diff --git a/.luacheckrc b/.luacheckrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9087792d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.luacheckrc
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+std = "min"
+cache = true
+include_files = {
+    "userspace/falco/lua/*.lua",
+    "userspace/engine/lua/*.lua",
+    "userspace/engine/lua/lyaml/*.lua",
+    "*.luacheckrc"
+}
+exclude_files = {"build"}