diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..810a8500
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[flake8]
+# We ignore the following errors:
+#   * W503 (line break before binary operator): Black moves these to new lines
+#   * E501 (line too long): Long lines are a fact of life in comment blocks; Black handles active instances of this
+#   * E203 (whitespace before ':'): Black recommends this as disabled
+ignore = W503, E501
+extend-ignore = E203
+# We exclude the Debian, migrations, and provisioner examples
+exclude = debian,api-daemon/migrations/versions,api-daemon/provisioner/examples
+# Set the max line length to 88 for Black
+max-line-length = 88
+
diff --git a/lint b/lint
index eb2392f6..e940025b 100755
--- a/lint
+++ b/lint
@@ -4,13 +4,7 @@ if ! which flake8 &>/dev/null; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-# We ignore the following errors:
-#   * W503 (line break before binary operator): Black moves these to new lines
-#   * E501 (line too long): Long lines are a fact of life in comment blocks; Black handles active instances of this
-flake8 \
-    --ignore=W503,E501 \
-    --exclude=debian,api-daemon/migrations/versions,api-daemon/provisioner/examples \
-    --max-line-length=88
+flake8
 ret=$?
 if [[ $ret -eq 0 ]]; then
     echo "No linting issues found!"