diff --git a/platformio/__init__.py b/platformio/__init__.py
index 15d4120e..b334f36b 100644
--- a/platformio/__init__.py
+++ b/platformio/__init__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 import sys
 
-VERSION = (2, 8, "0.dev2")
+VERSION = (2, 8, "0.dev3")
 __version__ = ".".join([str(s) for s in VERSION])
 
 __title__ = "platformio"
diff --git a/platformio/ide/tpls/atom/.gcc-flags.json.tpl b/platformio/ide/tpls/atom/.gcc-flags.json.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6b9698d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platformio/ide/tpls/atom/.gcc-flags.json.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "execPath": "{{ cxx_path }}",
+  "gccDefaultCFlags": "-Wall -Wno-cpp -fsyntax-only -D{{ ' -D'.join(defines) }}",
+  "gccDefaultCppFlags": "-Wall -Wno-cpp -fsyntax-only -D{{ ' -D'.join(defines) }}",
+  "gccErrorLimit": 15,
+  "gccIncludePaths": "{{ ','.join(includes).replace("\\", "/") }}",
+  "gccSuppressWarnings": false
+}
diff --git a/platformio/ide/tpls/atom/.gitignore.tpl b/platformio/ide/tpls/atom/.gitignore.tpl
index 9984610a..5402c188 100644
--- a/platformio/ide/tpls/atom/.gitignore.tpl
+++ b/platformio/ide/tpls/atom/.gitignore.tpl
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 .pioenvs
 .clang_complete
+.gcc-flags.json