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 2687d7e099c53bbd01935f7115ad98990921f915..31358bd8625c918a4104fe7870ac46c332909316 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ setup(name="loo.py",
           'Topic :: Utilities',
           ],
 
+      python_requires="~=3.6",
       install_requires=[
           "pytools>=2020.2",
           "pymbolic>=2019.2",