diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index da9f0bef0..63b5c10d5 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -148,7 +148,8 @@ exclude =
         components/mbedtls/mbedtls,
         components/expat/expat,
         components/unity/unity,
-        examples/build_system/cmake/import_lib/main/lib/tinyxml2
+        examples/build_system/cmake/import_lib/main/lib/tinyxml2,
+        components/nimble/nimble,
     # other third-party libraries
         tools/kconfig_new/kconfiglib.py,
     # autogenerated scripts