diff --git a/DEVELOP.md b/DEVELOP.md
index de97c03..cdab40d 100644
--- a/DEVELOP.md
+++ b/DEVELOP.md
@@ -28,6 +28,18 @@ uv run maturin develop -m obstore/Cargo.toml --release
 
 to compile `obstore` with release optimizations turned on.
 
+### Maturin import hook
+
+Run
+```
+uv run python -m maturin_import_hook site install
+```
+
+to ensure that obstore is automatically recompiled if changed whenever you
+import `obstore` in Python.
+
+See [import hook docs](https://www.maturin.rs/import_hook) for more information.
+
 ### Tests
 
 All obstore tests should go into the top-level `tests` directory.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ace72b4..791361c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ dev-dependencies = [
     "griffe-inherited-docstrings>=1.0.1",
     "griffe>=1.6.0",
     "ipykernel>=6.29.5",
+    "maturin-import-hook>=0.2.0",
     "maturin>=1.7.4",
     "mike>=2.1.3",
     "mkdocs-material[imaging]>=9.6.3",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index c2434d3..2e7806c 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -799,6 +799,15 @@ wheels = [
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 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "filelock"
+version = "3.18.0"
+source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/0a/10/c23352565a6544bdc5353e0b15fc1c563352101f30e24bf500207a54df9a/filelock-3.18.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:adbc88eabb99d2fec8c9c1b229b171f18afa655400173ddc653d5d01501fb9f2", size = 18075 }
+wheels = [
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+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "flask"
 version = "3.1.0"
@@ -1414,6 +1423,19 @@ wheels = [
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 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "maturin-import-hook"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
+dependencies = [
+    { name = "filelock" },
+    { name = "tomli", marker = "python_full_version < '3.11'" },
+]
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/93/5f/9d426545c49926f4212fbe6244bc397508a29f65e35fe307835c07c0be7b/maturin_import_hook-0.2.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:e8a81333179faf7b5f413e44c2a1c89604fefff433679275f724950b0a632adf", size = 31071 }
+wheels = [
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+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mergedeep"
 version = "1.3.4"
@@ -3275,6 +3297,7 @@ dev = [
     { name = "griffe-inherited-docstrings" },
     { name = "ipykernel" },
     { name = "maturin" },
+    { name = "maturin-import-hook" },
     { name = "mike" },
     { name = "mkdocs" },
     { name = "mkdocs-material", extra = ["imaging"] },
@@ -3314,6 +3337,7 @@ dev = [
     { name = "griffe-inherited-docstrings", specifier = ">=1.0.1" },
     { name = "ipykernel", specifier = ">=6.29.5" },
     { name = "maturin", specifier = ">=1.7.4" },
+    { name = "maturin-import-hook", specifier = ">=0.2.0" },
     { name = "mike", specifier = ">=2.1.3" },
     { name = "mkdocs", specifier = ">=1.6.1" },
     { name = "mkdocs-material", extras = ["imaging"], specifier = ">=9.6.3" },