diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index a04c7e5f..59a5472c 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ all_except_psyneulink =
 
 
 dev =
+    pre-commit
     modeci-mdf[test]
 
 all =