diff --git a/pylintrc b/pylintrc
index 4f807d64..44435c91 100644
--- a/pylintrc
+++ b/pylintrc
@@ -1,2 +1,14 @@
 [VARIABLES]
 additional-builtins=_
+
+[FORMAT]
+
+# String used as indentation unit. This is usually "    " (4 spaces) or "\t" (1
+# tab).
+indent-string='    '
+
+# Number of spaces of indent required inside a hanging or continued line.
+indent-after-paren=4
+
+# Expected format of line ending, e.g. empty (any line ending), LF or CRLF.
+expected-line-ending-format=