diff --git a/tools/flakes.py b/tools/flakes.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b93abc21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/flakes.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+"""
+ wrapper for pyflakes to ignore gettext based warning:
+     "undefined name '_'"
+
+ From https://bugs.launchpad.net/pyflakes/+bug/844592
+"""
+import __builtin__
+import os
+import sys
+
+from pyflakes.scripts.pyflakes import main
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    names = os.environ.get('PYFLAKES_BUILTINS', '_')
+    names = [x.strip() for x in names.split(',')]
+    for x in names:
+        if not hasattr(__builtin__, x):
+            setattr(__builtin__, x, True)
+
+    del names, os, __builtin__
+
+    sys.exit(main())
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 5f4682a0a..34a7d81fb 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -36,3 +36,7 @@ deps = -r{toxinidir}/tools/test-requires-folsom
 [testenv:py27-folsom]
 deps = -r{toxinidir}/tools/test-requires-folsom
        -r{toxinidir}/tools/pip-requires
+
+[testenv:pyflakes]
+deps = pyflakes
+commands = python tools/flakes.py ceilometer