diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2bcd70e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[flake8]
+max-line-length = 88
diff --git a/.hound.yml b/.hound.yml
index 79c6e75f..4690f9c7 100644
--- a/.hound.yml
+++ b/.hound.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 flake8:
   enabled: true
+  config_file: .flake8
+fail_on_violations: true
diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index defc9ab2..3107bfc2 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ indent-after-paren=4
 indent-string='    '
 
 # Maximum number of characters on a single line.
-max-line-length=120
+max-line-length=88
 
 # Maximum number of lines in a module.
 max-module-lines=1000