diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..58901750
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+---
+repos:
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: v3.1.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: check-yaml
+        files: .*\.(yaml|yml)$
+  - repo: https://github.com/adrienverge/yamllint.git
+    rev: v1.23.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: yamllint
+        args: ['-d {extends: relaxed, rules: {line-length: disable}}', '-s']
+        files: \.(yaml|yml)$
+  - repo: https://github.com/openstack-dev/bashate.git
+    rev: 2.0.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: bashate
+  - repo: local
+    hooks:
+      - id: hadolint
+        name: Hadolint linter
+        description: Runs Hadolint to check for Dockerfile best practices
+        language: system
+        types:
+          - dockerfile
+        entry: hadolint
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b15b7e0b..8955e98f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ ALL_IMAGES:=$(ALL_STACKS)
 
 # Linter
 HADOLINT="${HOME}/hadolint"
+HADOLINT_VERSION="v1.18.0"
 
 help:
 # http://marmelab.com/blog/2016/02/29/auto-documented-makefile.html
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ dev/%: ## run a foreground container for a stack
 	docker run -it --rm -p $(PORT):8888 $(DARGS) $(OWNER)/$(notdir $@) $(ARGS)
 
 dev-env: ## install libraries required to build docs and run tests
-	pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
+	@pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
 
 docs: ## build HTML documentation
 	make -C docs html
@@ -131,11 +132,18 @@ lint-build-test-all: $(foreach I,$(ALL_IMAGES),lint/$(I) arch_patch/$(I) build/$
 
 lint-install: ## install hadolint
 	@echo "Installing hadolint at $(HADOLINT) ..."
-	@curl -sL -o $(HADOLINT) "https://github.com/hadolint/hadolint/releases/download/v1.18.0/hadolint-$(shell uname -s)-$(shell uname -m)"
+	@curl -sL -o $(HADOLINT) "https://github.com/hadolint/hadolint/releases/download/$(HADOLINT_VERSION)/hadolint-$(shell uname -s)-$(shell uname -m)"
 	@chmod 700 $(HADOLINT)
 	@echo "Installation done!"
 	@$(HADOLINT) --version	
 
+pre-commit-all: ## run pre-commit hook on all files
+	@pre-commit run --all 
+
+pre-commit-install: ## set up the git hook scripts
+	@pre-commit --version
+	@pre-commit install
+
 pull/%: DARGS?=
 pull/%: ## pull a jupyter image
 	docker pull $(DARGS) $(OWNER)/$(notdir $@)
diff --git a/docs/contributing/lint.md b/docs/contributing/lint.md
index 7ce07bdd..2d3bed17 100644
--- a/docs/contributing/lint.md
+++ b/docs/contributing/lint.md
@@ -1,8 +1,43 @@
-# Image Lint
+# Lint
+
+In order to enforce some rules **linters** are used in this project.
+Linters can be run either during the **development phase** (by the developer) and during **integration phase** (by Travis).
+To integrate and enforce this process in the project lifecycle we are using **git hooks** through [pre-commit][pre-commit].
+
+## Pre-commit hook
+
+### Installation
+
+pre-commit is a Python package that needs to be installed. 
+This can be achieved by using the generic task used to install all Python development dependencies.
+
+```sh
+# Install all development dependencies for the project
+$ make dev-env
+# It can also be installed directly
+$ pip install pre-commit
+```
+
+Then the git hooks scripts configured for the project in `.pre-commit-config.yaml` need to be installed in the local git repository.
+
+```sh
+$ make pre-commit-install 
+```
+
+### Run
+
+Now pre-commit (and so configured hooks) will run automatically on `git commit` on each changed file.
+However it is also possible to trigger it against all files.
+
+```sh
+$ make pre-commit-all
+```
+
+## Image Lint
 
 To comply with [Docker best practices][dbp], we are using the [Hadolint][hadolint] tool to analyse each `Dockerfile` .
 
-## Installation
+### Installation
 
 There is a specific `make` target to install the linter.
 By default `hadolint` will be installed in `${HOME}/hadolint`.
@@ -15,9 +50,9 @@ $ make lint-install
 # Haskell Dockerfile Linter v1.17.6-0-gc918759
 ```
 
-## Lint
+### Linting
 
-### Per Stack
+#### Per Stack
 
 The linter can be run per stack.
 
@@ -41,7 +76,7 @@ Optionally you can pass arguments to the linter.
 $ make lint/scipy-notebook ARGS="--format codeclimate"  
 ```
 
-### All the Stacks
+#### All the Stacks
 
 The linter can be run against all the stacks.
 
@@ -49,7 +84,7 @@ The linter can be run against all the stacks.
 $ make lint-all
 ```
 
-## Ignoring Rules
+### Ignoring Rules
 
 Sometimes it is necessary to ignore [some rules][rules]. 
 The following rules are ignored by default and sor for all images in the `.hadolint.yaml` file.
@@ -75,4 +110,5 @@ RUN cd /tmp && echo "hello!"
 [dbp]: https://docs.docker.com/develop/develop-images/dockerfile_best-practices
 [rules]: https://github.com/hadolint/hadolint#rules
 [DL3006]: https://github.com/hadolint/hadolint/wiki/DL3006
-[DL3008]: https://github.com/hadolint/hadolint/wiki/DL3008
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+[DL3008]: https://github.com/hadolint/hadolint/wiki/DL3008
+[pre-commit]: https://pre-commit.com/
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diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 2a3cdd40..2d1d7df1 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 docker
+pre-commit
 pytest
 recommonmark
 requests