diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ad2ff9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#
+# Move to pyproject.toml after: https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/-/issues/428
+#
+[flake8]
+exclude = .pytest_cache, .tox, dist, htmlcov, local_test
+ignore = F405
+max-line-length = 119
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 28e1b61..d4aff27 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 .*
 !.github
 !.editorconfig
+!.flake8
 !.gitignore
 __pycache__
 secret.txt