diff --git a/build b/build
index d219a4c..b1863fe 100755
--- a/build
+++ b/build
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ pyflakes "${SOURCE_DIR}/" "${TEST_DIR}/"
 
 # Check docstrings for style consistency.
 PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$(pwd)/third_party/docstringchecker \
-  pylint --reports=n "$SOURCE_DIR" "$TEST_DIR"
+  pylint --reports=n --rcfile=.pylintrc "$SOURCE_DIR" "$TEST_DIR"
diff --git a/dev_requirements.txt b/dev_requirements.txt
index 40f16d0..9edefa8 100644
--- a/dev_requirements.txt
+++ b/dev_requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
+# pylint versions prior to 1.5.0 require this specific version of astroid.
+astroid==1.3.8
 mock
 pyflakes==1.6.0
-pylint==1.8.2
+# We use pylint exclusively to run the DocStringChecker linter and that linter
+# expects pre-1.5.0 pylint syntax.
+pylint==1.4.4
 yapf==0.20.1
diff --git a/third_party/docstringchecker/lint.py b/third_party/docstringchecker/lint.py
index 2e6ae75..98da1ce 100644
--- a/third_party/docstringchecker/lint.py
+++ b/third_party/docstringchecker/lint.py
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ def _docstring_indent(node):
     if node.display_type() == 'Module':
       return 0
     else:
-      return node.col_offset + 2
+      return node.col_offset + 4
 
   def _check_common(self, node, lines=None):
     """Common checks we enforce on all docstrings"""
diff --git a/third_party/docstringchecker/update.sh b/third_party/docstringchecker/update.sh
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 6f26ec5..90f6ff3
--- a/third_party/docstringchecker/update.sh
+++ b/third_party/docstringchecker/update.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ set -x
 OUTPUT_DIR=$(dirname "$0")
 OUTPUT_FILE="${OUTPUT_DIR}/lint.py"
 
+# Modify DocStringChecker to expect 4-space indents instead of 2 to match Google
+# Python style guide.
 wget \
   https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/chromite/+/master/cli/cros/lint.py?format=TEXT \
   -O - | \
-  base64 --decode > "$OUTPUT_FILE"
+  base64 --decode | sed "s/return node.col_offset + 2/return node.col_offset + 4/" \
+  > "$OUTPUT_FILE"