diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index 198772c21..4de964792 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ sub filter_snapshot_fmts {
 }
 
 # version of the core git binary
-our $git_version = qx($GIT --version) =~ m/git version (.*)$/ ? $1 : "unknown";
+our $git_version = qx("$GIT" --version) =~ m/git version (.*)$/ ? $1 : "unknown";
 
 $projects_list ||= $projectroot;