diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2e5485d37..a0cfbd882 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ native/src/gsl/
 dotnet/nuget/*.nuspec
 !dotnet/nuget/*.nuspec.in
 dotnet/nuget/SEALNet.targets
+env
 
 *.pc
 .config
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4d5d8ad81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+repos:
+    #- repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+      #rev: v2.0.0
+      #hooks:
+        #- id: check-added-large-files
+        #- id: check-case-conflict
+        #- id: check-json
+        #- id: check-merge-conflict
+        #- id: check-symlinks
+        #- id: check-yaml
+        #- id: trailing-whitespace
+        #- id: end-of-file-fixer
+  - repo: local
+    hooks:
+    - id: clang-format
+      name: clang-format
+      entry: clang-format
+      language: system
+      files: \.(cpp|h)$
+      args: ["-i"]