diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d94556
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# We from the Oslo project decided to pin repos based on the
+# commit hash instead of the version tag to prevend arbitrary
+# code from running in developer's machines.  To update to a
+# newer version, run `pre-commit autoupdate` and then replace
+# the newer versions with their commit hash.
+
+default_language_version:
+  python: python3
+
+repos:
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: ebc15addedad713c86ef18ae9632c88e187dd0af  # v3.1.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: trailing-whitespace
+      # Replaces or checks mixed line ending
+      - id: mixed-line-ending
+        args: ['--fix', 'lf']
+        exclude: '.*\.(svg)$'
+      # Forbid files which have a UTF-8 byte-order marker
+      - id: check-byte-order-marker
+      # Checks that non-binary executables have a proper shebang
+      - id: check-executables-have-shebangs
+      # Check for files that contain merge conflict strings.
+      - id: check-merge-conflict
+      # Check for debugger imports and py37+ breakpoint()
+      # calls in python source
+      - id: debug-statements
+      - id: check-yaml
+        files: .*\.(yaml|yml)$
+  - repo: https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8
+    rev: 181bb46098dddf7e2d45319ea654b4b4d58c2840 # 3.8.3
+    hooks:
+      - id: flake8
+        additional_dependencies:
+          - hacking>=3.0.1,<3.1.0
diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 4a50d47..51e290e
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -1,4 +1,17 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright (C) 2020 Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
 #
 # Configuration file for the Sphinx documentation builder.
 #
diff --git a/releasenotes/source/conf.py b/releasenotes/source/conf.py
index c93fca6..3060903 100644
--- a/releasenotes/source/conf.py
+++ b/releasenotes/source/conf.py
@@ -1,4 +1,17 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright (C) 2020 Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
 #
 # Configuration file for the Sphinx documentation builder.
 #
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 24bf608..fdc4461 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
 hacking>=3.0,<3.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslotest>=1.5.1
 stestr>=2.0.0
+pre-commit>=2.6.0 # MIT
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 285e284..98cf387 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ deps =
 commands = stestr run --slowest {posargs}
 
 [testenv:pep8]
-commands = flake8 {posargs}
+commands = pre-commit run -a
 
 [testenv:venv]
 commands = {posargs}