diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..dcbc21d86f9e4b17ea7e8803d538c4c0f0b6276a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# https://editorconfig.org/
+# https://github.com/editorconfig/editorconfig-vim 
+# https://github.com/editorconfig/editorconfig-emacs 
+
+root = true
+
+[*]
+indent_style = space
+end_of_line = lf
+charset = utf-8
+trim_trailing_whitespace = true
+insert_final_newline = true
+
+[*.py]
+indent_size = 4
+
+[*.rst]
+indent_size = 4
+
+[*.cpp]
+indent_size = 2
+
+[*.hpp]
+indent_size = 2
+
+# There may be one in doc/
+[Makefile]
+indent_style = tab
+
+# https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/1679
+[*.md]
+trim_trailing_whitespace = false
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 28e8dd262a4598b7fa73314169f71cbae3a38d9a..26795da97da8b73bcc4ef48b5d67ab79f59564e3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ def main():
               ],
 
           packages=find_packages(),
+          python_requires="~=3.6",
           install_requires=[
               "numpy>=1.5",
               "pytools>=2020.1",