diff --git a/ruff.toml b/ruff.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..95e6f82a71d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ruff.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# hacking already covers E402 (and disagrees w/ ruff)
+ignore = ["E402"]
+
+[per-file-ignores]
+"cinder/volume/drivers/fungible/swagger_api_client.py" = ["E501"]
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 25e262c091a..3b6108280b9 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -280,3 +280,10 @@ paths = ./cinder/tests/hacking
 [doc8]
 ignore-path=.tox,*.egg-info,doc/src/api,doc/source/drivers.rst,doc/build,.eggs,doc/source/configuration/tables,./*.txt,releasenotes,doc/source/contributor/api,doc/test
 extension=.txt,.rst,.inc
+
+[testenv:ruff]
+deps = -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
+       -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
+       ruff
+commands =
+    ruff {toxinidir}/cinder {posargs}