diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 37ced029ddbac727ffff3b9f7c9873097f1ab270..00f789835b557034610aacc27ab517b954e46315 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -39,3 +39,7 @@ repos:
         args:
         - --license-filepath
         - license_header.txt
+-   repo: https://github.com/executablebooks/mdformat
+    rev: 0.7.14
+    hooks:
+      - id: mdformat