diff --git a/pylsp/plugins/pylint_lint.py b/pylsp/plugins/pylint_lint.py
index 459afbe3..452f45b9 100644
--- a/pylsp/plugins/pylint_lint.py
+++ b/pylsp/plugins/pylint_lint.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
 import os
 
-from pylint.epylint import py_run
 from pylsp import hookimpl, lsp
 
 try:
@@ -85,20 +84,21 @@ def lint(cls, document, is_saved, flags=''):
             # save.
             return cls.last_diags[document.path]
 
-        # py_run will call shlex.split on its arguments, and shlex.split does
-        # not handle Windows paths (it will try to perform escaping). Turn
-        # backslashes into forward slashes first to avoid this issue.
-        path = document.path
-        if sys.platform.startswith('win'):
-            path = path.replace('\\', '/')
-
-        pylint_call = '{} -f json {}'.format(path, flags)
-        log.debug("Calling pylint with '%s'", pylint_call)
-        json_out, err = py_run(pylint_call, return_std=True)
-
-        # Get strings
-        json_out = json_out.getvalue()
-        err = err.getvalue()
+        cmd = [
+            'python',
+            '-c',
+            'import sys; from pylint.lint import Run; Run(sys.argv[1:])',
+            '-f',
+            'json',
+            document.path
+        ] + (str(flags).split(' ') if flags else [])
+        log.debug("Calling pylint with '%s'", ' '.join(cmd))
+
+        with Popen(cmd, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE,
+                   cwd=document._workspace.root_path, universal_newlines=True) as process:
+            process.wait()
+            json_out = process.stdout.read()
+            err = process.stderr.read()
 
         if err != '':
             log.error("Error calling pylint: '%s'", err)
diff --git a/test/plugins/test_pylint_lint.py b/test/plugins/test_pylint_lint.py
index 4e637819..3eae8914 100644
--- a/test/plugins/test_pylint_lint.py
+++ b/test/plugins/test_pylint_lint.py
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@
 # Copyright 2021- Python Language Server Contributors.
 
 import contextlib
+from pathlib import Path
 import os
 import tempfile
 
 from pylsp import lsp, uris
-from pylsp.workspace import Document
+from pylsp.workspace import Document, Workspace
 from pylsp.plugins import pylint_lint
 
 DOC_URI = uris.from_fs_path(__file__)
@@ -90,8 +91,9 @@ def test_lint_free_pylint(config, workspace):
     # Can't use temp_document because it might give us a file that doesn't
     # match pylint's naming requirements. We should be keeping this file clean
     # though, so it works for a test of an empty lint.
+    ws = Workspace(str(Path(__file__).absolute().parents[2]), workspace._endpoint)
     assert not pylint_lint.pylsp_lint(
-        config, workspace, Document(uris.from_fs_path(__file__), workspace), True)
+        config, ws, Document(uris.from_fs_path(__file__), ws), True)
 
 
 def test_lint_caching(workspace):