diff --git a/lib/cuke-pack/tasks.rb b/lib/cuke-pack/tasks.rb
index a65d859..816cc16 100644
--- a/lib/cuke-pack/tasks.rb
+++ b/lib/cuke-pack/tasks.rb
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 require 'cuke-pack/tasks/any_wip'
+require 'cuke-pack/tasks/precommit'
 
diff --git a/lib/cuke-pack/tasks/precommit.rb b/lib/cuke-pack/tasks/precommit.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d28373f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/cuke-pack/tasks/precommit.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+namespace :cuke_pack do
+  desc "Run cucumber in precommit mode"
+  task :precommit do
+    system %{cucumber -p precommit}
+
+    if $?.exitstatus != 0
+      raise StandardError.new("cucumber failed")
+    end
+  end
+end