diff --git a/scripts/install_git_hooks b/scripts/install_git_hooks
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7eb145b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/install_git_hooks
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+top_dir=`git rev-parse --show-toplevel`
+cd $top_dir/.git/hooks
+ln -s ../../scripts/validate_examples pre-commit 
+
diff --git a/scripts/validate_examples b/scripts/validate_examples
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b4c0726
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/validate_examples
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+branch=`git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD`
+script_dir="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")"
+cd $script_dir
+if [[ $branch == "master" ]]; then
+    schema_dir=../resources/schema
+    example_dir=../examples
+    for example_subdir in $example_dir/*
+    do
+        base=${example_subdir##*/}
+        schema=$schema_dir/$base.xsd
+        for example_file in $example_subdir/*.xml
+        do
+            command="xmllint -schema $schema $example_file --noout"
+            echo $command
+            if ! $command; then
+                exit 1
+            fi
+        done
+    done
+fi    
+exit 0