diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 126b2a27d..2e4b596ec 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -2253,14 +2253,12 @@
         "balanced-match": {
           "version": "1.0.0",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true,
-          "optional": true
+          "dev": true
         },
         "brace-expansion": {
           "version": "1.1.11",
           "bundled": true,
           "dev": true,
-          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "balanced-match": "^1.0.0",
             "concat-map": "0.0.1"
@@ -2281,8 +2279,7 @@
         "concat-map": {
           "version": "0.0.1",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true,
-          "optional": true
+          "dev": true
         },
         "console-control-strings": {
           "version": "1.1.0",
@@ -2433,7 +2430,6 @@
           "version": "3.0.4",
           "bundled": true,
           "dev": true,
-          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "brace-expansion": "^1.1.7"
           }
@@ -2441,14 +2437,12 @@
         "minimist": {
           "version": "0.0.8",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true,
-          "optional": true
+          "dev": true
         },
         "minipass": {
           "version": "2.3.5",
           "bundled": true,
           "dev": true,
-          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "safe-buffer": "^5.1.2",
             "yallist": "^3.0.0"
@@ -2467,7 +2461,6 @@
           "version": "0.5.1",
           "bundled": true,
           "dev": true,
-          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "minimist": "0.0.8"
           }
@@ -2561,7 +2554,6 @@
           "version": "1.4.0",
           "bundled": true,
           "dev": true,
-          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "wrappy": "1"
           }
@@ -2647,8 +2639,7 @@
         "safe-buffer": {
           "version": "5.1.2",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true,
-          "optional": true
+          "dev": true
         },
         "safer-buffer": {
           "version": "2.1.2",
@@ -2754,8 +2745,7 @@
         "yallist": {
           "version": "3.0.3",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true,
-          "optional": true
+          "dev": true
         }
       }
     },
@@ -4420,7 +4410,7 @@
     },
     "mkdirp": {
       "version": "0.5.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mkdirp/-/mkdirp-0.5.1.tgz",
+      "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/mkdirp/-/mkdirp-0.5.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-MAV0OOrGz3+MR2fzhkjWaX11yQM=",
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
diff --git a/src/installer/__tests__/gitRevParse.ts b/src/installer/__tests__/gitRevParse.ts
index 4668ce65f..794f42eb7 100644
--- a/src/installer/__tests__/gitRevParse.ts
+++ b/src/installer/__tests__/gitRevParse.ts
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ import gitRevParse from '../gitRevParse'
 const root = path.join(__dirname, '../../..')
 
 describe('gitRevParse', (): void => {
-  it('should return topLevel and gitDir', (): void => {
+  it('should return topLevel and absoluteGitDir', (): void => {
     expect(gitRevParse()).toStrictEqual({
       // Git rev-parse uses a different separator on Linux/MacOS and Windows
       // slash is used to normalized the returned value for tests
       topLevel: slash(root),
-      gitDir: slash(path.join(root, '.git'))
+      absoluteGitDir: slash(path.join(root, '.git'))
     })
   })
 })
diff --git a/src/installer/bin.ts b/src/installer/bin.ts
index f951a3560..bf3f189f5 100644
--- a/src/installer/bin.ts
+++ b/src/installer/bin.ts
@@ -21,17 +21,17 @@ try {
   )
 
   // Get top level and git dir
-  const { topLevel, gitDir } = gitRevParse()
+  const { topLevel, absoluteGitDir } = gitRevParse()
 
   // Debug
   debug(`topLevel: ${topLevel}`)
-  debug(`gitDir: ${gitDir}`)
+  debug(`gitDir: ${absoluteGitDir}`)
 
   // Install or uninstall
   if (action === 'install') {
-    install(topLevel, gitDir, huskyDir, isCI)
+    install(topLevel, absoluteGitDir, huskyDir, isCI)
   } else {
-    uninstall(gitDir, huskyDir)
+    uninstall(absoluteGitDir, huskyDir)
   }
 } catch (error) {
   console.log(error.message.trim())
diff --git a/src/installer/gitRevParse.ts b/src/installer/gitRevParse.ts
index a1d8454bf..3bea4cc48 100644
--- a/src/installer/gitRevParse.ts
+++ b/src/installer/gitRevParse.ts
@@ -3,22 +3,31 @@ import execa from 'execa'
 
 export default function(): {
   topLevel: string
-  gitDir: string
+  absoluteGitDir: string
 } {
+  let result
   try {
-    const { stdout } = execa.sync('git', [
+    result = execa.sync('git', [
       'rev-parse',
       '--show-toplevel',
       '--absolute-git-dir'
     ])
-
-    const [topLevel, gitDir] = stdout
-      .trim()
-      .split('\n')
-      // Normalize for Windows
-      .map(slash)
-    return { topLevel, gitDir }
   } catch (error) {
     throw new Error(error.stderr)
   }
+
+  const [topLevel, absoluteGitDir] = result.stdout
+    .trim()
+    .split('\n')
+    // Normalize for Windows
+    .map(slash)
+
+  // Git rev-parse returns unknown options as is.
+  // If we get --absolute-git-dir in the output,
+  // it probably means that an older version of Git has been used.
+  if (absoluteGitDir === '--absolute-git-dir') {
+    throw new Error('Husky requires Git >= 2.13.2, please updade Git')
+  }
+
+  return { topLevel, absoluteGitDir }
 }