diff --git a/.clang_format.hook b/.clang_format.hook
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1d928216867c0ba3897d71542fea44debf8d72a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.clang_format.hook
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+readonly VERSION="3.8"
+
+version=$(clang-format -version)
+
+if ! [[ $version == *"$VERSION"* ]]; then
+    echo "clang-format version check failed."
+    echo "a version contains '$VERSION' is needed, but get '$version'"
+    echo "you can install the right version, and make an soft-link to '\$PATH' env"
+    exit -1
+fi
+
+clang-format $@
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index bb8c88787d37faf9ce4d7d856a307c11f1085d98..a772125df64aaf2eafe6cb9e022f62cc29043eb7 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@
     -   id: end-of-file-fixer
 -   repo: local
     hooks:
-    -   id: clang-format
+    -   id: clang-format-with-version-check
         name: clang-format
         description: Format files with ClangFormat.
-        entry: clang-format -i
+        entry: ./.clang_format.hook -i
         language: system
         files: \.(c|cc|cxx|cpp|cu|h|hpp|hxx|proto)$
 -   repo: https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/pre-commit-golang