diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac8f3fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# This file will be ignored - see http://flake8.pycqa.org/en/2.6.0/config.html#per-project
+# Edit the [flake8] section in tox.ini instead
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index ca5b805..1657e13 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@ envlist = py27,py35,py37
 [testenv]
 deps=pytest
 commands=pytest
+
+[flake8]
+exclude = build,dist,*.egg-info,.cache,.git,.tox,__pycache__