diff --git a/README.asciidoc b/README.asciidoc
index 1073d7a6..2984620a 100644
--- a/README.asciidoc
+++ b/README.asciidoc
@@ -407,6 +407,9 @@ existing hooks are:
  * +BufCreate+: A buffer has been created, filename is used for filtering
  * +RuntimeError+: an error was encountered while executing an user command
        the error message is used for filtering
+ * +KakBegin+: Kakoune started, this is called just after reading the user
+       configuration files
+ * +KakEnd+: Kakoune is quitting.
 
 when not specified, the filtering text is an empty string.
 
diff --git a/src/main.cc b/src/main.cc
index 7696ab69..2164e35d 100644
--- a/src/main.cc
+++ b/src/main.cc
@@ -243,6 +243,11 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
              write_debug("error while parsing kakrc: asked to quit");
         }
 
+        {
+            Context empty_context;
+            global_hooks.run_hook("KakBegin", "", empty_context);
+        }
+
         if (parser.positional_count() != 0)
         {
             // create buffers in reverse order so that the first given buffer
@@ -261,6 +266,11 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 
         while (not client_manager.empty())
             event_manager.handle_next_events();
+
+        {
+            Context empty_context;
+            global_hooks.run_hook("KakEnd", "", empty_context);
+        }
     }
     catch (Kakoune::exception& error)
     {