diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index c9f4a34c7..2f726b562 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,2 +1,8 @@
 [pytest]
 python_files = testsuite/*.py
+
+[flake8]
+ignore = E123,E126,E127,E129,E203,E221,E226,E231,E241,E265,E301,E302,E303,E713,F401,F403,W291,W293,W391
+max-line-length = 250
+exclude = versioneer.py,docs/conf.py,borg/_version.py
+max-complexity = 100