diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f2ab3ee..da61d01 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ You can use this configuration as your base Emacs configuration, or adapt it to
 
 1. Clone, copy, or merge this repository as your `~/.emacs.d/` directory
 2. Copy or merge the provided `profiles_sample.clj` to your `~/.lein/` directory as `profiles.clj`
+3. Add a flycheck-clojure configuration to your Clojure project(s)' `project.clj`. You can see [an example of this step](https://github.com/clojure-emacs/squiggly-clojure/blob/master/sample-project/project.clj) in the flycheck-clojure repository.
 
 Load a Clojure file, and execute `cider-jack-in` (`C-c M-j`).
 
@@ -18,9 +19,11 @@ Happy Clojure hacking!
 ## Featured packages
 
 * [paredit, very basic intro](http://www.braveclojure.com/using-emacs-with-clojure/#5__Paredit), [cheat sheet](https://github.com/joelittlejohn/paredit-cheatsheet)
+* [flycheck](http://www.flycheck.org/), [quick start](http://www.flycheck.org/en/latest/guide/quickstart.html)
 * [clojure-mode](https://github.com/clojure-emacs/clojure-mode)
 * [cider](https://github.com/clojure-emacs/cider), [cider-mode](https://github.com/clojure-emacs/cider#cider-mode)
 * [clj-refactor](https://github.com/clojure-emacs/clj-refactor.el), [refactor functions](https://github.com/clojure-emacs/clj-refactor.el#usage)
+* [flycheck-clojure, aka squiggly-clojure](https://github.com/clojure-emacs/squiggly-clojure)
 
 ## Package versions
 
diff --git a/cfg-flycheck.el b/cfg-flycheck.el
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28fbe50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cfg-flycheck.el
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+(require-package 'flycheck)
+(require-package 'flycheck-clojure)
+
+(require 'flycheck)
+
+(eval-after-load 'flycheck '(flycheck-clojure-setup))
+
+(add-hook 'after-init-hook #'global-flycheck-mode)
diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index cafa685..a75d8a1 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ re-downloaded in order to locate PACKAGE."
   (exec-path-from-shell-initialize))
 
 (dolist (file '("cfg-paredit.el"
+		"cfg-flycheck.el"
 		"cfg-hlsexp.el"
 		"cfg-cider.el"
                 "cfg-cljrefactor.el"))
diff --git a/profiles_sample.clj b/profiles_sample.clj
index cbd547d..6752cd9 100644
--- a/profiles_sample.clj
+++ b/profiles_sample.clj
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 {:user {:plugins [[cider/cider-nrepl "0.8.2"]
-                  [refactor-nrepl "0.3.0-SNAPSHOT"]]}}
+                  [refactor-nrepl "0.3.0-SNAPSHOT"]]
+        :dependencies [[acyclic/squiggly-clojure "0.1.2-SNAPSHOT"]]}}