diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f7a03542b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+repos:
+-   repo: https://github.com/pycqa/flake8
+    rev: 6.0.0
+    hooks:
+    -   id: flake8
+        files: '(src|scripts|conftest.py)'
diff --git a/docs/development.rst b/docs/development.rst
index d54c6c4e9..f589f25b1 100644
--- a/docs/development.rst
+++ b/docs/development.rst
@@ -164,6 +164,13 @@ virtual env and run::
   pip install -r requirements.d/development.txt
 
 
+This project utilizes pre-commit to lint code before it is committed.
+Although pre-commit is installed when running the command above, the pre-commit hooks
+will have to be installed separately. Run this command to install the pre-commit hooks::
+
+  pre-commit install
+
+
 Running the tests
 -----------------
 
diff --git a/requirements.d/development.txt b/requirements.d/development.txt
index 3c30b2ac2..a8da71dcf 100644
--- a/requirements.d/development.txt
+++ b/requirements.d/development.txt
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ pytest-benchmark
 Cython
 twine
 python-dateutil
+pre-commit