diff --git a/.pep8 b/.pep8
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3995969e42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pep8
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[pep8]
+aggressive = 3
+in-place = true
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 246a197bd2..33f03c1caf 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ repos:
     files: >-
       ^.*\.rst$
 
+- repo: https://github.com/hhatto/autopep8.git
+  rev: >-  # v2.0.2 does not yet have config, maybe v2.0.3 will, SHA for now
+    5b9110ba53fecd60cd3091fb66d808e8ced3b2e8
+  hooks:
+  - id: autopep8
+
 - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks.git
   rev: v4.4.0
   hooks: