diff --git a/pkgtools/pkglint/Makefile b/pkgtools/pkglint/Makefile
index cdfe8c7c8b13..2334ffb7cf07 100644
--- a/pkgtools/pkglint/Makefile
+++ b/pkgtools/pkglint/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.645 2020/05/17 07:07:18 rillig Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.646 2020/05/18 19:11:16 rillig Exp $
 
-PKGNAME=	pkglint-20.1.6
+PKGNAME=	pkglint-20.1.7
 CATEGORIES=	pkgtools
 DISTNAME=	tools
 MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_GITHUB:=golang/}
diff --git a/pkgtools/pkglint/files/vartypecheck.go b/pkgtools/pkglint/files/vartypecheck.go
index 06d195b00a06..9c5d86919664 100644
--- a/pkgtools/pkglint/files/vartypecheck.go
+++ b/pkgtools/pkglint/files/vartypecheck.go
@@ -1143,13 +1143,16 @@ func (cv *VartypeCheck) PrefixPathname() {
 func (cv *VartypeCheck) PythonDependency() {
 	if cv.Value != cv.ValueNoVar {
 		cv.Warnf("Python dependencies should not contain variables.")
-	} else if !matches(cv.ValueNoVar, `^[+\-.0-9A-Z_a-z]+(?:|:link|:build)$`) {
+	} else if !matches(cv.ValueNoVar, `^[+\-.0-9A-Z_a-z]+(?:|:link|:build|:test|:tool)$`) {
 		cv.Warnf("Invalid Python dependency %q.", cv.Value)
 		cv.Explain(
 			"Python dependencies must be an identifier for a package, as",
 			"specified in lang/python/versioned_dependencies.mk.",
-			"This identifier may be followed by :build for a build-time only",
-			"dependency, or by :link for a run-time only dependency.")
+			"This identifier may be followed by:",
+			"\t:tool for a tool dependency,",
+			"\t:build for a build-time only dependency,",
+			"\t:test for a test-only dependency,",
+			"\t:link for a run-time dependency.")
 	}
 }