diff --git a/.travis/lint_04_install.sh b/.travis/lint_04_install.sh
index e4d68d8e3c..e9ddfe6288 100755
--- a/.travis/lint_04_install.sh
+++ b/.travis/lint_04_install.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export LC_ALL=C
 
 travis_retry pip3 install codespell==1.15.0
 travis_retry pip3 install flake8==3.5.0
+travis_retry pip3 install vulture==2.3
 travis_retry pip3 install yq
 
 SHELLCHECK_VERSION=v0.6.0
diff --git a/ci/Dockerfile.builder b/ci/Dockerfile.builder
index 4f06d2fa3d..c75074f6a4 100644
--- a/ci/Dockerfile.builder
+++ b/ci/Dockerfile.builder
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ RUN pip3 install pyzmq # really needed?
 RUN pip3 install jinja2
 RUN pip3 install flake8==3.5.0
 RUN pip3 install codespell==1.15.0
+RUN pip3 install vulture==2.3
 RUN pip3 install yq
 
 # dash_hash
diff --git a/test/lint/lint-python-dead-code.sh b/test/lint/lint-python-dead-code.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..c3b6ff3c98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/lint/lint-python-dead-code.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2021 The Bitcoin Core developers
+# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+#
+# Find dead Python code.
+
+export LC_ALL=C
+
+if ! command -v vulture > /dev/null; then
+    echo "Skipping Python dead code linting since vulture is not installed. Install by running \"pip3 install vulture\""
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+# --min-confidence 100 will only report code that is guaranteed to be unused within the analyzed files.
+# Any value below 100 introduces the risk of false positives, which would create an unacceptable maintenance burden.
+if ! vulture \
+    --min-confidence 100 \
+    $(git ls-files -- "*.py"); then
+    echo "Python dead code detection found some issues"
+    exit 1
+fi