diff --git a/lib/hook.template.raw b/lib/hook.template.raw
index f4ae332..5514667 100644
--- a/lib/hook.template.raw
+++ b/lib/hook.template.raw
@@ -1,15 +1,51 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 // {{generated_message}}
 
-(function hookEntryPoint() {
+const fs = require('fs')
+const path = require('path')
+const ghooks = getGhooksEntryPoint()
+
+checkForGHooks(ghooks)
+require(ghooks)(__dirname, __filename)
+
+function getGhooksEntryPoint() {
+  const worktree = getWorkTree()
+  if (worktree) {
+    return path.resolve(__dirname, '../', worktree, 'node_modules', 'ghooks')
+  }
+  return 'ghooks'
+}
+
+function checkForGHooks(ghooksPath) {
   try {
-    require('ghooks')
+    require(ghooksPath)
   } catch (e) {
     warnAboutGHooks()
     process.exit(1)
   }
-  require('ghooks')(__dirname, __filename)
-})()
+}
+
+function getWorkTree() {
+  try {
+    return getWorkTreeFromConfig(getConfigFileContent())
+  } catch (e) {
+    return null
+  }
+}
+
+function getConfigFileContent() {
+  const configFile = path.resolve(__dirname, '../config')
+  const fileStat = fs.statSync(configFile)
+  if (fileStat && fileStat.isFile()) {
+    return fs.readFileSync(configFile, 'utf8')
+  }
+  return ''
+}
+
+function getWorkTreeFromConfig(configFileContent) {
+  const worktreeRegEx = /\[core\][^]{0,}worktree = ([^\n]{1,})[^]{0,}/
+  return worktreeRegEx.test(configFileContent) ? configFileContent.replace(worktreeRegEx, '$1') : ''
+}
 
 function warnAboutGHooks() {
   console.warn( // eslint-disable-line no-console
diff --git a/lib/install.js b/lib/install.js
index 05a888f..934478a 100644
--- a/lib/install.js
+++ b/lib/install.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const hooks = [
 function installHooks() {
   const gitRoot = findGitRoot()
   if (gitRoot) {
-    const hooksDir = resolve(gitRoot, '.git/hooks')
+    const hooksDir = resolve(gitRoot, 'hooks')
     hooks.forEach(install.bind(null, hooksDir))
   } else {
     warnAboutGit()
@@ -35,12 +35,36 @@ function installHooks() {
 
 function findGitRoot() {
   try {
-    return findup.sync(process.cwd(), '.git')
+    return getGitRoot()
   } catch (e) {
     return null
   }
 }
 
+function getGitRoot() {
+  const gitRoot = findup.sync(process.cwd(), '.git')
+  const gitPath = resolve(gitRoot, '.git')
+  const fileStat = fs.statSync(gitPath)
+  return gitPathDir(gitPath, fileStat) || gitPathFile(gitPath, fileStat, gitRoot)
+}
+
+function gitPathDir(gitPath, fileStat) {
+  return fileStat.isDirectory() ? gitPath : null
+}
+
+function gitPathFile(gitPath, fileStat, gitRoot) {
+  return fileStat.isFile() ? parseGitFile(fileStat, gitPath, gitRoot) : null
+}
+
+function parseGitFile(fileStat, gitPath, gitRoot) {
+  const gitDirRegex = /[^]{0,}gitdir: ([^\n]{1,})[^]{0,}/
+  const gitFileContents = fs.readFileSync(gitPath, 'utf8')
+  if (gitDirRegex.test(gitFileContents)) {
+    return resolve(gitRoot, gitFileContents.replace(gitDirRegex, '$1'))
+  }
+  return null
+}
+
 function warnAboutGit() {
   console.warn( // eslint-disable-line no-console
     'This does not seem to be a git project.\n' +
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index deb8181..a4edc8b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     "lint": "eslint bin/* lib/* test/",
     "test:unit": "mocha --compilers js:babel-register",
     "test": "npm run lint && npm run coverage",
-    "coverage": "istanbul cover -i lib/**/*.js _mocha -- --compilers js:babel-register test/**/*.test.js",
+    "coverage": "istanbul cover -i lib/**/* _mocha -- --compilers js:babel-register test/**/*.test.js",
     "check-coverage": "istanbul check-coverage --statements 100 --branches 100 --functions 100 --lines 100",
     "report-coverage": "cat ./coverage/lcov.info | codecov",
     "validate": "npm t && npm run check-coverage",
diff --git a/test/hook.template.raw.test.js b/test/hook.template.raw.test.js
index 397cb35..6e5aa2f 100644
--- a/test/hook.template.raw.test.js
+++ b/test/hook.template.raw.test.js
@@ -37,4 +37,111 @@ describe('hook.template.raw', function describeHookTemplateRaw() {
 
   })
 
+  describe('when ghooks is installed, using worktree / in a submodule', () => {
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      const path = require('path')
+      const worktree = '../../a/path/somewhere/else'
+      const ghooksResolved = path.resolve(process.cwd(), worktree, 'node_modules', 'ghooks')
+      const stub = {
+        fs: {
+          statSync: () => {
+            return {isFile: () => true}
+          },
+          readFileSync: () => '[core]\n\tworktree = ' + worktree,
+        },
+      }
+      stub[ghooksResolved] = this.ghooks = sinon.stub()
+      proxyquire('../lib/hook.template.raw', stub)
+    })
+
+    it('delegates the hook execution to ghooks', () => {
+      const dirname = process.cwd() + '/lib'
+      const filename = dirname + '/hook.template.raw'
+      expect(this.ghooks).to.have.been.calledWith(dirname, filename)
+    })
+
+  })
+
+  describe('when ghooks is not found, using worktree / in a submodule', () => {
+
+    it('warns about ghooks not being found in gitdir', sinon.test(function test() {
+      const stub = {
+        ghooks: null,
+        fs: {
+          statSync: () => {
+            return {isFile: () => true}
+          },
+          readFileSync: () => '[core]\n\tworktree = ../../a/path/somewhere/else',
+        },
+      }
+      const warn = this.stub(console, 'warn')
+      const exitMessage = 'Exit process when ghooks not being present'
+      // instead of really exiting the process ...
+      const exit = this.stub(process, 'exit', () => {
+        // ... throw a predetermined exception, thus preventing
+        // further code execution within the tested module ...
+        throw Error(exitMessage)
+      })
+      // ... and expect it to be eventually thrown
+      expect(() => {
+        proxyquire('../lib/hook.template.raw', stub)
+      }).to.throw(exitMessage)
+      expect(warn).to.have.been.calledWithMatch(/ghooks not found!/i)
+      expect(exit).to.have.been.calledWith(1)
+    }))
+
+    it('warns about ghooks not being found due to no gitdir being present', sinon.test(function test() {
+      const stub = {
+        ghooks: null,
+        fs: {
+          statSync: () => {
+            return {isFile: () => true}
+          },
+          readFileSync: () => '[anything]\n\tsomething = else',
+        },
+      }
+      const warn = this.stub(console, 'warn')
+      const exitMessage = 'Exit process when ghooks not being present'
+      // instead of really exiting the process ...
+      const exit = this.stub(process, 'exit', () => {
+        // ... throw a predetermined exception, thus preventing
+        // further code execution within the tested module ...
+        throw Error(exitMessage)
+      })
+      // ... and expect it to be eventually thrown
+      expect(() => {
+        proxyquire('../lib/hook.template.raw', stub)
+      }).to.throw(exitMessage)
+      expect(warn).to.have.been.calledWithMatch(/ghooks not found!/i)
+      expect(exit).to.have.been.calledWith(1)
+    }))
+
+    it('warns about ghooks not being found due to no valid git config being present', sinon.test(function test() {
+      const stub = {
+        ghooks: null,
+        fs: {
+          statSync: () => {
+            return {isFile: () => false}
+          },
+        },
+      }
+      const warn = this.stub(console, 'warn')
+      const exitMessage = 'Exit process when ghooks not being present'
+      // instead of really exiting the process ...
+      const exit = this.stub(process, 'exit', () => {
+        // ... throw a predetermined exception, thus preventing
+        // further code execution within the tested module ...
+        throw Error(exitMessage)
+      })
+      // ... and expect it to be eventually thrown
+      expect(() => {
+        proxyquire('../lib/hook.template.raw', stub)
+      }).to.throw(exitMessage)
+      expect(warn).to.have.been.calledWithMatch(/ghooks not found!/i)
+      expect(exit).to.have.been.calledWith(1)
+    }))
+
+  })
+
 })
diff --git a/test/install.test.js b/test/install.test.js
index 44cc7f7..65d7616 100644
--- a/test/install.test.js
+++ b/test/install.test.js
@@ -79,6 +79,47 @@ describe('install', function describeInstall() {
 
 })
 
+describe('install using worktree / as a submodule', function describeInstall() {
+  const install = require('../lib/install')
+
+  it('warns when no gitdir specified for worktree / submodule', sinon.test(function test() {
+    fsStub({'.git': ''})
+    const warn = this.stub(console, 'warn')
+    install()
+    expect(warn).to.have.been.calledWithMatch(/this does not seem to be a git project/i)
+  }))
+
+  it('creates hooks directory using gitdir', () => {
+    fsStub({
+      '.git': 'gitdir: ../../a/path/somewhere/else',
+      '../../a/path/somewhere/else': {},
+    })
+    install()
+    expect(fs.existsSync('../../a/path/somewhere/else/hooks')).to.be.true
+  })
+
+})
+
+describe('install (ensure 100% code coverage)', function describeInstall() {
+  const install = require('proxyquire')('../lib/install', {
+    fs: {
+      statSync() {
+        // to provoke the case where a '.git' entry on the filesystem
+        // is neither a directory nor a file
+        return {isDirectory: () => false, isFile: () => false}
+      },
+    },
+  })
+
+  it('warns when no gitdir specified for worktree / submodule', sinon.test(function test() {
+    const warn = this.stub(console, 'warn')
+    fsStub({'.git': ''})
+    install()
+    expect(warn).to.have.been.calledWithMatch(/this does not seem to be a git project/i)
+  }))
+
+})
+
 function fileMode(file) {
   const allOn = 4095 // == 07777 (octal)
   return (fs.statSync(file).mode & allOn) // eslint-disable-line no-bitwise