diff --git a/.scalafmt.conf b/.scalafmt.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bc4b624a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.scalafmt.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+style = IntelliJ
+maxColumn = 100
+
+project.excludeFilters = [
+  ".*com/google/.*"
+  ".*tech/sourced/featurext/generated/.*"
+  ".*gopkg/in/.*"
+]
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b11e3ac0..11de4b89 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ matrix:
 
   - scala: 2.11.2
     env: STYLE_CHECK=true
-    script: ./sbt scalastyle
+    script: make lint-scala
 
   - scala: 2.11.2
     env: FE_PYTHON_TEST=true
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3b7b74bb..17b3f213 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -27,3 +27,13 @@ format-python:
 
 lint-python:
 	$(YAPF_CMD) --diff
+
+format-scala:
+	$(SBT) scalafmt
+	$(SBT) test:scalafmt
+	$(SBT) sbt:scalafmt
+
+lint-scala:
+	$(SBT) scalafmt::test
+	$(SBT) test:scalafmt::test
+	$(SBT) sbt:scalafmt::test
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 87685e31..fa18b155 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -117,6 +117,18 @@ To generate protobuf messages fixtures you may use [bblfsh-sdk-tools](https://gi
 bblfsh-sdk-tools fixtures -p .proto -l <LANG> <path-to-source-code-file>
 ```
 
+This project uses [scalafmt](http://scalameta.org/scalafmt) formatting. You can configure IntelliJ IDEA to use the same formatting configuration. To do so, follow the [scalafmt instructions](http://scalameta.org/scalafmt/#IntelliJ).
+
+To check if the code follows the project style, use the linters
+```
+make lint-scala
+```
+
+To fix formatting issues, use the formatters
+```
+make format-scala
+```
+
 ## License
 
 Copyright (C) 2017 source{d}.
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 8ee0c075..8dc6ccbf 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -102,15 +102,3 @@ publishTo := {
     Some("releases" at nexus + "service/local/staging/deploy/maven2")
   }
 }
-
-scalastyleSources in Compile := {
-  // all .scala files in "src/main/scala"
-  val scalaSourceFiles = ((scalaSource in Compile).value ** "*.scala").get
-  val fSep = java.io.File.separator
-  val dirsNameToExclude = List(
-    "com" + fSep + "google",
-    "tech" + fSep + "sourced" + fSep + "featurext" + fSep + "generated",
-    "gopkg" + fSep + "in"
-  )
-  scalaSourceFiles.filterNot(f => dirsNameToExclude.exists(dir => f.getAbsolutePath.contains(dir)))
-}
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 98efea74..b02b3573 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n" % "sbt-assembly" % "0.14.5")
 addSbtPlugin("net.virtual-void" % "sbt-dependency-graph" % "0.8.2")
 addSbtPlugin("org.scoverage" % "sbt-scoverage" % "1.5.1")
-addSbtPlugin("org.scalastyle" %% "scalastyle-sbt-plugin" % "1.0.0")
 addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.sbteclipse" % "sbteclipse-plugin" % "5.2.2")
 addSbtPlugin("com.jsuereth" % "sbt-pgp" % "1.0.0")
 addSbtPlugin("org.xerial.sbt" % "sbt-sonatype" % "1.1")
+addSbtPlugin("com.lucidchart" % "sbt-scalafmt" % "1.15")
diff --git a/scalastyle-config.xml b/scalastyle-config.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 15c6ce16..00000000
--- a/scalastyle-config.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,98 +0,0 @@
-<scalastyle>
- <name>Scalastyle standard configuration</name>
- <check level="error" class="org.scalastyle.file.FileTabChecker" enabled="true"></check>
- <check level="error" class="org.scalastyle.file.FileLengthChecker" enabled="true">
-  <parameters>
-   <parameter name="maxFileLength"><![CDATA[800]]></parameter>
-  </parameters>
- </check>
- <check level="error" class="org.scalastyle.file.HeaderMatchesChecker" enabled="false">
-  <parameters>
-   <parameter name="header"><![CDATA[]]></parameter>
-  </parameters>
- </check>
- <check level="error" class="org.scalastyle.scalariform.SpacesAfterPlusChecker" enabled="true"></check>
- <check level="error" class="org.scalastyle.file.WhitespaceEndOfLineChecker" enabled="true"></check>
- <check level="error" class="org.scalastyle.scalariform.SpacesBeforePlusChecker" enabled="true"></check>
- <check level="error" class="org.scalastyle.file.FileLineLengthChecker" enabled="true">
-  <parameters>
-   <parameter name="maxLineLength"><![CDATA[120]]></parameter>
-   <parameter name="tabSize"><![CDATA[2]]></parameter>
-  </parameters>
- </check>
- <check level="error" class="org.scalastyle.scalariform.ClassNamesChecker" enabled="true">
-  <parameters>
-   <parameter name="regex"><![CDATA[[A-Z][A-Za-z]*]]></parameter>
-  </parameters>
- </check>
- <check level="error" class="org.scalastyle.scalariform.ObjectNamesChecker" enabled="true">
-  <parameters>
-   <parameter name="regex"><![CDATA[[A-Z][A-Za-z]*]]></parameter>
-  </parameters>
- </check>
- <check level="error" class="org.scalastyle.scalariform.PackageObjectNamesChecker" enabled="true">
-  <parameters>
-   <parameter name="regex"><![CDATA[^[a-z][A-Za-z]*$]]></parameter>
-  </parameters>
- </check>
- <check level="error" class="org.scalastyle.scalariform.EqualsHashCodeChecker" enabled="true"></check>
- <check level="error" class="org.scalastyle.scalariform.IllegalImportsChecker" enabled="true">
-  <parameters>
-   <parameter name="illegalImports"><![CDATA[sun._,java.awt._]]></parameter>
-  </parameters>
- </check>
- <check level="error" class="org.scalastyle.scalariform.ParameterNumberChecker" enabled="true">
-  <parameters>
-   <parameter name="maxParameters"><![CDATA[8]]></parameter>
-  </parameters>
- </check>
- <check level="error" class="org.scalastyle.scalariform.MagicNumberChecker" enabled="false">
-  <parameters>
-   <parameter name="ignore"><![CDATA[-1,0,1,2,3]]></parameter>
-  </parameters>
- </check>
- <check level="error" class="org.scalastyle.scalariform.NoWhitespaceBeforeLeftBracketChecker" enabled="true"></check>
- <check level="error" class="org.scalastyle.scalariform.NoWhitespaceAfterLeftBracketChecker" enabled="true"></check>
- <check level="error" class="org.scalastyle.scalariform.ReturnChecker" enabled="false"></check>
- <check level="error" class="org.scalastyle.scalariform.NullChecker" enabled="false"></check>
- <check level="error" class="org.scalastyle.scalariform.NoCloneChecker" enabled="true"></check>
- <check level="error" class="org.scalastyle.scalariform.NoFinalizeChecker" enabled="true"></check>
- <check level="error" class="org.scalastyle.scalariform.CovariantEqualsChecker" enabled="true"></check>
- <check level="error" class="org.scalastyle.scalariform.StructuralTypeChecker" enabled="true"></check>
- <check level="error" class="org.scalastyle.scalariform.NumberOfTypesChecker" enabled="true">
-  <parameters>
-   <parameter name="maxTypes"><![CDATA[30]]></parameter>
-  </parameters>
- </check>
- <check level="error" class="org.scalastyle.scalariform.CyclomaticComplexityChecker" enabled="true">
-  <parameters>
-   <parameter name="maximum"><![CDATA[15]]></parameter>
-  </parameters>
- </check>
- <check level="error" class="org.scalastyle.scalariform.UppercaseLChecker" enabled="true"></check>
- <check level="error" class="org.scalastyle.scalariform.SimplifyBooleanExpressionChecker" enabled="true"></check>
- <check level="error" class="org.scalastyle.scalariform.IfBraceChecker" enabled="true">
-  <parameters>
-   <parameter name="singleLineAllowed"><![CDATA[true]]></parameter>
-   <parameter name="doubleLineAllowed"><![CDATA[false]]></parameter>
-  </parameters>
- </check>
- <check level="error" class="org.scalastyle.scalariform.MethodLengthChecker" enabled="true">
-  <parameters>
-   <parameter name="maxLength"><![CDATA[80]]></parameter>
-  </parameters>
- </check>
- <check level="error" class="org.scalastyle.scalariform.MethodNamesChecker" enabled="true">
-  <parameters>
-   <parameter name="regex"><![CDATA[^[a-z][A-Za-z0-9]*$]]></parameter>
-  </parameters>
- </check>
- <check level="error" class="org.scalastyle.scalariform.NumberOfMethodsInTypeChecker" enabled="true">
-  <parameters>
-   <parameter name="maxMethods"><![CDATA[30]]></parameter>
-  </parameters>
- </check>
- <check level="error" class="org.scalastyle.scalariform.PublicMethodsHaveTypeChecker" enabled="true"></check>
- <check level="error" class="org.scalastyle.file.NewLineAtEofChecker" enabled="true"></check>
- <check level="error" class="org.scalastyle.file.NoNewLineAtEofChecker" enabled="false"></check>
-</scalastyle>