diff --git a/.yamllint b/.yamllint
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cf0d4655
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.yamllint
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+---
+extends: default
+
+rules:
+  line-length:
+    # matches hardcoded 160 value from ansible-lint
+    max: 160
+  indentation:
+    spaces: consistent
+    indent-sequences: true
+    check-multi-line-strings: false
+
+ignore: |
+  releasenotes/notes/*.yaml
diff --git a/.zuul.yaml b/.zuul.yaml
index f11a6e59..90dc4740 100644
--- a/.zuul.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+---
 - job:
     name: validations-libs-functional
     parent: devstack
diff --git a/playbooks/post.yaml b/playbooks/post.yaml
index 853f4e29..0384ca20 100644
--- a/playbooks/post.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/post.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+---
 - hosts: tempest
   vars:
     tox_envlist: functional
diff --git a/skiplist-example.yaml b/skiplist-example.yaml
index 8798d8f1..9139b0e3 100644
--- a/skiplist-example.yaml
+++ b/skiplist-example.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+---
 check-ram:
   hosts: all
   # reason and lp key is not mandatory for the VF. Those values are in the list