diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd7b710
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# See https://pre-commit.com for more information
+# See https://pre-commit.com/hooks.html for more hooks
+repos:
+-   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: v3.2.0
+    hooks:
+    -   id: trailing-whitespace
+    -   id: end-of-file-fixer
+    -   id: check-json
+    -   id: check-toml
+    -   id: check-yaml
+    -   id: check-added-large-files
+    -   id: check-ast
+
+-   repo: https://github.com/psf/black
+    rev: 22.10.0
+    hooks:
+    -   id: black
+
+-   repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
+    rev: v0.0.280
+    hooks:
+    -   id: ruff
+        args: [--fix, --exit-non-zero-on-fix]
+
+-   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
+    rev: v1.4.1
+    hooks:
+    -   id: mypy
diff --git a/README-DEV.md b/README-DEV.md
index a1d9b1a..cdd51fd 100644
--- a/README-DEV.md
+++ b/README-DEV.md
@@ -35,3 +35,10 @@ Static code analysis:
 pytest -k "not test" --mypy
 pytest -k "not test" --ruff
 ```
+
+## How to use pre-commit
+
+This project optionally uses [pre-commit](https://pre-commit.com) to check commits. To use it:
+
+- Install pre-commit, e.g. `pip install -r requirements-dev.txt`
+- Install the repo-local git hooks: `pre-commit install`
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 030b803..2eefc16 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ pytest-mypy
 pytest-ruff
 black
 ruff
+pre-commit