diff --git a/dvc/scm/git/__init__.py b/dvc/scm/git/__init__.py
index 290ca5802..582d777dd 100644
--- a/dvc/scm/git/__init__.py
+++ b/dvc/scm/git/__init__.py
@@ -216,7 +216,11 @@ class Git(Base):
         return [t.name for t in self.repo.tags]
 
     def _install_hook(self, name, cmd):
-        command = '[ -z "$(git ls-files .dvc)" ] || exec dvc {}'.format(cmd)
+        command = (
+            '[ "$3" == "0" ]'
+            ' || [ -z "$(git ls-files .dvc)" ]'
+            " || exec dvc {}".format(cmd)
+        )
 
         hook = os.path.join(self.root_dir, self.GIT_DIR, "hooks", name)
 
diff --git a/tests/func/test_install.py b/tests/func/test_install.py
index 140e0b5d5..1ff4ca23a 100644
--- a/tests/func/test_install.py
+++ b/tests/func/test_install.py
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ class TestInstall(object):
         expected_script = (
             "#!/bin/sh\n"
             "echo hello\n"
-            '[ -z "$(git ls-files .dvc)" ] || exec dvc checkout\n'
+            '[ "$3" == "0" ]'
+            ' || [ -z "$(git ls-files .dvc)" ]'
+            " || exec dvc checkout\n"
         )
 
         with open(self._hook("post-checkout"), "r") as fobj:
@@ -51,7 +53,9 @@ class TestInstall(object):
 
         expected_script = (
             "#!/bin/sh\n"
-            '[ -z "$(git ls-files .dvc)" ] || exec dvc checkout\n'
+            '[ "$3" == "0" ]'
+            ' || [ -z "$(git ls-files .dvc)" ]'
+            " || exec dvc checkout\n"
         )
 
         with open(self._hook("post-checkout"), "r") as fobj: