diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 1b87a406..8a5dbef9 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ repos:
     rev: v1.0.0
     hooks:
     -   id: add-trailing-comma
--   repo: meta
-    hooks:
-    -   id: check-hooks-apply
-    -   id: check-useless-excludes
+- repo: meta
+  hooks:
+      - id: check-hooks-apply
+      - id: check-useless-excludes
+      - id: identity
+      - id: sign-commit
diff --git a/pre_commit/clientlib.py b/pre_commit/clientlib.py
index 2f16650a..02105916 100644
--- a/pre_commit/clientlib.py
+++ b/pre_commit/clientlib.py
@@ -166,6 +166,13 @@ _meta = (
             ('entry', _entry('identity')),
         ),
     ),
+    (
+        'sign-commit', (
+            ('name', 'identity'),
+            ('verbose', True),
+            ('entry', _entry('identity')),
+        ),
+    ),
 )
 
 META_HOOK_DICT = cfgv.Map(
diff --git a/pre_commit/commands/run.py b/pre_commit/commands/run.py
index d060e186..b6944483 100644
--- a/pre_commit/commands/run.py
+++ b/pre_commit/commands/run.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ SKIPPED = 'Skipped'
 NO_FILES = '(no files to check)'
 
 
-def _run_single_hook(classifier, hook, args, skips, cols):
+def _run_single_hook(classifier, hook, args, skips, cols, retval):
     filenames = classifier.filenames_for_hook(hook)
 
     if hook.language == 'pcre':
@@ -211,7 +211,8 @@ def _run_hooks(config, hooks, args, environ):
     classifier = Classifier(filenames)
     retval = 0
     for hook in hooks:
-        retval |= _run_single_hook(classifier, hook, args, skips, cols)
+        args
+        retval |= _run_single_hook(classifier, hook, args, skips, cols, retval)
         if retval and config['fail_fast']:
             break
     if retval and args.show_diff_on_failure and git.has_diff():
diff --git a/pre_commit/meta_hooks/sign_commit.py b/pre_commit/meta_hooks/sign_commit.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f0ae6341
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pre_commit/meta_hooks/sign_commit.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import argparse
+
+from pre_commit import output
+
+
+def sign_commit():
+    pass
+
+
+def main(argv=None):
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('retval', nargs='*', default=0)
+    args = parser.parse_args(argv)
+    output.write_line(f'Signing commit message if {args.retval}')
+    if args.retval:
+        return 1
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    exit(main())