1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pycodestyle.py b/pycodestyle.py
index e0df43f..96d2da3 100755
--- a/pycodestyle.py
+++ b/pycodestyle.py
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ STARTSWITH_INDENT_STATEMENT_REGEX = re.compile(
         'while',
     )))
 )
+DUNDER_REGEX = re.compile(r'^__([^\s]+)__ = ')
 
 # Work around Python < 2.6 behaviour, which does not generate NL after
 # a comment which is on a line by itself.
@@ -955,6 +956,8 @@ def module_imports_on_top_of_file(
     if line.startswith('import ') or line.startswith('from '):
         if checker_state.get('seen_non_imports', False):
             yield 0, "E402 module level import not at top of file"
+    elif re.match(DUNDER_REGEX, line):
+        return
     elif any(line.startswith(kw) for kw in allowed_try_keywords):
         # Allow try, except, else, finally keywords intermixed with imports in
         # order to support conditional importing