diff --git a/homeassistant/components/whois/sensor.py b/homeassistant/components/whois/sensor.py
index 3c78d80ba92..dc9da1100f0 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/whois/sensor.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/whois/sensor.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def setup_platform(hass, config, add_entities, discovery_info=None):
                 "WHOIS lookup for %s didn't contain an expiration date", domain
             )
             return
-    except whois.BaseException as ex:
+    except whois.BaseException as ex:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
         _LOGGER.error("Exception %s occurred during WHOIS lookup for %s", ex, domain)
         return
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class WhoisSensor(Entity):
         """Get the current WHOIS data for the domain."""
         try:
             response = self.whois(self._domain)
-        except whois.BaseException as ex:
+        except whois.BaseException as ex:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
             _LOGGER.error("Exception %s occurred during WHOIS lookup", ex)
             self._empty_state_and_attributes()
             return
diff --git a/pylintrc b/pylintrc
index 44659ddb376..3235d583865 100644
--- a/pylintrc
+++ b/pylintrc
@@ -64,4 +64,4 @@ ignored-classes=_CountingAttr
 expected-line-ending-format=LF
 
 [EXCEPTIONS]
-overgeneral-exceptions=Exception,HomeAssistantError
+overgeneral-exceptions=BaseException,Exception,HomeAssistantError