diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 5ef9f377..4d8d0720 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -32,5 +32,14 @@ repos:
     hooks:
       - id: isort
         name: isort (python)
+  - repo: local
+    hooks:
+      - id: cargo-fmt
+        name: format rust code
+        language: system
+        # keep in sync with Cargo.toml. There is no way to run cargo fmt for specific files
+        # https://github.com/rust-lang/rustfmt/issues/4485
+        entry: rustfmt --edition 2021
+        files: ^rust-arroyo/.*\.rs$
 default_language_version:
   python: python3.8