diff --git a/autoload/ale/python.vim b/autoload/ale/python.vim
index bc1cc980..1f963431 100644
--- a/autoload/ale/python.vim
+++ b/autoload/ale/python.vim
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ function! ale#python#FindProjectRootIni(buffer) abort
         \|| filereadable(l:path . '/mypy.ini')
         \|| filereadable(l:path . '/pycodestyle.cfg')
         \|| filereadable(l:path . '/flake8.cfg')
+        \|| filereadable(l:path . '/.flake8rc')
         \|| filereadable(l:path . '/Pipfile')
         \|| filereadable(l:path . '/Pipfile.lock')
             return l:path
diff --git a/doc/ale-python.txt b/doc/ale-python.txt
index 093ea758..b5c469b1 100644
--- a/doc/ale-python.txt
+++ b/doc/ale-python.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ ALE will look for configuration files with the following filenames. >
   mypy.ini
   pycodestyle.cfg
   flake8.cfg
+  .flake8rc
   Pipfile
   Pipfile.lock
 <