diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bdc99977a6..1551f57a88 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ ssvsigner-golangci-lint:
 deadcode-lint:
 	./scripts/deadcode.sh
 
+.PHONY: install-hooks
+install-hooks:
+	git config core.hooksPath scripts/git-hooks
+	@echo "git hooks installed (core.hooksPath -> scripts/git-hooks)"
+
 .PHONY: ssvsigner-boundary-lint
 ssvsigner-boundary-lint:
 	./scripts/ssvsigner_boundary.sh
diff --git a/scripts/git-hooks/pre-push b/scripts/git-hooks/pre-push
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..32b6081030
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/git-hooks/pre-push
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Pre-push hook: lint what this push introduces or modifies, so lint failures
+# surface locally instead of on the PR's lint check. Two stages:
+#
+#   1. misspell (locale US, same as .golangci.yaml's misspell config) on the
+#      changed .go/.md blobs at the pushed commit.
+#   2. golangci-lint (the same config CI's `make lint` uses) on the packages
+#      containing changed .go files. Unlike misspell it needs full packages on
+#      disk for type-checking, so it lints the checkout rather than the pushed
+#      blobs and only runs when pushing the checked-out HEAD.
+#
+# Install with: make install-hooks
+# Bypass for a one-off push: git push --no-verify
+
+root=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel) || exit 0
+
+# go tool compiles the linters from tool.mod on first use and caches them; go
+# may not be on PATH in GUI-spawned shells, so fall back to the default install.
+if command -v go >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+	GO=go
+elif [ -x /usr/local/go/bin/go ]; then
+	GO=/usr/local/go/bin/go
+else
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+ZERO=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
+status=0
+
+# Changed paths may contain spaces or glob characters: iterate $files with a
+# newline-only IFS (restored to the default around the outer read, which needs
+# it to split its fields) and keep pathname expansion off for the whole run.
+set -f
+nl='
+'
+oIFS=$IFS
+head_sha=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
+lint_dirs=""
+ssvsigner_lint_dirs=""
+misspell_ok="" # probed lazily on the first push with changed files
+
+while read -r local_ref local_sha remote_ref remote_sha; do
+	[ "$local_sha" = "$ZERO" ] && continue # deleting a remote ref
+
+	if [ "$remote_sha" = "$ZERO" ]; then
+		# New remote branch: diff against the merge-base with stage (or main).
+		base=$(git merge-base "$local_sha" origin/stage 2>/dev/null) ||
+			base=$(git merge-base "$local_sha" origin/main 2>/dev/null) || {
+			echo "pre-push: no merge-base with origin/stage or origin/main — skipping lint for $local_ref" >&2
+			continue
+		}
+	else
+		base=$remote_sha
+	fi
+
+	files=$(git diff --name-only --diff-filter=ACMR "$base" "$local_sha" -- '*.go' '*.md')
+	[ -z "$files" ] && continue
+
+	# go tool failures (resolution, compile, module download) must not be
+	# mistaken for spelling findings, so probe misspell once up front; if it
+	# can't run, warn and skip this stage instead of blocking the push.
+	if [ -z "$misspell_ok" ]; then
+		if printf '' | GOWORK=off "$GO" tool -modfile="$root/tool.mod" misspell -locale US -error >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+			misspell_ok=y
+		else
+			misspell_ok=n
+			echo "pre-push: cannot run misspell via 'go tool' — skipping the spelling stage" >&2
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	# Check the blobs at local_sha, not the working tree, so uncommitted edits
+	# don't mask (or fake) findings in what's actually being pushed.
+	if [ "$misspell_ok" = y ]; then
+		IFS=$nl
+		for f in $files; do
+			out=$(git show "$local_sha:$f" 2>/dev/null |
+				GOWORK=off "$GO" tool -modfile="$root/tool.mod" misspell -locale US -error 2>&1)
+			if [ -n "$out" ]; then
+				echo "pre-push: misspell found issues in $f:" >&2
+				echo "$out" | sed "s|^stdin|  $f|" >&2
+				status=1
+			fi
+		done
+		IFS=$oIFS
+	fi
+
+	# Collect the packages holding changed .go files for the golangci-lint
+	# stage. Only when this ref is the checked-out HEAD — the checkout is what
+	# gets linted, so for any other ref the results wouldn't describe the push.
+	[ "$local_sha" = "$head_sha" ] || continue
+	IFS=$nl
+	for f in $files; do
+		case $f in
+		*.go) ;;
+		*) continue ;;
+		esac
+		d=./$(dirname "$f")
+		[ -d "$root/${d#./}" ] || continue # dir may be gone (renames)
+		case $d in
+		# ssvsigner is a nested module CI lints too (make lint runs
+		# ssvsigner-golangci-lint from ssvsigner/), and its packages can't be
+		# loaded from the root, so collect its dirs for a separate run.
+		./ssvsigner | ./ssvsigner/*)
+			sd=.${d#./ssvsigner}
+			case " $ssvsigner_lint_dirs " in
+			*" $sd "*) ;;
+			*) ssvsigner_lint_dirs="$ssvsigner_lint_dirs $sd" ;;
+			esac
+			continue
+			;;
+		# Nested module CI's `make lint` doesn't cover.
+		./scripts/differ | ./scripts/differ/*) continue ;;
+		esac
+		case " $lint_dirs " in
+		*" $d "*) ;;
+		*) lint_dirs="$lint_dirs $d" ;;
+		esac
+	done
+	IFS=$oIFS
+done
+
+# golangci-lint stage: staticcheck & friends on the changed packages, scoped so
+# a push costs seconds, not CI's full-repo minutes. It sees the working tree,
+# so uncommitted edits in these packages show up here.
+if [ -n "$lint_dirs" ]; then
+	# shellcheck disable=SC2086 # lint_dirs is word-split on purpose
+	if ! (cd "$root" && GOWORK=off "$GO" tool -modfile="$root/tool.mod" golangci-lint run $lint_dirs >&2); then
+		status=1
+	fi
+fi
+if [ -n "$ssvsigner_lint_dirs" ]; then
+	# Mirrors make lint's ssvsigner-golangci-lint: the nested module is linted
+	# from its own directory, with the root's config and tool.mod.
+	# shellcheck disable=SC2086 # ssvsigner_lint_dirs is word-split on purpose
+	if ! (cd "$root/ssvsigner" && GOWORK=off "$GO" tool -modfile="$root/tool.mod" golangci-lint run -c "$root/.golangci.yaml" $ssvsigner_lint_dirs >&2); then
+		status=1
+	fi
+fi
+
+if [ "$status" -ne 0 ]; then
+	echo "" >&2
+	echo "pre-push: fix the issues above and amend/commit — the CI lint check (make lint) fails on them." >&2
+	echo "pre-push: bypass once with: git push --no-verify" >&2
+fi
+exit $status
diff --git a/tool.mod b/tool.mod
index 08abb9b3ec..fcddbaf74d 100644
--- a/tool.mod
+++ b/tool.mod
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ tool (
 	github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/cmd/abigen
 	github.com/ferranbt/fastssz/sszgen
 	github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2/cmd/golangci-lint
+	github.com/golangci/misspell/cmd/misspell
 	github.com/swaggo/swag/cmd/swag
 	go.uber.org/mock/mockgen
 	golang.org/x/tools/cmd/deadcode