diff --git a/CPPLINT.cfg b/CPPLINT.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..df82aae5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CPPLINT.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+filter=-whitespace/braces,-legal/copyright
diff --git a/gitignore b/gitignore
index 1d5e4a55..1f848be8 100644
--- a/gitignore
+++ b/gitignore
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ tags.lock
 tags.temp
 # Persistent undo
 [._]*.un~
-# Exclude local vimrc
+# Exclude local vim configuration
 .lvimrc
+.vim
 
 ### YouCompleteMe
 .ycm_extra_conf.py
diff --git a/install.conf.yaml b/install.conf.yaml
index 80842dca..5bc9fbae 100644
--- a/install.conf.yaml
+++ b/install.conf.yaml
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
     ~/.zsh-syntax-highlighting:
     ~/.zshenv:
     ~/.zshrc:
+    ~/CPPLINT.cfg:
 
 - create:
     - ~/.git-template
diff --git a/vim/ftplugin/cpp.vim b/vim/ftplugin/cpp.vim
index 3f76f0b8..d6e9291a 100644
--- a/vim/ftplugin/cpp.vim
+++ b/vim/ftplugin/cpp.vim
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ call SetTextWidth(80)
 
 setlocal matchpairs+=<:>
 
-let b:ale_fixers = { 'cpp': [ 'clang-format', 'clangtidy' ]}
+let b:ale_fixers = { 'cpp': [ 'clang-format', 'clangtidy', 'cpplint' ]}