diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index a0e849e59f9..a52dca55a7a 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+default_install_hook_types: [pre-commit]
 repos:
 -   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
     rev: v5.0.0
@@ -16,3 +17,14 @@ repos:
     - id: ruff
       args: [ --fix ]
     - id: ruff-format
+
+- repo: local
+  hooks:
+  - id: pytest
+    name: pytest
+    entry: pytest
+    args: [-n, auto, tests/ert/unit_tests, --hypothesis-profile=fast, -m, not integration_test]
+    language: system
+    types: [python]
+    stages: [pre-push]
+    pass_filenames: false
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9f77ae49b26..8797b8d53be 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -124,6 +124,14 @@ $ pip install pre-commit
 $ pre-commit install
 ```
 
+There is also a pre-push hook configured in `pre-commit` to run a collaction of
+relatively fast tests, to install this hook:
+
+```sh
+$ pre-commit install --hook-type pre-push
+```
+
+
 ### Trouble with setup
 
 As a simple test of your `ert` installation, you may try to run one of the