diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec083d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[flake8]
+ignore = W293,E301,E271,E265,W291,E722,E302,C901,E225,E128,E122,E226,E231
+max-line-length = 160
+exclude = tests/*
+max-complexity = 10
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mypy.yml b/.github/workflows/mypy.yml
index 1dc6d84..2778805 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mypy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mypy.yml
@@ -23,8 +23,11 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install mypy
+        pip install mypy pyflakes flake8
     - name: Lint with mypy
       run: |
         mypy IPython/terminal/ptutils.py
         mypy IPython/core/c*.py
+    - name: Lint with pyflakes
+      run: |
+        flake8  IPython/core/magics/script.py
diff --git a/IPython/core/magics/script.py b/IPython/core/magics/script.py
index 02b0286..a885e3f 100644
--- a/IPython/core/magics/script.py
+++ b/IPython/core/magics/script.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ from IPython.core.magic import  (
     Magics, magics_class, line_magic, cell_magic
 )
 from IPython.lib.backgroundjobs import BackgroundJobManager
-from IPython.utils import py3compat
 from IPython.utils.process import arg_split
 from traitlets import List, Dict, default
 
@@ -139,7 +138,7 @@ class ScriptMagics(Magics):
         def named_script_magic(line, cell):
             # if line, add it as cl-flags
             if line:
-                 line = "%s %s" % (script, line)
+                line = "%s %s" % (script, line)
             else:
                 line = script
             return self.shebang(line, cell)
@@ -262,8 +261,7 @@ class ScriptMagics(Magics):
             except OSError:
                 pass
             except Exception as e:
-                print("Error while terminating subprocess (pid=%i): %s" \
-                    % (p.pid, e))
+                print("Error while terminating subprocess (pid=%i): %s" % (p.pid, e))
             return
         if args.raise_error and p.returncode!=0:
             raise CalledProcessError(p.returncode, cell)
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 5bc59b9..ec33beb 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ include MANIFEST.in
 include pytest.ini
 include mypy.ini
 include .mailmap
+include .flake8
 
 recursive-exclude tools *
 exclude tools