diff --git a/githooks/git/git.go b/githooks/git/git.go
index abd34d54..732ea483 100644
--- a/githooks/git/git.go
+++ b/githooks/git/git.go
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	HEAD string = "HEAD"
+	HEAD            string = "HEAD"
+	GitConfigPrefix string = "githooks."
 )
 
 // Context defines the context to execute it commands.
@@ -45,7 +46,9 @@ func NewCtxSanitized() *Context {
 	return NewCtxSanitizedAt("")
 }
 
-// SetConfigCache sets the Git config cache to use.
+// SetConfigCache sets the Git config cache to use where
+// all env. variables are replaced when `envReplacePrefix` matches the
+// key.
 func (c *Context) InitConfigCache(filter func(string) bool) error {
 	cache, err := NewConfigCache(*c, filter)
 
@@ -78,6 +81,11 @@ func (c *Context) GetConfig(key string, scope ConfigScope) (val string) {
 		return ""
 	}
 
+	// Expand env. variables in Git config values.
+	if strings.HasPrefix(val, GitConfigPrefix) {
+		val = os.ExpandEnv(val)
+	}
+
 	return
 }
 
diff --git a/githooks/git/gitconfig-cache.go b/githooks/git/gitconfig-cache.go
index fa98ba6e..0ed4cd25 100644
--- a/githooks/git/gitconfig-cache.go
+++ b/githooks/git/gitconfig-cache.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package git
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
+	"os"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -123,6 +124,11 @@ func parseConfig(s string, filterFunc func(string) bool) (c ConfigCache, err err
 			return
 		}
 
+		// Expand env. variables in Git config values.
+		if strings.HasPrefix(keyValue[0], GitConfigPrefix) {
+			keyValue[1] = os.ExpandEnv(keyValue[1])
+		}
+
 		c.add(keyValue[0], keyValue[0], keyValue[1], scope, false)
 	}
 
diff --git a/githooks/git/gitconfig-cache_test.go b/githooks/git/gitconfig-cache_test.go
index 333dcd2f..112ea33d 100644
--- a/githooks/git/gitconfig-cache_test.go
+++ b/githooks/git/gitconfig-cache_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package git
 
 import (
+	"os"
 	"regexp"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -95,3 +96,32 @@ func TestGitConfigCache(t *testing.T) {
 		{Key: "t.t", Value: "a2"},
 		{Key: "t.t", Value: "a3"}}, kv)
 }
+
+func TestGitConfigCacheEnv(t *testing.T) {
+
+	s := "system\x00githooks.a\n${MONKEY}-a" +
+		"\x00global\x00githooks.b\n$MONKEY-b" +
+		"\x00global\x00a.c\n$MONKEY-b"
+
+	os.Setenv("MONKEY", "banana")
+	assert.Equal(t, "banana", os.Getenv("MONKEY"))
+
+	c, err := parseConfig(s, func(string) bool { return true })
+
+	command := c.scopes[0]
+	worktree := c.scopes[1]
+	local := c.scopes[2]
+	global := c.scopes[3]
+	system := c.scopes[4]
+
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(command))
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(system))
+	assert.Equal(t, 2, len(global))
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(local))
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(worktree))
+
+	assert.Equal(t, "banana-a", system["githooks.a"].values[0])
+	assert.Equal(t, "banana-b", global["githooks.b"].values[0])
+	assert.Equal(t, "$MONKEY-b", global["a.c"].values[0])
+}
diff --git a/githooks/hooks/gitconfig_test.go b/githooks/hooks/gitconfig_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d9f36c09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/githooks/hooks/gitconfig_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package hooks
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/gabyx/githooks/githooks/git"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestGitConfigPrefix(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.True(t, strings.HasPrefix(GitCKInstallDir, git.GitConfigPrefix))
+}
diff --git a/tests/test-alpine-user.sh b/tests/test-alpine-user.sh
index 261cd024..b925d62a 100755
--- a/tests/test-alpine-user.sh
+++ b/tests/test-alpine-user.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ RUN if [ -n "$DOCKER_GROUP_ID" ]; then \
     else \
         echo "Not adding docker since not working with user!" &>2; \
     fi
-RUN [ -d "$GH_TEST_GIT_CORE/templates/hooks" ] && \
+RUN [ ! -d "$GH_TEST_GIT_CORE/templates/hooks" ] || \
     rm -rf "$GH_TEST_GIT_CORE/templates/hooks"
 RUN mkdir -p "$GH_TEST_REPO" "$GH_TEST_GIT_CORE/templates/hooks" && \
     chown -R test:test "$GH_TEST_REPO" "$GH_TEST_GIT_CORE"