diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index ab56358b8f60d..a9fb0d5da3a6d 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -1765,6 +1765,7 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
 
 	grunt.registerTask( 'precommit:php', [
 		'phpstan',
+		'compat:php',
 		'phpunit'
 	] );
 
@@ -2322,7 +2323,7 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
 	grunt.registerTask( 'format:php', 'Runs the code formatter on changed files.', function() {
 		var done = this.async();
 		var flags = this.flags;
-		var args = changedFiles.php;
+		var args = changedFiles.php.slice();
 
 		args.unshift( 'format' );
 
@@ -2342,7 +2343,7 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
 	grunt.registerTask( 'lint:php', 'Runs the code linter on changed files.', function() {
 		var done = this.async();
 		var flags = this.flags;
-		var args = changedFiles.php;
+		var args = changedFiles.php.slice();
 
 		args.unshift( 'lint' );
 
@@ -2359,6 +2360,21 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
 		} );
 	} );
 
+	grunt.registerTask( 'compat:php', 'Runs the PHPCompatibility ruleset on changed files.', function() {
+		var done = this.async();
+		var args = changedFiles.php.slice();
+
+		args.unshift( 'compat' );
+
+		grunt.util.spawn( {
+			cmd: 'composer',
+			args: args,
+			opts: { stdio: 'inherit' }
+		}, function( error ) {
+			done( ! error );
+		} );
+	} );
+
 	grunt.registerTask( 'wp-packages:update', 'Update WordPress packages', function() {
 		const distTag = grunt.option('dist-tag') || 'latest';
 		grunt.log.writeln( `Updating WordPress packages (--dist-tag=${distTag})` );