diff --git a/blacklist.txt b/blacklist.txt
index 34f319068d..cb713d4c2f 100644
--- a/blacklist.txt
+++ b/blacklist.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # over time.
 flake8
 flake8_docstrings
+flake8-import-order
 hacking
 mccabe
 pep257
diff --git a/global-requirements.txt b/global-requirements.txt
index 07361b984c..af849d9709 100644
--- a/global-requirements.txt
+++ b/global-requirements.txt
@@ -418,6 +418,7 @@ zake>=0.1.6 # Apache-2.0
 # beyond this list would ever use a ==
 flake8>=2.5.4,<2.6.0  # MIT
 flake8_docstrings==0.2.1.post1  # MIT
+flake8-import-order==0.11 # LGPLv3
 hacking>=0.12.0,!=0.13.0,<0.14  # Apache-2.0
 mccabe==0.2.1 # MIT License
 pep257==0.7.0 # MIT License