diff --git a/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml b/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
index b71169b..fbc1dd7 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@
     types: [text]
     stages: [pre-commit, pre-push, manual]
     minimum_pre_commit_version: 3.2.0
+-   id: check-spdx
+    name: check SPDX line
+    description: checks for the presence of an SPDX-License-Identifier in the comments of source files.
+    entry: check-spdx
+    language: python
+    files: \.(py|js|java|c|cpp|go|sh|ps1)$
+    types: [text]
 -   id: pretty-format-json
     name: pretty format json
     description: sets a standard for formatting json files.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 3b7e5ee..2e1eeb4 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ console_scripts =
     check-json = pre_commit_hooks.check_json:main
     check-merge-conflict = pre_commit_hooks.check_merge_conflict:main
     check-shebang-scripts-are-executable = pre_commit_hooks.check_shebang_scripts_are_executable:main
+    check-spdx = pre_commit_hooks.check_spdx:main
     check-symlinks = pre_commit_hooks.check_symlinks:main
     check-toml = pre_commit_hooks.check_toml:main
     check-vcs-permalinks = pre_commit_hooks.check_vcs_permalinks:main