diff --git a/git-log-script b/git-log-script
index 317aa9b0d6..feca5e9b7c 100755
--- a/git-log-script
+++ b/git-log-script
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-git-rev-list --pretty HEAD | LESS=-S ${PAGER:-less}
+git-rev-list --pretty $(git-rev-parse --default HEAD "$@") | LESS=-S ${PAGER:-less}