diff --git a/travis/cfg/travis_run_flake8.cfg b/travis/cfg/travis_run_flake8.cfg
index 91eea416f..c3d15f7bd 100644
--- a/travis/cfg/travis_run_flake8.cfg
+++ b/travis/cfg/travis_run_flake8.cfg
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # F811 is legal in odoo 8 when we implement 2 interfaces for a method
 # F999 pylint support this case with expected tests
 # W503 changed by W504 and OCA prefers allow both
-ignore = E123,E133,E226,E241,E242,F811,F601,W503,W504
+# E203: whitespace before ':' (black behaviour and not pep8 compliant)
+ignore = E123,E133,E226,E241,E242,F811,F601,W503,W504,E203
 max-line-length = 79
 exclude = __unported__,__init__.py,examples