diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0c63ed11..d79801a6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+
+-   git `pre-commit` hook should now work in all worktrees [#605](https://github.com/JLLeitschuh/ktlint-gradle/pull/605)
+
 ## [11.0.0] - 2022-08-24
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jlleitschuh/gradle/ktlint/GitHook.kt b/plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jlleitschuh/gradle/ktlint/GitHook.kt
index 607874ae..7fbde572 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jlleitschuh/gradle/ktlint/GitHook.kt
+++ b/plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jlleitschuh/gradle/ktlint/GitHook.kt
@@ -79,7 +79,9 @@ internal fun generateGitHook(
     echo "Running ktlint over these files:"
     echo "${'$'}CHANGED_FILES"
 
-    diff=.git/unstaged-ktlint-git-hook.diff
+    GITDIR=${'$'}(git rev-parse --git-dir)
+    diff=${'$'}GITDIR/unstaged-ktlint-git-hook.diff
+
     git diff --color=never > ${'$'}diff
     if [ -s ${'$'}diff ]; then
       git apply -R ${'$'}diff
diff --git a/plugin/src/test/kotlin/org/jlleitschuh/gradle/ktlint/GitHookTasksTest.kt b/plugin/src/test/kotlin/org/jlleitschuh/gradle/ktlint/GitHookTasksTest.kt
index d1046c59..b3f2d6b8 100644
--- a/plugin/src/test/kotlin/org/jlleitschuh/gradle/ktlint/GitHookTasksTest.kt
+++ b/plugin/src/test/kotlin/org/jlleitschuh/gradle/ktlint/GitHookTasksTest.kt
@@ -245,6 +245,8 @@ class GitHookTasksTest : AbstractPluginTest() {
                 assertThat(hookText).contains("git apply -R \$diff")
                 assertThat(hookText).contains("git apply --ignore-whitespace \$diff")
                 assertThat(hookText).contains("rm \$diff")
+                assertThat(hookText).contains("GITDIR=\$(git rev-parse --git-dir)")
+                assertThat(hookText).contains("diff=\$GITDIR/unstaged-ktlint-git-hook.diff")
             }
         }
     }