diff --git a/.github/workflows/autotest.yml b/.github/workflows/autotest.yml
index 0d56ad7..e541eb9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/autotest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/autotest.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install flake8
           pip install -r requirements.txt
+      - name: Lint with flake8
+        run: |
+          # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
+          flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics
+          # exit-zero treats all errors as warnings. The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide
+          flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
       - name: Run all tests with pytest
         run: |
           pytest --cov=pittapi tests/