allow the flake8: header to be more generic
diff --git a/flake8/util.py b/flake8/util.py
index 42f15d8..86db8ce 100644
--- a/flake8/util.py
+++ b/flake8/util.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     return line.strip().lower().endswith('# noqa')
 
 
-_NOQA = re.compile(r'^# flake8: noqa', re.I | re.M)
+_NOQA = re.compile(r'flake8[:=]\s*noqa', re.I | re.M)
 
 
 def skip_file(path):