diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5573dc5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[flake8]
+ignore = E203, E266, E501, W503, F403, F401, W191
+max-line-length = 120
+max-complexity = 18
+select = B,C,E,F,W,T4,B9
+exclude =
+    .git,
+    __pycache__,
+    docs/conf.py
+    tests
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 4bfbd252..bb63f470 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -12,3 +12,7 @@ repos:
   hooks:
   - id: black
     args: [--line-length=120]
+- repo: https://github.com/pycqa/flake8
+  rev: 4.0.0
+  hooks:
+  - id: flake8
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0164b67a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+black
+flake8
+pre-commit