diff --git a/.pydocstylerc b/.pydocstylerc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..74eb0beff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pydocstylerc
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[pydocstyle]
+# Disabled checks:
+# D102: Missing docstring in public method (will be handled by others)
+# D103: Missing docstring in public function (will be handled by others)
+# D104: Missing docstring in public package (will be handled by others)
+# D105: Missing docstring in magic method (will be handled by others)
+# D209: Blank line before closing """ (removed from PEP257)
+# D211: No blank lines allowed before class docstring
+#       (PEP257 got changed, but let's stick to the old standard)
+# D402: First line should not be function's signature (false-positives)
+ignore = D102,D103,D104,D105,D209,D211,D402
+match = (?!resources|test_*).*\.py
+inherit = false
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index e2dd15509..be33e3cfc 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ exclude .eslintignore
 exclude doc/help
 exclude .appveyor.yml
 exclude .travis.yml
+exclude .pydocstylerc
 exclude misc/appveyor_install.py
 
 global-exclude __pycache__ *.pyc *.pyo
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index da3ac8e4a..532cfb27b 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -155,16 +155,7 @@ basepython = python3
 skip_install = true
 passenv = PYTHON LANG
 deps = pydocstyle==1.0.0
-# Disabled checks:
-# D102: Missing docstring in public method (will be handled by others)
-# D103: Missing docstring in public function (will be handled by others)
-# D104: Missing docstring in public package (will be handled by others)
-# D105: Missing docstring in magic method (will be handled by others)
-# D209: Blank line before closing """ (removed from PEP257)
-# D211: No blank lines allowed before class docstring
-#       (PEP257 got changed, but let's stick to the old standard)
-# D402: First line should not be function's signature (false-positives)
-commands = {envpython} -m pydocstyle scripts tests qutebrowser --ignore=D102,D103,D104,D105,D209,D211,D402 '--match=(?!resources|test_*).*\.py'
+commands = {envpython} -m pydocstyle scripts tests qutebrowser
 
 [testenv:flake8]
 basepython = python3