diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 00d3ebf35..32c5e7ce2 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 include README.md
 include LICENSE.txt
+include pykeg/setup.cfg
 recursive-include pykeg *.html *.css *.js *.png
 recursive-include deploy *
diff --git a/pykeg/core/tests.py b/pykeg/core/tests.py
index c8c3288ff..7be878020 100644
--- a/pykeg/core/tests.py
+++ b/pykeg/core/tests.py
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ class CoreTests(TestCase):
 
     def test_flake8(self):
         root_path = path_for_import('pykeg')
-        command = 'flake8 {}'.format(root_path)
+        config_file = os.path.join(root_path, 'setup.cfg')
+        command = 'flake8 --config={} {}'.format(config_file, root_path)
         try:
             subprocess.check_output(command.split())
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/pykeg/setup.cfg
similarity index 100%
rename from setup.cfg
rename to pykeg/setup.cfg