diff --git a/Hooks/syntax.sh b/Hooks/syntax.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2446e8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Hooks/syntax.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+git diff --cached --name-only | while read FILE; do
+if [[ "$FILE" =~ ^.+(php|inc|module|install|test)$ ]]; then
+    # Courtesy of swytsh from the comments below.
+    if [[ -f $FILE ]]; then
+        php -l "$FILE" 1> /dev/null
+        if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+            echo -e "\e[1;31m\tAborting commit due to files with syntax errors.\e[0m" >&2
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    fi
+fi
+done || exit $?