diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index 5269b25b61337047c50af1856802cc9b51f16da5..253235aa64ef5e23f75bdb8adc4369904edc4b85 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ extend-ignore =
               E203,
               # zealous line lengths
               E501,
+              # inconsistent ruling on newlines before bin op
+              W503,
               # ambiguous varnames I ./. l etc
               E741,
 select = C,E,F,W,B,B950