diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..beccf1086c92a361230efd0868ceda613c73dbb4
--- /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
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c464a42cd8ee5293720047f9edef502e2b821c27..d6f1a27fc8421c66de1cb0c7836ababcde8efcec 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ def main():
 
           packages=find_packages(),
 
+          python_requires="~=3.6",
           install_requires=[
               "numpy>=1.5",
               "pytools>=2014.1",