diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index a6bbecb..52892cc 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ Here’s an example ``conf`` file, showing every currently supported option:
     limit_timeline = 20
     timeout = 5.0
     sorting = descending
+    pre_tweet_hook = "scp buckket@example.org:~/public_html/twtxt.txt {twtfile}"
     post_tweet_hook = "scp {twtfile} buckket@example.org:~/public_html/twtxt.txt"
     # post_tweet_hook = "aws s3 {twtfile} s3://mybucket.org/twtxt.txt --acl public-read --storage-class REDUCED_REDUNDANCY --cache-control 'max-age=60,public'"
 
@@ -192,10 +193,12 @@ Here’s an example ``conf`` file, showing every currently supported option:
 +-------------------+-------+------------+---------------------------------------------------+
 | sorting           | TEXT  | descending | sort timeline either descending or ascending      |
 +-------------------+-------+------------+---------------------------------------------------+
+| pre_tweet_hook    | TEXT  |            | command to be executed before tweeting            |
++-------------------+-------+------------+---------------------------------------------------+
 | post_tweet_hook   | TEXT  |            | command to be executed after tweeting             |
 +-------------------+-------+------------+---------------------------------------------------+
 
-``post_tweet_hook`` is very useful if you want to push your twtxt file to a remote (web) server. Check the example above tho see how it’s used with ``scp``.
+``pre_tweet_hook`` and ``post_tweet_hook`` are very useful if you want to push your twtxt file to a remote (web) server. Check the example above tho see how it’s used with ``scp``.
 
 [followings] section:
 =====================
diff --git a/config.example b/config.example
index 74a62c1..b19cd5d 100644
--- a/config.example
+++ b/config.example
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ porcelain = False
 limit_timeline = 20
 timeout = 5.0
 sorting = descending
+pre_tweet_hook = "scp buckket@example.org:~/public_html/twtxt.txt {twtfile}"
 post_tweet_hook = "scp {twtfile} buckket@example.org:~/public_html/twtxt.txt"
 
 [following]
diff --git a/tests/test_config.py b/tests/test_config.py
index be2e39e..1b758a4 100644
--- a/tests/test_config.py
+++ b/tests/test_config.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ def config_dir(tmpdir_factory):
     cfg.set("twtxt", "timeout", "1.0")
     cfg.set("twtxt", "sorting", "ascending")
     cfg.set("twtxt", "post_tweet_hook", "echo {twtfile")
+    cfg.set("twtxt", "pre_tweet_hook", "echo {twtfile")
 
     cfg.add_section("following")
     cfg.set("following", "foo", "https://example.org/foo.twtxt")
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ def test_defaults():
     assert empty_conf.timeout == 5.0
     assert empty_conf.sorting == "descending"
     assert empty_conf.post_tweet_hook is None
+    assert empty_conf.pre_tweet_hook is None
 
 
 def check_cfg(cfg):
@@ -64,6 +66,7 @@ def check_cfg(cfg):
     assert cfg.timeout == 1.0
     assert cfg.sorting == "ascending"
     assert cfg.post_tweet_hook == "echo {twtfile"
+    assert cfg.pre_tweet_hook == "echo {twtfile"
 
 
 def test_from_file(config_dir):
diff --git a/twtxt/cli.py b/twtxt/cli.py
index 942d21f..1108c37 100644
--- a/twtxt/cli.py
+++ b/twtxt/cli.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 from twtxt.cache import Cache
 from twtxt.config import Config
-from twtxt.helper import run_post_tweet_hook
+from twtxt.helper import run_pre_tweet_hook, run_post_tweet_hook
 from twtxt.helper import sort_and_truncate_tweets
 from twtxt.helper import style_timeline, style_source, style_source_with_status
 from twtxt.helper import validate_created_at, validate_text
@@ -72,12 +72,19 @@ def tweet(ctx, created_at, twtfile, text):
     """Append a new tweet to your twtxt file."""
     text = expand_mentions(text)
     tweet = Tweet(text, created_at) if created_at else Tweet(text)
+
+    pre_tweet_hook = ctx.obj["conf"].pre_tweet_hook
+    if pre_tweet_hook:
+        if not run_pre_tweet_hook(pre_tweet_hook, ctx.obj["conf"].options):
+            click.echo("✗ pre_tweet_hook returned non-zero")
+            raise click.Abort
+
     if not add_local_tweet(tweet, twtfile):
         click.echo("✗ Couldn’t write to file.")
     else:
-        hook = ctx.obj["conf"].post_tweet_hook
-        if hook:
-            run_post_tweet_hook(hook, ctx.obj["conf"].options)
+        post_tweet_hook = ctx.obj["conf"].post_tweet_hook
+        if post_tweet_hook:
+            run_post_tweet_hook(post_tweet_hook, ctx.obj["conf"].options)
 
 
 @cli.command()
diff --git a/twtxt/config.py b/twtxt/config.py
index c8cde67..ff0e730 100644
--- a/twtxt/config.py
+++ b/twtxt/config.py
@@ -142,6 +142,10 @@ def sorting(self):
     def source(self):
         return Source(self.nick, self.twturl)
 
+    @property
+    def pre_tweet_hook(self):
+        return self.cfg.get("twtxt", "pre_tweet_hook", fallback=None)
+
     @property
     def post_tweet_hook(self):
         return self.cfg.get("twtxt", "post_tweet_hook", fallback=None)
diff --git a/twtxt/helper.py b/twtxt/helper.py
index f75a7bb..c51ba65 100644
--- a/twtxt/helper.py
+++ b/twtxt/helper.py
@@ -95,13 +95,22 @@ def validate_text(ctx, param, value):
         raise click.BadArgumentUsage("Text can’t be empty.")
 
 
+def run_pre_tweet_hook(hook, options):
+    try:
+        command = shlex.split(hook.format(**options))
+    except KeyError:
+        click.echo("✗ Invalid variables in pre_tweet_hook.")
+        return False
+    return not subprocess.call(command, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+
+
 def run_post_tweet_hook(hook, options):
     try:
         command = shlex.split(hook.format(**options))
     except KeyError:
         click.echo("✗ Invalid variables in post_tweet_hook.")
         return False
-    subprocess.call(command, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+    return not subprocess.call(command, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
 
 
 def sort_and_truncate_tweets(tweets, direction, limit):