diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3f0deaea9..309b73e9e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ before_install:
   - pip install pip --upgrade
   - pip install git+https://github.com/timothyb89/dbuild.git
   - pip install google-cloud-storage
+  - pip install flake8 flake8-blind-except flake8-builtins flake8-pep3101 flake8-coding hacking
+  - pip install pylint
   - docker --version
   - docker-compose --version
 
@@ -28,6 +30,10 @@ jobs:
   include:
     - stage: lint-shellcheck
       script: bash -c 'shopt -s globstar; shellcheck **/*.sh'
+    - stage: linting-flake8
+      script: flake8
+    - stage: linting-pylint
+      script: pylint --rcfile=setup.cfg *
     - stage: metrics-pipeline
       script: python ci.py metrics
     - stage: logs-pipeline
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a468110f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+[flake8]
+# D203  1 blank line required before class docstring
+# H201  no 'except:' at least use 'except Exception:'
+# H302  import only modules
+# H405  multi line docstring summary not separated with an empty line
+# E999  Invalid syntax (reported for python 3 syntax unrecognised in Python 2)
+ignore = D203,H201,H302,H405,E999
+# H106: Don’t put vim configuration in source files
+# H203: Use assertIs(Not)None to check for None
+enable-extensions = H106,H203
+max-complexity = 50
+max-line-length = 120
+exclude =.env,.git,doc,*lib/python*,build,dist,*.egg
+show-source = True
+builtins = _
+
+[pylint]
+# C0103  Invalid %s name "%s"
+# C0111  Missing %s docstring
+# F0010  error while code parsing: %s
+disable = C0103,C0111,F0010
+ignore = .env,.git,doc,*lib/python*,build,dist,*.egg
+ignore-docstrings = yes
+output-format = parseable
+max-line-length = 120