diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index ed569f4..9d63503 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -30,6 +30,14 @@ deps = pytest
 commands =
   pytest {posargs}
 
+[testenv:linting]
+skip_install = True
+usedevelop = True
+passenv = PRE_COMMIT_HOME
+deps =
+  pre-commit
+commands = pre-commit run --all-files --show-diff-on-failure
+
 [testenv:release]
 changedir=
 decription = do a release, required posarg of the version number