diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 19d0369..a922d09 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ repos:
     rev: v0.910
     hooks:
     -   id: mypy
-        args: [--strict]
+        args: [--strict, --show-error-codes, --no-warn-unused-ignores]
 -   repo: https://github.com/ambv/black
     rev: 21.6b0
     hooks:
diff --git a/ecs_logging/_stdlib.py b/ecs_logging/_stdlib.py
index a89abee..9620ea6 100644
--- a/ecs_logging/_stdlib.py
+++ b/ecs_logging/_stdlib.py
@@ -71,8 +71,16 @@ class StdlibFormatter(logging.Formatter):
     } | _LOGRECORD_DIR
     converter = time.gmtime
 
-    def __init__(self, stack_trace_limit=None, exclude_fields=()):
-        # type: (Any, Optional[int], Sequence[str]) -> None
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        fmt=None,
+        datefmt=None,
+        style="%",
+        validate=None,
+        stack_trace_limit=None,
+        exclude_fields=(),
+    ):
+        # type: (Any, Optional[str], Optional[str], str, Optional[bool], Optional[int], Sequence[str]) -> None
         """Initialize the ECS formatter.
 
         :param int stack_trace_limit:
@@ -91,7 +99,18 @@ def __init__(self, stack_trace_limit=None, exclude_fields=()):
 
                 exclude_keys=["error"]
         """
-        super(StdlibFormatter, self).__init__()
+        _kwargs = {}
+        if validate is not None:
+            # validate was introduced in py3.8 so we need to only provide it if the user provided it
+            _kwargs["validate"] = validate
+        if sys.version_info < (3, 0):  # Different args in py2.7
+            super(StdlibFormatter, self).__init__(  # type: ignore[call-arg]
+                fmt=fmt, datefmt=datefmt
+            )
+        else:
+            super(StdlibFormatter, self).__init__(  # type: ignore[call-arg]
+                fmt=fmt, datefmt=datefmt, style=style, **_kwargs
+            )
 
         if stack_trace_limit is not None:
             if not isinstance(stack_trace_limit, int):
diff --git a/mypy.ini b/mypy.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5066fd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mypy.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[mypy]
+exclude = "/tests/"
+
+[mypy-tests.*]
+ignore_errors = true
+
+[mypy-noxfile]
+ignore_errors = true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
index 3e19c42..a57e026 100644
--- a/noxfile.py
+++ b/noxfile.py
@@ -50,4 +50,10 @@ def lint(session):
     session.install("flake8", "black", "mypy")
     session.run("black", "--check", "--target-version=py27", *SOURCE_FILES)
     session.run("flake8", "--ignore=E501,W503", *SOURCE_FILES)
-    session.run("mypy", "--strict", "ecs_logging/")
+    session.run(
+        "mypy",
+        "--strict",
+        "--show-error-codes",
+        "--no-warn-unused-ignores",
+        "ecs_logging/",
+    )
diff --git a/tests/test_stdlib_formatter.py b/tests/test_stdlib_formatter.py
index f0a3d32..af320ea 100644
--- a/tests/test_stdlib_formatter.py
+++ b/tests/test_stdlib_formatter.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 # under the License.
 
 import logging
+import logging.config
 import mock
 import pytest
 import json
@@ -327,3 +328,12 @@ def test_stack_info_excluded(logger, exclude_fields):
 
     ecs = json.loads(stream.getvalue().rstrip())
     assert "error" not in ecs
+
+
+def test_stdlibformatter_signature():
+    logging.config.dictConfig(
+        {
+            "version": 1,
+            "formatters": {"my_formatter": {"class": "ecs_logging.StdlibFormatter"}},
+        }
+    )