diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 5c6613775..48bd85627 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ Optional Integrations
 
 * Serve static files from Amazon S3 or Whitenoise_
 * Configuration for Celery_
+* Configuration for Precommit-Hooks_
 * Integration with MailHog_ for local email testing
 * Integration with Sentry_ for error logging
 * Integration with NewRelic_ for performance monitoring
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ Optional Integrations
 .. _docker-compose: https://www.github.com/docker/compose
 .. _Opbeat: https://opbeat.com/
 .. _PythonAnywhere: https://www.pythonanywhere.com/
-
+.. _Precommit-Hooks_: http://pre-commit.com/
 
 Constraints
 -----------
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ Answer the prompts with your own desired options_. For example::
     use_docker [y]: y
     use_heroku [n]: n
     use_grunt [n]: y
+    use_precommit_hooks [n]: n
     Select open_source_license:
     1 - MIT
     2 - BSD
@@ -157,6 +159,10 @@ For development, see the following for local development:
 .. _`Developing locally`: http://cookiecutter-django.readthedocs.io/en/latest/developing-locally.html
 .. _`Developing locally using docker`: http://cookiecutter-django.readthedocs.io/en/latest/developing-locally-docker.html
 
+If you chose to install pre-commit hooks, make sure to also run this after git init::
+
+    $ pre-commit install
+
 Community
 -----------
 
diff --git a/cookiecutter.json b/cookiecutter.json
index 9b21f3cdc..0c1d606ad 100644
--- a/cookiecutter.json
+++ b/cookiecutter.json
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     "use_docker": "y",
     "use_heroku": "n",
     "js_task_runner": ["Gulp", "Grunt", "None"],
+    "use_precommit_hooks": "n",
     "use_lets_encrypt": "n",
     "open_source_license": ["MIT", "BSD", "Apache Software License 2.0", "Not open source"]
 }
diff --git a/docs/project-generation-options.rst b/docs/project-generation-options.rst
index 2ea27c53b..cc1da45c8 100644
--- a/docs/project-generation-options.rst
+++ b/docs/project-generation-options.rst
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ use_python2 [n]
     By default, the Python code generated will be for Python 3.x. But if you
     answer `y` here, it will be legacy Python 2.7 code.
 
+use_precommit_hooks [n]
+    If yes, include a basic configurations for git hooks that have to pass on each commit (or skipped).
+
 .. _WhiteNoise: https://github.com/evansd/whitenoise
 .. _Celery: https://github.com/celery/celery
 .. _MailHog: https://github.com/mailhog/MailHog
diff --git a/hooks/post_gen_project.py b/hooks/post_gen_project.py
index d83d92287..83f0e44f8 100644
--- a/hooks/post_gen_project.py
+++ b/hooks/post_gen_project.py
@@ -111,6 +111,13 @@ def remove_pycharm_dir(project_directory):
         shutil.rmtree(docs_dir_location)
 
 
+def remove_pre_commit_file():
+    """
+    Removes pre-commit hook yaml file
+    """
+    os.remove(os.path.join(PROJECT_DIRECTORY, '.pre-commit-config.yaml'))
+
+
 def remove_heroku_files():
     """
     Removes files needed for heroku if it isn't going to be used
@@ -245,5 +252,9 @@ if '{{ cookiecutter.use_lets_encrypt }}'.lower() == 'y' and '{{ cookiecutter.use
         "You must generate a dhparams.pem file before running docker-compose in a production environment."
     )
 
+# 11. If pre-commit hooks aren't used, remove pre-commit yaml file
+if '{{ cookiecutter.use_precommit_hooks }}'.lower() != 'y':
+    remove_pre_commit_file()
+
 # 4. Copy files from /docs/ to {{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/docs/
 # copy_doc_files(PROJECT_DIRECTORY)
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.pre-commit-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..86a3d0c7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+-   repo: git://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+    sha: "6b1aa19425b35f8c34f43ada8f1045b028dc19a5"
+    hooks:
+    # keep ids alphabetical! see http://pre-commit.com/hooks.html
+    -   id: debug-statements
+        files: \.py$
+    -   id: flake8
+        files: \.(py|sh)$
+    -   id: name-tests-test
+        name: Django Tests should start with test_ prefix
+        files: tests/.+\.py$
+        args: ['--django']  # args: ['--django'] will match test*.py instead.
+-   repo: git://github.com/FalconSocial/pre-commit-python-sorter
+    sha: 1.0.4
+    hooks:
+    -   id: python-import-sorter
+        args: ['--diff']
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/README.rst b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/README.rst
index 55a520c54..912a800a6 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/README.rst
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/README.rst
@@ -73,6 +73,26 @@ Please note: For Celery's import magic to work, it is important *where* the cele
 
 {% endif %}
 
+{% if cookiecutter.use_precommit_hooks == "y" %}
+
+Pre-Commit Hooks
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+To use pre-commit hooks when committing messages, after initial git commit, run
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    pre-commit install
+
+Now on each commit message, this will run whatever commit plugins have been enabled. To skip a pre-commit hook, add a -n (no verify) parameter at the end of your commit message.
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    git commit -m "i put a really bad pdb in here" -n
+
+
+{% endif %}
+
+
 {% if cookiecutter.use_mailhog == "y" %}
 
 Email Server
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
index 0b43dde2d..368b8da1a 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
@@ -14,3 +14,7 @@ ipdb==0.10.0
 
 pytest-django==2.9.1
 pytest-sugar==0.7.1
+
+{% if cookiecutter.use_precommit_hooks == 'y' -%}
+pre-commit==0.8.2
+{%- endif %}