diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/297 b/tests/qemu-iotests/297
index a37910b42d..433b732336 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/297
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/297
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ def run_linters():
                             '--warn-redundant-casts',
                             '--warn-unused-ignores',
                             '--no-implicit-reexport',
+                            '--namespace-packages',
                             filename),
                            env=env,
                            check=False,