diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e5a746a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+---
+repos:
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: v4.5.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: trailing-whitespace
+      - id: mixed-line-ending
+        args: ['--fix', 'lf']
+        exclude: |
+          (?x)(
+          .*.svg$|
+          )
+      - id: fix-byte-order-marker
+      - id: check-merge-conflict
+      - id: debug-statements
+      - id: check-json
+        files: .*\.json$
+      - id: check-yaml
+        files: .*\.(yaml|yml)$
+        exclude: releasenotes/.*$
+  - repo: https://github.com/Lucas-C/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: v1.5.4
+    hooks:
+      - id: remove-tabs
+        exclude: '.*\.(svg)$'
+  - repo: https://github.com/sphinx-contrib/sphinx-lint
+    rev: v1.0.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: sphinx-lint
+        args: [--enable=default-role]
+        files: ^doc/|releasenotes|api-ref
+  - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/doc8
+    rev: v1.1.2
+    hooks:
+      - id: doc8
+
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 66afba2c..9dcb184d 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 # of appearance. Changing the order has an impact on the overall integration
 # process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
 
-doc8 # Apache-2.0
 stestr!=2.3.1 # Apache-2.0
 testtools>=0.9.34
 
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 6ccdbf34..4692ecd1 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -5,15 +5,17 @@ skipsdist = true
 
 [testenv]
 usedevelop = True
+allowlist_externals = pre-commit
 setenv =
    VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
 deps =
   -c{env:TOX_CONSTRAINTS_FILE:https://releases.openstack.org/constraints/upper/master}
   -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
   -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
+  pre-commit
 commands =
     stestr run {posargs}
-    doc8 priorities/ specs/ doc/source README.rst
+    pre-commit run --all-files --show-diff-on-failure {posargs}
 
 [testenv:venv]
 commands = {posargs:}