diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index c053eea4..19014cc1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,20 @@ env:
   MPLBACKEND: Agg
   PYTEST_ADDOPTS: --color=yes
 
+jobs:
+  flake8-lint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: Lint
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out source repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Set up Python environment
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.8"
+      - name: flake8 Lint
+        uses: py-actions/flake8@v2 
+
 jobs:
   tests:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest