diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index cb8b8c36..cf12c605 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ jobs:
       run: isort --profile black --length-sort --line-width 120 -c .
     - name: Lint with black
       run: black -l 120 --check .
+    - name: Lint with pycodestyle
+      run: pycodestyle --show-source capa/ scripts/ tests/
     - name: Check types with mypy
       run: mypy --config-file .github/mypy/mypy.ini capa/ scripts/ tests/
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5e0292f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+[bdist_wheel]
+universal = 1
+
+[aliases]
+test = pytest
+
+[pycodestyle]
+# the following suppress lints that conflict with the project's style:
+#
+# E203 Whitespace before :
+# E302 expected 2 blank lines, found 1
+# E402 module level import not at top of file
+# E501 line too long (209 > 180 characters)
+# E712 comparison to False should be 'if cond is False:' or 'if not cond:'
+# E722 do not use bare 'except'
+# E731 do not assign a lambda expression, use a def
+# W291 trailing whitespace
+# W503 line break before binary operator
+ignore = E203, E302, E402, E501, E712, E722, E731, W291, W503
+max-line-length = 180
+statistics = True