diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index ec51d69..24c33ef 100755
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -143,6 +143,17 @@ provide a full path to the ``lint.py`` module of your Pylint installation!
 * **use_icons**: Set to ``true`` if you want to display icons instead of dots in
   the margin.
 
+* **pylint_extra**: Any extra command line arguemtns to ``pylint``. This can be a
+  ``dict`` as ::
+  
+    "pylint_extra": {
+        "max-line-length": 120
+    }
+
+  or a ``list`` as ::
+
+    "pylint_extra": ["--max-line-length=120"]
+
 Multiconf
 ~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/pylinter.py b/pylinter.py
index 6f3f23e..5632f3d 100755
--- a/pylinter.py
+++ b/pylinter.py
@@ -478,6 +478,13 @@ def run(self):
         if self.disable_msgs:
             options.append('--disable=%s' % self.disable_msgs)
 
+        if isinstance(self.extra_pylint_args, dict):
+            for arg in self.extra_pylint_args.items():
+                options.append('--%s=%s' % arg)
+        elif isinstance(self.extra_pylint_args, list):
+            for arg in self.extra_pylint_args:
+                options.append(arg)
+
         options.append(self.file_name)
         command.extend(options)