diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index af610d5..08b0eb2 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ would be the most simple usage and would run pylint for all error messages.
 This would use the pylintrc file at /my/pyrc and only error on pylint
 Errors and Failures.
 
+You can restrict your test run to only perform pylint checks and not any other
+tests by typing:
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+    py.test --pylint -m pylint
+
 Acknowledgements
 ================
 
diff --git a/pytest_pylint.py b/pytest_pylint.py
index 7f4fcc5..65b0df0 100644
--- a/pytest_pylint.py
+++ b/pytest_pylint.py
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ class PyLintItem(pytest.Item, pytest.File):
     def __init__(self, fspath, parent, msg_format=None, pylintrc_file=None):
         super(PyLintItem, self).__init__(fspath, parent)
 
+        self.add_marker("pylint")
+
         if msg_format is None:
             self._msg_format = '{C}:{line:3d},{column:2d}: {msg} ({symbol})'
         else:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 37d622e..49cf286 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@
     description='pytest plugin to check source code with pylint',
     long_description=open("README.rst").read(),
     license="MIT",
-    version='0.5.0',
+    version='0.6.0',
     author='Carson Gee',
     author_email='x@carsongee.com',
     url='https://github.com/carsongee/pytest-pylint',
     py_modules=['pytest_pylint'],
     entry_points={'pytest11': ['pylint = pytest_pylint']},
-    install_requires=['pytest>=2.4', 'pylint>=1.4.5', 'six'],
+    install_requires=['pytest>=2.7', 'pylint>=1.4.5', 'six'],
     classifiers=[
         'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
         'Intended Audience :: Developers',