diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index 61fdc0326..74f68c27a 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -29,12 +29,14 @@ exclude = .*,__pycache__,resources.py
 # D403: First word of the first line should be properly capitalized
 #       (false-positives)
 # D413: Missing blank line after last section (not in pep257?)
+# A003: Builtin name for class attribute (needed for attrs)
 ignore =
     E128,E226,E265,E501,E402,E266,E722,E731,
     F401,
     N802,
     P101,P102,P103,
-    D102,D103,D106,D107,D104,D105,D209,D211,D401,D402,D403,D413
+    D102,D103,D106,D107,D104,D105,D209,D211,D401,D402,D403,D413,
+    A003
 min-version = 3.4.0
 max-complexity = 12
 per-file-ignores =
diff --git a/misc/requirements/requirements-flake8.txt b/misc/requirements/requirements-flake8.txt
index 5c4e97e4e..661f9601e 100644
--- a/misc/requirements/requirements-flake8.txt
+++ b/misc/requirements/requirements-flake8.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # This file is automatically generated by scripts/dev/recompile_requirements.py
 
 flake8==3.5.0
+flake8-builtins==1.0
 flake8-copyright==0.2.0
 flake8-debugger==3.0.0
 flake8-deprecated==1.3
diff --git a/misc/requirements/requirements-flake8.txt-raw b/misc/requirements/requirements-flake8.txt-raw
index 6836bb979..0bfdab644 100644
--- a/misc/requirements/requirements-flake8.txt-raw
+++ b/misc/requirements/requirements-flake8.txt-raw
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 flake8
+flake8-builtins
 flake8-copyright
 flake8-debugger
 flake8-deprecated