diff --git a/.githooks/pre-push b/.githooks/pre-push
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..bd69fff542
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.githooks/pre-push
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+protected_branch='master'
+current_branch=$(git symbolic-ref HEAD | sed -e 's,.*/\(.*\),\1,')
+
+if [ $protected_branch = $current_branch ]
+then
+    read -p "You're about to push to '$protected_branch', is that what you intended? [y|n] " -n 1 -r < /dev/tty
+    echo
+    if echo $REPLY | grep -E '^[Yy]$' > /dev/null
+    then
+        exit 0
+    fi
+    exit 1
+else
+    exit 0
+fi
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index e7232d1654..37b1131b53 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ CHANGELOG
 
 **Maintenance**
 
+- Add a git hook to prevent pushing to master.
 - Update to paperclip 2.5.0
 
 
diff --git a/docs/contribute/development.rst b/docs/contribute/development.rst
index e7de37470b..9c6ecf2d7d 100644
--- a/docs/contribute/development.rst
+++ b/docs/contribute/development.rst
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Conventions
 * KISS & DRY as much as possible
 * Elegant and generic is good, simple is better
 * Commits messages are explicit and mention issue number (``(ref #12)`` or ``(fixes #23)``)
-* Features are developed in a branch and merged from Github pull-requests.
+* Features are developed in a branch and merged from Github pull-requests. A git hook to is available to prevent pushing to master, to enable it, developpers should run the following command from root directory (`Geotrek-admin/`) : `ln -s -f ../../.githooks/pre-push .git/hooks/pre-push`
 
 
 Definition of done