diff --git a/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml b/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
index 54d16a5..0c5a471 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
@@ -47,3 +47,9 @@
   entry: /usr/bin/sort -u -o .spelling .spelling
   language: script
   pass_filenames: false
+
+- id: hadolint
+  name: Run hadolint Dockerfile linter
+  description: Run hadolint Dockerfile linter
+  entry: pre-commit-hadolint
+  language: script
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 43689a5..bbde904 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -55,3 +55,7 @@ will ignore words listed in a `.spelling` file in your repo.
 ## spelling-sort
 
 Run `sort` on the `.spelling` file used by the `markdown-spellcheck` tool. This keeps the file tidy as it is used.
+
+## hadolint
+
+Run the [hadolint](https://github.com/hadolint/hadolint) Dockerfile linter
diff --git a/pre-commit-hadolint b/pre-commit-hadolint
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..18baa34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pre-commit-hadolint
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+HADOLINT_PREFIX_URL="https://github.com/hadolint/hadolint/releases/download"
+HADOLINT_VERSION="v2.1.0"
+OS=$(uname -s)
+ARCH=$(uname -m)
+HADOLINT_BINARY="hadolint-${OS}-${ARCH}"
+HADOLINT_URL="${HADOLINT_PREFIX_URL}/${HADOLINT_VERSION}/${HADOLINT_BINARY}"
+
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )"
+LOCAL_BINARY="${DIR}/${HADOLINT_BINARY}-${HADOLINT_VERSION}"
+
+function mylock() {
+    # *sigh*
+    # macOS does not have flock so fall back to perl(!) if it's not
+    # available
+    if command -v flock &>/dev/null; then
+        flock -x 200
+    else
+        perl -e 'use Fcntl qw(:flock); open($fh, "<&=", 200) || die "Cannot open"; flock($fh, LOCK_EX) || die "Cannot lock"'
+    fi
+}
+
+# Download the binary if it doesn't already exist
+# use the locking pattern from https://linux.die.net/man/1/flock
+(
+    mylock
+    if [[ ! -x ${LOCAL_BINARY} ]]; then
+        curl -o "${LOCAL_BINARY}" -L -sSf "${HADOLINT_URL}"
+        chmod 755 "${LOCAL_BINARY}"
+    fi
+) 200> "${LOCAL_BINARY}.lock"
+
+files=()
+
+# only run hadolint if it looks like a Dockerfile
+for f in "$@"; do
+    case $f in
+        (Dockerfile*|*/Dockerfile*)
+            files+=( "${f}" )
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+if [[ "${#files[@]}" -gt 0 ]]; then
+    exec "${LOCAL_BINARY}" "${files[@]}"
+fi
+
+# if no files, exit successfully
+exit 0