diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 556661c42d..ee16bc3aa7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ tags
 /*.vkey
 /*.cert
 
+.pre-commit-config.yaml
+
 # For now require that users generate their own hie.yaml
 /hie.yaml
 
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index e3333b5f10..6ff6c4b36c 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -150,6 +150,22 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "flake-compat_3": {
+      "flake": false,
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1747046372,
+        "narHash": "sha256-CIVLLkVgvHYbgI2UpXvIIBJ12HWgX+fjA8Xf8PUmqCY=",
+        "owner": "edolstra",
+        "repo": "flake-compat",
+        "rev": "9100a0f413b0c601e0533d1d94ffd501ce2e7885",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "edolstra",
+        "repo": "flake-compat",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "flake-utils": {
       "inputs": {
         "systems": "systems"
@@ -208,6 +224,27 @@
         "type": "gitlab"
       }
     },
+    "gitignore": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "pre-commit-hooks",
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1709087332,
+        "narHash": "sha256-HG2cCnktfHsKV0s4XW83gU3F57gaTljL9KNSuG6bnQs=",
+        "owner": "hercules-ci",
+        "repo": "gitignore.nix",
+        "rev": "637db329424fd7e46cf4185293b9cc8c88c95394",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "hercules-ci",
+        "repo": "gitignore.nix",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "hackage-for-stackage": {
       "flake": false,
       "locked": {
@@ -762,6 +799,22 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "nixpkgs_4": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1759070547,
+        "narHash": "sha256-JVZl8NaVRYb0+381nl7LvPE+A774/dRpif01FKLrYFQ=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "647e5c14cbd5067f44ac86b74f014962df460840",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixpkgs-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "old-ghc-nix": {
       "flake": false,
       "locked": {
@@ -779,6 +832,26 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "pre-commit-hooks": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-compat": "flake-compat_3",
+        "gitignore": "gitignore",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_4"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1760663237,
+        "narHash": "sha256-BflA6U4AM1bzuRMR8QqzPXqh8sWVCNDzOdsxXEguJIc=",
+        "owner": "cachix",
+        "repo": "git-hooks.nix",
+        "rev": "ca5b894d3e3e151ffc1db040b6ce4dcc75d31c37",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "cachix",
+        "repo": "git-hooks.nix",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "root": {
       "inputs": {
         "CHaP": "CHaP",
@@ -790,6 +863,7 @@
         "incl": "incl",
         "iohkNix": "iohkNix",
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_3",
+        "pre-commit-hooks": "pre-commit-hooks",
         "wasm-nixpkgs": [
           "ghc-wasm-meta",
           "nixpkgs"
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index bcadb53131..214b51bd75 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/4284c2b73c8bce4b46a6adf23e16d9e2ec8da4bb";
     iohkNix.url = "github:input-output-hk/iohk-nix";
     flake-utils.url = "github:hamishmack/flake-utils/hkm/nested-hydraJobs";
+    pre-commit-hooks.url = "github:cachix/git-hooks.nix";
     incl.url = "github:divnix/incl";
     # non-flake nix compatibility
     flake-compat = {
@@ -77,6 +78,30 @@
         proto-js-bundle-drv = import ./nix/proto-to-js.nix {pkgs = nixpkgs;};
         wasm-typedoc-drv = import ./nix/typedoc.nix {pkgs = nixpkgs;};
 
+        pre-commit-check = inputs.pre-commit-hooks.lib.${nixpkgs.system}.run {
+          src = ./.;
+          hooks = {
+            alejandra.enable = true;
+            cabal-gild = {
+              enable = true;
+              entry = let
+                script = nixpkgs.writeShellScript "precommit-cabal-gild" ''
+                  for file in "$@"; do
+                      cabal-gild --io="$file"
+                  done
+                '';
+              in
+                builtins.toString script;
+              files = "\\.cabal$";
+            };
+            prettify = {
+              enable = true;
+              entry = "scripts/githooks/haskell-style-lint";
+              types = ["haskell"];
+            };
+          };
+        };
+
         # We use cabalProject' to ensure we don't build the plan for
         # all systems.
         cabalProject = nixpkgs.haskell-nix.cabalProject' ({config, ...}: {
@@ -104,6 +129,7 @@
               secure: True
             active-repositories: hackage.haskell.org, cardano-haskell-packages-local
           '';
+
           shell.packages = p: [
             # Packages in this repo
             p.cardano-api
@@ -133,6 +159,8 @@
           # Skip cross compilers for the shell
           shell.crossPlatforms = _: [];
           shell.shellHook = ''
+            export PATH="${nixpkgs.nix}/bin:$PATH"
+            ${pre-commit-check.shellHook}
             export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${nixpkgs.snappy}/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
             export PATH="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/scripts/devshell:$PATH"
           '';