diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 0a34b8057..e7643b087 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [flake8]
 max-line-length = 140
 max-complexity = 25
-ignore = E251,E252,C901,W292,W503,W504,W605,E722,E741
+ignore = E251,E252,C901,W292,W503,W504,W605,E722,E741,E126
 exclude = mitmproxy/contrib/*,test/mitmproxy/data/*,release/build/*,mitmproxy/io/proto/*
 addons = file,open,basestring,xrange,unicode,long,cmp