diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f620aeffd5146254bf630645eaded34d69f35f1c..75520091e64c870c9975174fda183c5d8fd5880b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ style:
   stage: style
   image: $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE
   script:
-      - autopep8 -ar --diff --exit-code --exclude swagger_client .
+      - make style
   allow_failure: true
 
 unittest:
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7609444bd4fd3a8ce980eca0bc3993b3cf2e168f..52ac04456cf59a24334003d4a0af9055dd3b11ec 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -34,3 +34,7 @@ install:
 
 unittest:
 	pytest-3 unittests
+
+style:
+	autopep8 -ar --diff --exit-code --exclude swagger_client .
+.PHONY: style