diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index 790c109f..59a51f86 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 [flake8]
 max-line-length = 88
+
+# jaraco/skeleton#34
+max-complexity = 10
+
 ignore =
 	# W503 violates spec https://github.com/PyCQA/pycodestyle/issues/513
 	W503