diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..99d2e34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# vim:tw=0:ts=2:sw=2:et:norl:ft=config
+[flake8]
+# Add a space after the path to make the output path easier to double-click-copy.
+format=%(path)s %(row)d:%(col)d: %(code)s %(text)s
+
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 9de23bc..0bab54d 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ graft tests
 # - NOTE: Order this like `git ls-files`, to keep it easy to maintain.
 exclude .coveragerc
 exclude .editorconfig
+exclude .flake8
 exclude .gitignore
 exclude .ignore.example
 exclude .readthedocs.yml
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 9e93e53..4c9c927 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -128,8 +128,6 @@ exclude =
     .pytest_cache/
     __pycache__
 max-line-length = 89
-# Add a space after the path to make the output path easier to double-click-copy.
-format=%%(path)s %%(row)d:%%(col)d: %%(code)s %%(text)s
 # See list of error codes (we can list here to ignore):
 #
 #   https://pycodestyle.readthedocs.io/en/latest/intro.html#error-codes