diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 46686bb..943b5d3 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -24,6 +24,14 @@ repos:
         entry: "^#define SHOW_MEMORY 1$"
         language: pygrep
         types: [c++]
+  - repo: local
+    hooks:
+      - id: sim cache misses check
+        name: disallow checking in SIM_CACHE_MISSES=1
+        description: disallow checking in SIM_CACHE_MISSES=1
+        entry: "^#define SIM_CACHE_MISSES 1$"
+        language: pygrep
+        types: [c++]
   - repo: https://github.com/shellcheck-py/shellcheck-py
     rev: a23f6b85d0fdd5bb9d564e2579e678033debbdff # frozen: v0.10.0.1
     hooks: