diff --git a/src/.dir-locals.el b/src/.dir-locals.el
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b03f85c8e5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/.dir-locals.el
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+((c-mode . ((indent-tabs-mode .  nil)))
+ (c++-mode . ((indent-tabs-mode . nil)))
+ (nil . ((c-file-style . "linux")
+	 (c-basic-offset . 2))))