diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..895d871
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+repos:
+-   repo: local
+    hooks:
+    -   id: validate-release-notes
+        name: Validate Release Notes
+        entry: python ci/check-release-notes.py
+        language: python
+        files: ^release-notes/.*\.yml$
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 90b2d76..e2c510e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-.PHONY: syntax-check
+.PHONY: syntax-check pre-commit-check print-rollouts
+
 syntax-check:
 	@find streams updates -iname '*.json' | sort | xargs -n 1 python3 -c 'import json, sys; json.load(open(sys.argv[1]))'
+	@python ci/check-release-notes.py release-notes/*.yml
 
-.PHONY: print-rollouts
 print-rollouts:
 	@find updates -iname '*.json' -printf '%f\n' | cut -f1 -d. | sort | xargs ./rollout.py print