diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1970828aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+[flake8]
+ignore =
+    E20,   # Extra space in brackets
+    E231,E241,  # Multiple spaces around ","
+    E26,   # Comments
+    E731,  # Assigning lambda expression
+    E741,  # Ambiguous variable names
+    W503,  # line break before binary operator
+    W504,  # line break after binary operator
+max-line-length = 80
+
+exclude =
+    __pycache__
+    .git
+    *.pyc
+    *~
+    *.o
+    *.so
+    *.cpp
+    *.c
+    *.h
+    __init__.py
+    _version.py
diff --git a/buildscripts/azure/azure-linux-macos.yml b/buildscripts/azure/azure-linux-macos.yml
index 733e89b69..4d00372e9 100644
--- a/buildscripts/azure/azure-linux-macos.yml
+++ b/buildscripts/azure/azure-linux-macos.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
     - script: |
         export PATH=$HOME/miniconda3/bin:$PATH
         conda install -y flake8
-        flake8 numba
+        flake8 llvmlite
       displayName: 'Flake8'
       condition: eq(variables['RUN_FLAKE8'], 'yes')