diff --git a/acme/.pep8 b/acme/.pep8
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..22045d3d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/acme/.pep8
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[pep8]
+# E265 block comment should start with '# '
+# E501 line too long (X > 79 characters)
+ignore = E265,E501
diff --git a/pep8.travis.sh b/pep8.travis.sh
index 13a727596..91124bdbd 100755
--- a/pep8.travis.sh
+++ b/pep8.travis.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 set -e  # Fail fast
 
 # PEP8 is not ignored in ACME
-pep8 acme
+pep8 --config=acme/.pep8 acme
 
 pep8 \
   setup.py \