diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9192665431..df1c2b59ca 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-.PHONY: install analysis test test-docker docs
+.PHONY: githooks install analysis test test-docker docs
 
-install:
+githooks:
+	ln -sf ../../githooks/pre-commit .git/hooks/pre-commit
+
+install: githooks
 	@java -version || (echo "Java is not installed, please install Java >= 7"; exit 1);
 	mvn clean install
 	mvn dependency:resolve-plugins
diff --git a/githooks/pre-commit b/githooks/pre-commit
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..b1c070a558
--- /dev/null
+++ b/githooks/pre-commit
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+make test