diff --git a/hooks.yaml b/hooks.yaml
index 0604585..f7e35d4 100644
--- a/hooks.yaml
+++ b/hooks.yaml
@@ -147,3 +147,9 @@
     entry: trailing-whitespace-fixer
     language: python
     files: \.(asciidoc|adoc|coffee|cpp|css|c|ejs|erb|groovy|h|haml|hh|hpp|hxx|html|in|j2|jade|json|js|less|markdown|md|ml|mli|pp|py|rb|rs|R|scala|scss|sh|slim|tex|tmpl|ts|txt|yaml|yml)$
+-   id: no-commit-to-branch
+    name: Dont commit to branch
+    entry: no-commit-to-branch
+    language: python
+    files: .*
+    always_run: true
diff --git a/pre_commit_hooks/no_commit_to_branch.py b/pre_commit_hooks/no_commit_to_branch.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..01dee5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pre_commit_hooks/no_commit_to_branch.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+from __future__ import print_function
+
+import argparse
+import sys
+
+import util
+
+
+def main(argv=None):
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('-b', default='master', help='branch to disallow commits to')
+    parser.add_argument('filenames', nargs='*', help='filenames to check.')
+    args = parser.parse_args(argv)
+
+    retval = -1
+    branch = util.cmd_output('git', 'symbolic-ref', 'HEAD')
+    chunks = branch.split('/')
+    if chunks[2] == args.b:
+        retval = 0
+    return retval
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    sys.exit(main())
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 68a8664..3d96bda 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ setup(
             'pretty-format-json = pre_commit_hooks.pretty_format_json:pretty_format_json',
             'requirements-txt-fixer = pre_commit_hooks.requirements_txt_fixer:fix_requirements_txt',
             'trailing-whitespace-fixer = pre_commit_hooks.trailing_whitespace_fixer:fix_trailing_whitespace',
+            'no-commit-to-branch = pre_commit_hooks.no_commit_to_branch:main',
         ],
     },
 )