diff --git a/pre_commit_hooks/detect_private_key.py b/pre_commit_hooks/detect_private_key.py
index bd1f2962..3a6027da 100644
--- a/pre_commit_hooks/detect_private_key.py
+++ b/pre_commit_hooks/detect_private_key.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     b'BEGIN SSH2 ENCRYPTED PRIVATE KEY',
     b'BEGIN PGP PRIVATE KEY BLOCK',
     b'BEGIN ENCRYPTED PRIVATE KEY',
+    b'BEGIN OpenVPN Static key V1',
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/tests/detect_private_key_test.py b/tests/detect_private_key_test.py
index 9495047b..d2c724f0 100644
--- a/tests/detect_private_key_test.py
+++ b/tests/detect_private_key_test.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     (b'PuTTY-User-Key-File-2: ssh-rsa', 1),
     (b'---- BEGIN SSH2 ENCRYPTED PRIVATE KEY ----', 1),
     (b'-----BEGIN ENCRYPTED PRIVATE KEY-----', 1),
+    (b'-----BEGIN OpenVPN Static key V1-----', 1),
     (b'ssh-rsa DATA', 0),
     (b'ssh-dsa DATA', 0),
     # Some arbitrary binary data