diff --git a/templates/hooks--applypatch-msg b/templates/hooks--applypatch-msg
index bda3c86be7..02de1ef84c 100644
--- a/templates/hooks--applypatch-msg
+++ b/templates/hooks--applypatch-msg
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #
 # To enable this hook, make this file executable.
 
+. git-sh-setup
 test -x "$GIT_DIR/hooks/commit-msg" &&
 	exec "$GIT_DIR/hooks/commit-msg" ${1+"$@"}
 :
diff --git a/templates/hooks--pre-applypatch b/templates/hooks--pre-applypatch
index a54751600e..5f56ce8053 100644
--- a/templates/hooks--pre-applypatch
+++ b/templates/hooks--pre-applypatch
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #
 # To enable this hook, make this file executable.
 
+. git-sh-setup
 test -x "$GIT_DIR/hooks/pre-commit" &&
 	exec "$GIT_DIR/hooks/pre-commit" ${1+"$@"}
 :