diff --git a/bob/devtools/templates/.isort.cfg b/bob/devtools/templates/.isort.cfg
index 8d7af1de97c8aea738c0f7c503d1461ad413db4f..ab6c1fc51d22b94b4ed9c42afe7e154c9f25bbd0 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/templates/.isort.cfg
+++ b/bob/devtools/templates/.isort.cfg
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [settings]
+profile=black
 line_length=88
 order_by_type=true
 lines_between_types=1
diff --git a/bob/devtools/templates/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/bob/devtools/templates/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index aca55f5bf7de1b774b9932355b11661586c55a70..49cebe903dc13c27303ff20b660d33b2bdb1dba7 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/templates/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/bob/devtools/templates/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ repos:
     rev: 5.8.0
     hooks:
     - id: isort
-      args: [--sl, --line-length, "88"]
+      args: [--profile, "black", --sl, --line-length, "88"]
   - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
     rev: 20.8b1
     hooks: