diff --git a/sbin/install-hooks/submodule-and-lfs.sh b/sbin/install-hooks/submodule-and-lfs.sh
index afe39e2e3bc049810e8978d4db2deef37281d89c..4028f18cb2f3ea2c134dd8bb15cc03b807ea51dd 100644
--- a/sbin/install-hooks/submodule-and-lfs.sh
+++ b/sbin/install-hooks/submodule-and-lfs.sh
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ if [ ! -f "setup.sh" ]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-cp bin/hooks/* .git/hooks/
+HOOKS_DIR=`git rev-parse --git-path hooks`
+cp bin/hooks/* ${HOOKS_DIR}/