diff --git a/plugin/syntastic.vim b/plugin/syntastic.vim
index 28599042..707cd88e 100644
--- a/plugin/syntastic.vim
+++ b/plugin/syntastic.vim
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ if has('reltime')
     let g:syntastic_start = reltime()
 endif
 
-let g:syntastic_version = '3.4.0-7'
+let g:syntastic_version = '3.4.0-8'
 
 " Sanity checks {{{1
 
diff --git a/syntax_checkers/python/pylint.vim b/syntax_checkers/python/pylint.vim
index 5cc74bb0..181e9330 100644
--- a/syntax_checkers/python/pylint.vim
+++ b/syntax_checkers/python/pylint.vim
@@ -63,9 +63,10 @@ function! s:PylintNew(exe)
     try
         " On Windows the version is shown as "pylint-script.py 1.0.0".
         " On Gentoo Linux it's "pylint-python2.7 0.28.0".
-        " On NixOS, that would be ".pylint-wrapped 0.26.0", that would be.
+        " On NixOS, that would be ".pylint-wrapped 0.26.0".
+        " On Arch Linux it's "pylint2 1.1.0".
         " Have you guys considered switching to creative writing yet? ;)
-        let pylint_version = filter(split(system(exe . ' --version'), '\m, \=\|\n'), 'v:val =~# ''\m^\.\=pylint\>''')[0]
+        let pylint_version = filter(split(system(exe . ' --version'), '\m, \=\|\n'), 'v:val =~# ''\m^\.\=pylint[-0-9]*\>''')[0]
         let pylint_version = substitute(pylint_version, '\v^\S+\s+', '', '')
         let ret = syntastic#util#versionIsAtLeast(syntastic#util#parseVersion(pylint_version), [1])
     catch /\m^Vim\%((\a\+)\)\=:E684/