diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 53f45146..dc83a16a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -76,4 +76,3 @@ celerybeat-schedule
 .flake8
 .pylintrc
 Makefile
-.isort.cfg
diff --git a/.isort.cfg b/.isort.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..631650d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.isort.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[settings]
+profile=django
+sections=FUTURE,STDLIB,THIRDPARTY,DJANGO,ESI,FIRSTPARTY,LOCALFOLDER
+known_esi=esi
+known_django=django
+skip_gitignore=true