diff --git a/.cpplint b/.cpplint
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7f3bd52d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.cpplint
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+set noparent
+
+extensions=cpp,h,ino
+
+filter=-build/include
+filter=-legal/copyright
+filter=-readability/namespace
+filter=-runtime/references
+filter=-whitespace
diff --git a/.cpplint-noisy b/.cpplint-noisy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..361ae92b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.cpplint-noisy
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+set noparent
+
+extensions=cpp,h,ino
+
+filter=-build/include
+filter=-legal/copyright
+filter=-readability/namespace
+filter=-runtime/references
+filter=-whitespace/line_length
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 29a3464f..4e0086dc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -112,11 +112,11 @@ check-formatting:
 	bin/format-code.sh --check
 
 cpplint-noisy:
-	-bin/cpplint.py  --filter=-legal/copyright,-build/include,-readability/namespace,-whitespace/line_length,-runtime/references  --recursive --extensions=cpp,h,ino src examples
+	-bin/cpplint.py --config=.cpplint-noisy --recursive src plugins examples
 
 
 cpplint:
-	bin/cpplint.py  --quiet --filter=-whitespace,-legal/copyright,-build/include,-readability/namespace,-runtime/references  --recursive --extensions=cpp,h,ino src examples
+	bin/cpplint.py --config=.cpplint --quiet --recursive src plugins examples
 
 
 SHELL_FILES := $(shell if [ -d bin ]; then egrep -n -r -l "(env (ba)?sh)|(/bin/(ba)?sh)" bin; fi)