diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0fd7d242
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[flake8]
+ignore = E203, E266, E501, W503, F403, F401
+max-line-length = 200
diff --git a/.github/workflows/push.yml b/.github/workflows/push.yml
index 5f067daa..ea053cbd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push.yml
@@ -87,3 +87,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Check python formatting with black
         run: black --check Translations
+
+      - name: Check python with flake8
+        run: flake8 Translations
diff --git a/setup.sh b/setup.sh
index 0f0f9d69..34e2f1a2 100644
--- a/setup.sh
+++ b/setup.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 set -e
 # Setup shell file to setup the environment on an ubuntu machine
 sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y make bzip2 git python3 python3-pip wget 
-python3 -m pip install bdflib black
+python3 -m pip install bdflib black flake8
 sudo mkdir -p /build
 cd /build