diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 65d990e83..ff46eba95 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -12,3 +12,8 @@ repos:
     hooks:
       - id: black
         language_version: python3
+
+  - repo: https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8
+    rev: 3.8.4
+    hooks:
+      - id: flake8
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 0a195fdb9..82e8014ef 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ search = __version__ = '{current_version}'
 replace = __version__ = '{new_version}'
 
 [flake8]
-extend-ignore = F401,W504
+extend-ignore = F401,W504,E203
 exclude = __init__.py,*.pyc,tests.py
 paths = ./holidays/ ./tests/