diff --git a/setup.go b/setup.go
index 2388039507..55cd62f365 100644
--- a/setup.go
+++ b/setup.go
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ func (e *Executor) setupDefaults() {
 func (e *Executor) setupConcurrencyState() {
 	e.executionHashes = make(map[string]context.Context)
 
+	e.taskSeparated = new(int32)
 	e.taskCallCount = make(map[string]*int32, e.Taskfile.Tasks.Len())
 	e.mkdirMutexMap = make(map[string]*sync.Mutex, e.Taskfile.Tasks.Len())
 	for _, k := range e.Taskfile.Tasks.Keys() {
diff --git a/task.go b/task.go
index dd540a41dc..bbc398a2b3 100644
--- a/task.go
+++ b/task.go
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ type Executor struct {
 
 	concurrencySemaphore chan struct{}
 	taskCallCount        map[string]*int32
+	taskSeparated        *int32
 	mkdirMutexMap        map[string]*sync.Mutex
 	executionHashes      map[string]context.Context
 	executionHashesMutex sync.Mutex
@@ -224,6 +225,9 @@ func (e *Executor) RunTask(ctx context.Context, call taskfile.Call) error {
 			e.Logger.Errf(logger.Red, "task: cannot make directory %q: %v\n", t.Dir, err)
 		}
 
+		if atomic.CompareAndSwapInt32(e.taskSeparated, 0, 1) {
+			e.runCommandHook(ctx, t, call, e.Taskfile.Cmds.TaskSeparator, "separator")
+		}
 		for i := range t.Cmds {
 			if t.Cmds[i].Defer {
 				defer e.runDeferred(t, call, i)
@@ -247,6 +251,9 @@ func (e *Executor) RunTask(ctx context.Context, call taskfile.Call) error {
 				return &errors.TaskRunError{TaskName: t.Task, Err: err}
 			}
 		}
+		if atomic.CompareAndSwapInt32(e.taskSeparated, 0, 1) {
+			e.runCommandHook(ctx, t, call, e.Taskfile.Cmds.TaskSeparator, "separator")
+		}
 		e.Logger.VerboseErrf(logger.Magenta, "task: %q finished\n", call.Task)
 		return nil
 	})
@@ -334,8 +341,10 @@ func (e *Executor) runCommand(ctx context.Context, t *taskfile.Task, call taskfi
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("task: failed to get variables: %w", err)
 		}
-		stdOut, stdErr, close := outputWrapper.WrapWriter(e.Stdout, e.Stderr, t.Prefix, outputTemplater)
+		stdOut, stdErr, closer := outputWrapper.WrapWriter(e.Stdout, e.Stderr, t.Prefix, outputTemplater)
 
+		e.runCommandHook(ctx, t, call, e.Taskfile.Cmds.Pre, "pre")
+		atomic.StoreInt32(e.taskSeparated, 0)
 		err = execext.RunCommand(ctx, &execext.RunCommandOptions{
 			Command:   cmd.Cmd,
 			Dir:       t.Dir,
@@ -346,7 +355,9 @@ func (e *Executor) runCommand(ctx context.Context, t *taskfile.Task, call taskfi
 			Stdout:    stdOut,
 			Stderr:    stdErr,
 		})
-		if closeErr := close(err); closeErr != nil {
+		e.runCommandHook(ctx, t, call, e.Taskfile.Cmds.Post, "post")
+
+		if closeErr := closer(err); closeErr != nil {
 			e.Logger.Errf(logger.Red, "task: unable to close writer: %v\n", closeErr)
 		}
 		if execext.IsExitError(err) && cmd.IgnoreError {
@@ -359,6 +370,48 @@ func (e *Executor) runCommand(ctx context.Context, t *taskfile.Task, call taskfi
 	}
 }
 
+func (e *Executor) runCommandHook(ctx context.Context, t *taskfile.Task, call taskfile.Call, cmd string, kind string) {
+	if cmd == "" {
+		return
+	}
+
+	if e.Dry {
+		return
+	}
+
+	outputWrapper := e.Output
+	if t.Interactive {
+		outputWrapper = output.Interleaved{}
+	}
+	vars, err := e.Compiler.FastGetVariables(t, call)
+	outputTemplater := &templater.Templater{Vars: vars, RemoveNoValue: true}
+	if err != nil {
+		e.Logger.Errf(logger.Red, "task: failed to get variables for %s-command: %w", kind, err)
+		return
+	}
+	stdOut, stdErr, closer := outputWrapper.WrapWriter(e.Stdout, e.Stderr, t.Prefix, outputTemplater)
+
+	if err := execext.RunCommand(ctx, &execext.RunCommandOptions{
+		Command:   cmd,
+		Dir:       t.Dir,
+		Env:       env.Get(t),
+		PosixOpts: slicesext.UniqueJoin(e.Taskfile.Set, t.Set),
+		BashOpts:  slicesext.UniqueJoin(e.Taskfile.Shopt, t.Shopt),
+		Stdout:    stdOut,
+		Stderr:    stdErr,
+	}); err != nil {
+		e.Logger.Errf(logger.Red, "task: unable to run %s-command: %w", kind, err)
+	}
+
+	if closeErr := closer(err); closeErr != nil {
+		e.Logger.Errf(logger.Red, "task: unable to close writer: %v\n", closeErr)
+	}
+	if execext.IsExitError(err) {
+		e.Logger.VerboseErrf(logger.Yellow, "task: [%s] %s-command error ignored: %v\n", t.Name(), kind, err)
+		return
+	}
+}
+
 func (e *Executor) startExecution(ctx context.Context, t *taskfile.Task, execute func(ctx context.Context) error) error {
 	h, err := e.GetHash(t)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/taskfile/cmds.go b/taskfile/cmds.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d0c604c979
--- /dev/null
+++ b/taskfile/cmds.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package taskfile
+
+type Cmds struct {
+	Pre           string
+	Post          string
+	TaskSeparator string `yaml:"task_separator"`
+}
diff --git a/taskfile/taskfile.go b/taskfile/taskfile.go
index 344d00eb9a..f73e2f8ac1 100644
--- a/taskfile/taskfile.go
+++ b/taskfile/taskfile.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ type Taskfile struct {
 	Shopt      []string
 	Vars       *Vars
 	Env        *Vars
+	Cmds       Cmds
 	Tasks      Tasks
 	Silent     bool
 	Dotenv     []string
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ func (tf *Taskfile) UnmarshalYAML(node *yaml.Node) error {
 			Shopt      []string
 			Vars       *Vars
 			Env        *Vars
+			Cmds       Cmds
 			Tasks      Tasks
 			Silent     bool
 			Dotenv     []string
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@ func (tf *Taskfile) UnmarshalYAML(node *yaml.Node) error {
 		tf.Vars = taskfile.Vars
 		tf.Env = taskfile.Env
 		tf.Tasks = taskfile.Tasks
+		tf.Cmds = taskfile.Cmds
 		tf.Silent = taskfile.Silent
 		tf.Dotenv = taskfile.Dotenv
 		tf.Run = taskfile.Run