diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index eb3b513157f9f0fe322ea83751b4dbd3580fa63f..607ce61af6a2f0c80f90327b53d810205dd8e50d 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ repos:
         entry: /cvmfs/lhcb.cern.ch/lib/bin/x86_64-almalinux9/lcg-clang-format-8.0.0 -i
         args: ["-style=file"]
         require_serial: false
+    -   id: test-inputs-use-testfiledb
+        name: test inputs use TestFileDB
+        description: make sure all inputs to test options files are going through FileTestDB
+        language: pygrep
+        types_or: [python, yaml]
+        exclude: ".pre-commit-config.yaml"
+        entry: 'eoslhcb.cern.ch//eos/lhcb/'
 -   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-yapf
     rev: v0.24.0
     hooks: