diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3cd649d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[flake8]
+max-line-length = 121
+exclude = 
+    migrations,
+    south_migrations,
+    pinry/settings/,
+    core/tests/,
+
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 75ddb0b..5a11c6f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -19,3 +19,5 @@ test:
 	pipenv run python manage.py test
 shell:
 	pipenv run python manage.py shell
+flake8:
+	pipenv run flake8