diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 200f12818..3dc08ee47 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,18 @@
 # See https://pre-commit.com for more information
 # See https://pre-commit.com/hooks.html for more hooks
 repos:
+
+  - repo: local
+    # Keep json schema in sync with the config schema
+    # This will write the files - and fail pre-commit if a file has been changed.
+    hooks:
+      - id: Extract config json schema
+        name: extract-config-json-schema
+        entry: "python build_helpers/extract_config_json_schema.py"
+        language: python
+        pass_filenames: false
+        additional_dependencies: ["python-rapidjson", "jsonschema"]
+
   - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/flake8
     rev: "7.2.0"
     hooks:
diff --git a/build_helpers/extract_config_json_schema.py b/build_helpers/extract_config_json_schema.py
index 44ecc0f91..15bfd7720 100644
--- a/build_helpers/extract_config_json_schema.py
+++ b/build_helpers/extract_config_json_schema.py
@@ -4,10 +4,23 @@ from pathlib import Path
 
 import rapidjson
 
-from freqtrade.configuration.config_schema import CONF_SCHEMA
-
 
 def extract_config_json_schema():
+    try:
+        # Try to import from the installed package
+        from freqtrade.config_schema import CONF_SCHEMA
+    except ImportError:
+        # If freqtrade is not installed, add the parent directory to sys.path
+        # to import directly from the source
+        import sys
+
+        script_dir = Path(__file__).parent
+        freqtrade_dir = script_dir.parent
+        sys.path.insert(0, str(freqtrade_dir))
+
+        # Now try to import from the source
+        from freqtrade.config_schema import CONF_SCHEMA
+
     schema_filename = Path(__file__).parent / "schema.json"
     with schema_filename.open("w") as f:
         rapidjson.dump(CONF_SCHEMA, f, indent=2)
diff --git a/freqtrade/config_schema/__init__.py b/freqtrade/config_schema/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0a5c19c1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/freqtrade/config_schema/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+from freqtrade.config_schema.config_schema import CONF_SCHEMA
+
+
+__all__ = ["CONF_SCHEMA"]
diff --git a/freqtrade/configuration/config_schema.py b/freqtrade/config_schema/config_schema.py
similarity index 100%
rename from freqtrade/configuration/config_schema.py
rename to freqtrade/config_schema/config_schema.py
diff --git a/freqtrade/configuration/config_validation.py b/freqtrade/configuration/config_validation.py
index 8640542a1..e481f663e 100644
--- a/freqtrade/configuration/config_validation.py
+++ b/freqtrade/configuration/config_validation.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from typing import Any
 from jsonschema import Draft4Validator, validators
 from jsonschema.exceptions import ValidationError, best_match
 
-from freqtrade.configuration.config_schema import (
+from freqtrade.config_schema.config_schema import (
     CONF_SCHEMA,
     SCHEMA_BACKTEST_REQUIRED,
     SCHEMA_BACKTEST_REQUIRED_FINAL,