diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 27d835e..f879028 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -6,3 +6,10 @@ repos:
       - id: check-toml
       - id: check-yaml
         exclude: .drone.yml  # drone's yaml is somewhat strange sometimes
+  - repo: local
+    hooks:
+      - id: check-compose-file
+        name: check compose file
+        language: system
+        entry: docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml config
+        pass_filenames: false