diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a154d308..26a3746b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 ## master (unreleased)
 
 * Add `--disable-pending-cops` as default flag to `RuboCop` pre-commit hook to ignore non-existent cops. Requires RuboCop `0.82.0` or newer.
-* Add "ad-hoc" line-aware command hooks
+* Add "ad-hoc" line-aware command hooks.
+* Add `Vale` pre-commit hook to check spelling and style in text and source files.
 
 ## 0.58.0
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7ca87a3f..13ac99e5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -567,6 +567,7 @@ issue](https://github.com/sds/overcommit/issues/238) for more details.
 * [TrailingWhitespace](lib/overcommit/hook/pre_commit/trailing_whitespace.rb)
 * [TravisLint](lib/overcommit/hook/pre_commit/travis_lint.rb)
 * [TsLint](lib/overcommit/hook/pre_commit/ts_lint.rb)
+* Vale
 * [Vint](lib/overcommit/hook/pre_commit/vint.rb)
 * [W3cCss](lib/overcommit/hook/pre_commit/w3c_css.rb)
 * [W3cHtml](lib/overcommit/hook/pre_commit/w3c_html.rb)
diff --git a/config/default.yml b/config/default.yml
index 51189348..576ce478 100644
--- a/config/default.yml
+++ b/config/default.yml
@@ -842,6 +842,59 @@ PreCommit:
     install_command: 'gem install travis'
     include: '.travis.yml'
 
+  Vale:
+    enabled: false
+    command: "vale"
+    ad_hoc:
+      message_pattern: !ruby/regexp /^(?<file>[^:]+):(?<line>[0-9]+):/
+    flags:
+      - '--output=line'
+    include:
+      # All known extensions for all supported formats are included
+      # (see https://docs.errata.ai/vale/scoping#formats), even
+      # the non-built-in ones that require additional software and/or
+      # configuration: they can be disabled easily using 'exclude':
+      - '**/*.adoc'
+      - '**/*.bsh'
+      - '**/*.c'
+      - '**/*.cc'
+      - '**/*.cpp'
+      - '**/*.cs'
+      - '**/*.css'
+      - '**/*.csx'
+      - '**/*.cxx'
+      - '**/*.dita'
+      - '**/*.java'
+      - '**/*.js'
+      - '**/*.go'
+      - '**/*.h'
+      - '**/*.hpp'
+      - '**/*.hs'
+      - '**/*.html'
+      - '**/*.less'
+      - '**/*.lua'
+      - '**/*.md'
+      - '**/*.php'
+      - '**/*.pl'
+      - '**/*.pm'
+      - '**/*.pod'
+      - '**/*.py'
+      - '**/*.py3'
+      - '**/*.pyi'
+      - '**/*.pyw'
+      - '**/*.R'
+      - '**/*.r'
+      - '**/*.rb'
+      - '**/*.rpy'
+      - '**/*.rst'
+      - '**/*.sass'
+      - '**/*.sbt'
+      - '**/*.scala'
+      - '**/*.swift'
+      - '**/*.txt'
+      - '**/*.xhtml'
+      - '**/*.xml'
+
   Vint:
     enabled: false
     description: 'Analyze with Vint'