diff --git a/.hooks/pre-push b/.hooks/pre-push
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..214306ef7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.hooks/pre-push
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+cd $(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+make lint
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a55619e40..246b21ab2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+-include setup
+
 # Default platform commands
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 MKDIR := mkdir -p
@@ -356,7 +358,7 @@ lint-old: $(GOLANGCI_LINT) ## Fast lint including previous issues
 
 FMT_PKG ?= cni cns npm
 
-fmt format: $(GOFUMPT) ## run gofumpt on $FMT_PKG (default "cni cns npm")
+fmt: $(GOFUMPT) ## run gofumpt on $FMT_PKG (default "cni cns npm")
 	$(GOFUMPT) -s -w $(FMT_PKG)
 
 COVER_PKG ?= .
@@ -383,6 +385,16 @@ test-cyclonus:
 kind:
 	kind create cluster --config ./test/kind/kind.yaml
 
+##@ Utilities
+
+$(REPO_ROOT)/.git/hooks/pre-push:
+	@ln -s $(REPO_ROOT)/.hooks/pre-push $(REPO_ROOT)/.git/hooks/
+	@echo installed pre-push hook
+
+install-hooks: $(REPO_ROOT)/.git/hooks/pre-push ## installs git hooks
+
+setup: install-hooks ## performs common required repo setup
+
 version: ## prints the version
 	@echo $(VERSION)