diff --git a/pre_commit_hooks/detect_private_key.py b/pre_commit_hooks/detect_private_key.py
index 7bbc2f9..bd1f296 100644
--- a/pre_commit_hooks/detect_private_key.py
+++ b/pre_commit_hooks/detect_private_key.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     b'PuTTY-User-Key-File-2',
     b'BEGIN SSH2 ENCRYPTED PRIVATE KEY',
     b'BEGIN PGP PRIVATE KEY BLOCK',
+    b'BEGIN ENCRYPTED PRIVATE KEY',
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/tests/detect_private_key_test.py b/tests/detect_private_key_test.py
index 7281000..9495047 100644
--- a/tests/detect_private_key_test.py
+++ b/tests/detect_private_key_test.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     (b'-----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----', 1),
     (b'PuTTY-User-Key-File-2: ssh-rsa', 1),
     (b'---- BEGIN SSH2 ENCRYPTED PRIVATE KEY ----', 1),
+    (b'-----BEGIN ENCRYPTED PRIVATE KEY-----', 1),
     (b'ssh-rsa DATA', 0),
     (b'ssh-dsa DATA', 0),
     # Some arbitrary binary data