diff --git a/.lintr b/.lintr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..be4e2eddd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.lintr
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+linters: linters_with_defaults(
+   commented_code_linter = NULL,
+   cyclocomp_linter = cyclocomp_linter(25),
+   line_length_linter(120),
+   object_name_linter = NULL,
+   object_length_linter(50),
+   object_usage_linter = NULL,
+   todo_comment_linter = NULL,
+   extraction_operator_linter = NULL,
+   undesirable_function_linter = NULL,
+   undesirable_operator_linter = NULL,
+   defaults = linters_with_tags(tags = NULL)
+ )
+exclusions: list(
+  "inst",
+  "man",
+  "tests"
+ )
diff --git a/inst/WORDLIST b/inst/WORDLIST
index b0b89f5fc..b613a0c08 100644
--- a/inst/WORDLIST
+++ b/inst/WORDLIST
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ cpp
 cran
 cre
 ctb
+cyclocomp
 cynkra
 datastructures
 dec
@@ -117,6 +118,8 @@ LF
 LIBS
 lifecycle
 Ligges
+linter
+linters
 lintr
 linux
 lorenz
@@ -257,6 +260,7 @@ tidyr
 tidyverse
 Tidyverse
 Tierney
+todo
 tokenized
 travis
 tryCatch