diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index ecbd940c7..c861bef04 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -151,7 +151,14 @@ type Config struct {
 
 // Environ returns the config as a list of environment variables.
 func (c *Config) Environ() []string {
-	envs := []string{}
+	ex, err := os.Executable()
+	if err != nil {
+		ex = "soft-serve"
+	}
+	ex = filepath.ToSlash(ex)
+	envs := []string{
+		fmt.Sprintf("SOFT_SERVE_EXE_PATH=%s", ex),
+	}
 	if c == nil {
 		return envs
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/hooks/gen.go b/pkg/hooks/gen.go
index 467b2f263..6c4ceba1c 100644
--- a/pkg/hooks/gen.go
+++ b/pkg/hooks/gen.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func GenerateHooks(_ context.Context, cfg *config.Config, repo string) error {
 			Hook       string
 			Args       string
 		}{
-			Executable: ex,
+			Executable: "\"${SOFT_SERVE_EXE_PATH}\"",
 			Hook:       hook,
 			Args:       args,
 		}); err != nil {