2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
index cecc434c..c7a4d4a0 100644
--- a/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ releases>=1.1.0,<2.0
 semantic_version<3.0
 wheel==0.24
 twine==1.5
+flake8==3.3.0
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 1a8f89de..2abe6f02 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -3,3 +3,8 @@ universal = 1
 
 [coverage:run]
 omit = paramiko/_winapi.py
+
+[flake8]
+exclude = sites,.git,build,dist,alt_env,appveyor
+ignore = E124,E125,E128,E261,E301,E302,E303
+max-line-length = 79