diff --git a/functions b/functions
index f87acc9..076b0cd 100755
--- a/functions
+++ b/functions
@@ -83,3 +83,13 @@ dokku-ansible-deploy-post-extract() {
     fi
   fi
 }
+
+dokku-ansible-deploy-pre-deploy() {
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2034
+  declare desc="run the pre-deploy hook to setup an app"
+}
+
+dokku-ansible-deploy-post-deploy() {
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2034
+  declare desc="run the post-deploy hook to finish an app setup"
+}
diff --git a/post-deploy b/post-deploy
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..820f983
--- /dev/null
+++ b/post-deploy
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -eo pipefail; [[ $DOKKU_TRACE ]] && set -x
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC1090
+source "$PLUGIN_AVAILABLE_PATH/ansible-deploy/functions"
+
+dokku-ansible-deploy-post-deploy "$@"
diff --git a/pre-deploy b/pre-deploy
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0f6fa3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pre-deploy
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -eo pipefail; [[ $DOKKU_TRACE ]] && set -x
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC1090
+source "$PLUGIN_AVAILABLE_PATH/ansible-deploy/functions"
+
+dokku-ansible-deploy-pre-deploy "$@"