aa911..c784eb308 100644
--- a/pkg/linter/defaults/defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/linter/defaults/defaults.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ var DefaultLinters = []string{
 	"opt",
 	"python/docs",
 	"python/multiple",
+	"python/test",
 	"srv",
 	"setuidgid",
 	"strip",
diff --git a/pkg/linter/linter.go b/pkg/linter/linter.go
index 50737962f..96f3db33b 100644
--- a/pkg/linter/linter.go
+++ b/pkg/linter/linter.go
@@ -119,6 +119,11 @@ var postLinterMap = map[string]postLinter{
 		FailOnError: false,
 		Explain:     "Split this package up into multiple packages and verify you are not improperly using pip install",
 	},
+	"python/test": postLinter{
+		LinterFunc:  pythonTestPostLinter,
+		FailOnError: false,
+		Explain:     "Remove all test directories from the package",
+	},
 }
 
 var isDevRegex = regexp.MustCompile("^dev/")
@@ -364,7 +369,7 @@ func pythonDocsPostLinter(_ LinterContext, fsys fs.FS) error {
 	for _, m := range packages {
 		base := filepath.Base(m)
 		if base == "doc" || base == "docs" {
-			return fmt.Errorf("Docs diretory encountered in Python directory")
+			return fmt.Errorf("Docs directory encountered in Python site-packages directory")
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -427,6 +432,22 @@ func pythonMultiplePackagesPostLinter(_ LinterContext, fsys fs.FS) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func pythonTestPostLinter(_ LinterContext, fsys fs.FS) error {
+	packages, err := getPythonSitePackages(fsys)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	for _, m := range packages {
+		base := filepath.Base(m)
+		if base == "test" || base == "tests" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Tests directory encountered in Python site-packages directory")
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // Checks if the linters in the given slice are known linters
 // Returns an empty slice if all linters are known, otherwise a slice with all the bad linters
 func CheckValidLinters(check []string) []string {
diff --git a/pkg/linter/linter_test.go b/pkg/linter/linter_test.go
index 2d55677c5..21be3310d 100644
--- a/pkg/linter/linter_test.go
+++ b/pkg/linter/linter_test.go
@@ -322,6 +322,53 @@ func Test_pythonMultiplePackagesLinter(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.True(t, called)
 }
 
+func Test_pythonTestLinter(t *testing.T) {
+	dir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "melange.XXXXX")
+	defer os.RemoveAll(dir)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	cfg := config.Configuration{
+		Package: config.Package{
+			Name:    "testpythontest",
+			Version: "4.2.0",
+			Epoch:   0,
+			Checks:  checksOnly("python/test"),
+		},
+	}
+
+	// Base dir
+	pythonPathdir := filepath.Join(dir, "usr", "lib", "python3.14", "site-packages")
+
+	linters := cfg.Package.Checks.GetLinters()
+	assert.Equal(t, linters, []string{"python/test"})
+
+	fsys := os.DirFS(dir)
+	lctx := NewLinterContext(cfg.Package.Name, fsys)
+
+	// Make one "package"
+	packagedir := filepath.Join(pythonPathdir, "foo")
+	err = os.MkdirAll(packagedir, 0700)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// One package should not trip it
+	called := false
+	assert.NoError(t, lctx.LintPackageFs(fsys, func(err error) {
+		called = true
+	}, linters))
+	assert.False(t, called)
+
+	// Create docs
+	docsdir := filepath.Join(pythonPathdir, "test")
+	err = os.MkdirAll(docsdir, 0700)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// This should trip
+	assert.NoError(t, lctx.LintPackageFs(fsys, func(err error) {
+		called = true
+	}, linters))
+	assert.True(t, called)
+}
+
 func Test_srvLinter(t *testing.T) {
 	dir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "melange.XXXXX")
 	defer os.RemoveAll(dir)