diff --git a/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml b/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
index 85f038d..bed99e6 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
@@ -72,3 +72,20 @@
   language: script
   files: \.go$
   exclude: vendor\/.*$
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# GNU Make specific hooks
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# Validate targets that are marked as PHONY
+- id: phony-targets
+  name: phony-targets
+  description: Linter for detecting targets marked as PHONY that don't exist.
+  entry: pre_commit_hooks/make/phony-targets.sh
+  language: script
+  files: (Makefile|Makefile.*|.+.mak|.+.mk)$
+  exclude: >
+    (?x)^(
+      .+\.vendor\/.*$|
+      .+\.terraform\/.*$|
+    )$
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 88f0ead..7b13923 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ Currently, the following hooks are supported:
   It's fast: on average 5 times faster than gometalinter. It's easy to integrate and use, has nice output and has a
   minimum number of false positives.
 
+**GNU Make**
+- [phony-targets](https://github.com/mineiros-io/pre-commit-hooks/blob/master/pre_commit_hooks/make/phony-targets.sh):
+  This hook validates if targets that are marked as `PHONY` actually exist.
+
 ## Installation & Dependencies
 Install [pre-commit](https://pre-commit.com/). E.g. `brew install pre-commit`
 
@@ -49,6 +53,7 @@ repos:
       - id: gofmt
       - id: goimports
       - id: golint
+      - id: phony-targets
 ```
 
 Once you created the configuration file inside your repository, you must run `pre-commit install` to activate the hooks.
diff --git a/pre_commit_hooks/make/phony-targets.sh b/pre_commit_hooks/make/phony-targets.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d24cf7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pre_commit_hooks/make/phony-targets.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e
+
+EXITCODE=0
+
+validate_phony_targets() {
+    local file=$1
+    local source=$(make -npq -f "${file}" | grep -E '^.PHONY:')
+    local targets=$(sed -n 's#^.PHONY:\(.*\)#\1#p' <<< "${source}")
+
+    for target in $targets; do
+        # The q command for setting exit codes if a pattern doesn't match,
+        # isn't supported in OSX / BSD sed.
+        # We check the exact match as a workaround instead.
+        # If the pattern doesn't match that means that the target doesn't exist.
+        if test -z "$(sed -ne "s#^\(${target}:\).*#\1#p" "${file}")"; then
+            echo "No target found for PHONY target: '$target'"
+            EXITCODE=1
+        fi
+    done
+}
+
+for file in "$@"; do
+    validate_phony_targets "$file"
+done
+
+exit $EXITCODE