diff --git a/.clang-format b/.clang-format
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f3316f7ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.clang-format
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+BasedOnStyle: LLVM
+UseTab: Always
+IndentWidth: 4
+TabWidth: 4
+BreakBeforeBraces: Attach
+AllowShortIfStatementsOnASingleLine: false
+IndentCaseLabels: false
+ColumnLimit: 0
+AccessModifierOffset: -4
+NamespaceIndentation: All
+FixNamespaceComments: false
diff --git a/BUILDING.md b/BUILDING.md
index b6d47fc9f..8b1782483 100644
--- a/BUILDING.md
+++ b/BUILDING.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## Editor
 
 Any editor can be used for editing. However, the repository does have settings to ensure consistent formatting when using [Visual Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/). For other editors, please use `tab` instead of `spaces` with `tabSize` of `4` for indentation.
+`.clang-format` provides consistent formatting for other editors and can be used by the command line `clang-format` tool to format a file with `clang-format -i <filename>`.
 
 ## Nodejs