diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f19a72e1..ea9f0774 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ ci:
 test-readme:
 	python setup.py check -r -s
 
+flake8:
+	flake8 --ignore=E501
+
 coverage:
 	py.test --cov-config .coveragerc --verbose --cov-report term --cov-report xml --cov=requests tests