diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f338d003
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[flake8]
+# Recommend matching the black line length (default 88),
+# rather than using the flake8 default of 79:
+max-line-length = 88
+extend-ignore =
+    # See https://github.com/PyCQA/pycodestyle/issues/373
+    E203,
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index ccd0127f..f8d4423a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -71,6 +71,13 @@ jobs:
                 cd scripts && ../ve1/bin/pip3 install -r requirements.txt && cd ..
                 cd scripts && ../ve1/bin/python3 setup.py install && cd ..
 
+            - name: Run flake8
+              working-directory: ./chart-verifier
+              run: |
+                ve1/bin/pip3 install flake8
+                ve1/bin/flake8 scripts/
+                ve1/bin/flake8 tests/
+
             - name: Check if only release file in PR
               working-directory: ./chart-verifier
               id: check_version_in_PR