diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d5ea8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[flake8]
+exclude=.git,__pycache__,venv
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 7e66a17..4e92b9d 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 black
+flake8