diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 6a03ced6e..2e91dbdbd 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [flake8]
 min-version = 3.6
 accept-encodings = utf-8
+max-line-length = 88
 docstring-convention = google
 # errors we ignore; see https://www.flake8rules.com/ for more info
 ignore =
@@ -26,6 +27,8 @@ ignore =
     C901,
     # Exception subclasses should be named with an Error suffix
     N818,
+    # Exclude rule for black compatibility
+    E203,
 per-file-ignores =
     ./beet:D
     ./docs/conf.py:D