diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index d6700ae05b..4dc70c1ffd 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -12,3 +12,9 @@ repos:
         verbose: false
         language: script
         types: [c++]
+    - id: remove-exec-bit
+      name: Remove executable bit from non-executable files
+      entry: script/remove_exec_bit.sh
+      language: script
+      types_or: [c++, text]
+      verbose: true
diff --git a/script/remove_exec_bit.sh b/script/remove_exec_bit.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..25466d8c37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/remove_exec_bit.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+for file in $(git diff --cached --name-only --diff-filter=ACM | grep -E '\.(cpp|hpp|txt|inc)$'); do
+    if [ -x "$file" ]; then
+        chmod -x "$file"
+        echo "[remove-exec-bit] Removed executable bit from $file" >&2
+    fi
+done