diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
index b8e5d400..4bfa932c 100644
--- a/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ black==22.8.0
 coverage==6.2; python_version < '3.7'
 coverage==6.4.4; python_version >= '3.7'
 flake8==5.0.4
+flake8-builtins==2.0.0
 testresources==2.0.1
 isort==5.10.1
 pytest==7.0.1; python_version < '3.7'
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 2c0293f6..a6c14562 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ ignore =
     # undefined name name
     F821,
     # local variable name is assigned to but never used
-    F841
+    F841,
+    # class attribute is shadowing a python builtin
+    A003
 
 per-file-ignores =
     # Unused imports in __init__.py are fine
@@ -31,3 +33,18 @@ per-file-ignores =
 
 max-line-length = 100
 exclude = gdb-pt-dump
+
+# flake8-builtins should allow these builtins to be shadowed
+builtins-ignorelist =
+    all,
+    breakpoint,
+    copyright,
+    dir,
+    exit,
+    format,
+    hex,
+    map,
+    max,
+    min,
+    next,
+    type