diff --git a/Documentation/config/safe.txt b/Documentation/config/safe.txt
index bde7f31459b..69ee845be89 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/safe.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/safe.txt
@@ -59,3 +59,9 @@ which id the original user has.
 If that is not what you would prefer and want git to only trust
 repositories that are owned by root instead, then you can remove
 the `SUDO_UID` variable from root's environment before invoking git.
+
+safe.hook.sha256::
+	The value is the SHA-256 of hooks that are considered to be safe
+	to run during a clone operation.
++
+Multiple values can be added via `git config --global --add`.
diff --git a/hook.c b/hook.c
index fc974cee1d8..a2479738451 100644
--- a/hook.c
+++ b/hook.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "hook.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "config.h"
+#include "strmap.h"
 
 static int identical_to_template_hook(const char *name, const char *path)
 {
@@ -29,11 +30,65 @@ static int identical_to_template_hook(const char *name, const char *path)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static struct strset safe_hook_sha256s = STRSET_INIT;
+static int safe_hook_sha256s_initialized;
+
+static int get_sha256_of_file_contents(const char *path, char *sha256)
+{
+	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+	int fd;
+	ssize_t res;
+
+	git_hash_ctx ctx;
+	const struct git_hash_algo *algo = &hash_algos[GIT_HASH_SHA256];
+	unsigned char hash[GIT_MAX_RAWSZ];
+
+	if ((fd = open(path, O_RDONLY)) < 0)
+		return -1;
+	res = strbuf_read(&sb, fd, 400);
+	close(fd);
+	if (res < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	algo->init_fn(&ctx);
+	algo->update_fn(&ctx, sb.buf, sb.len);
+	strbuf_release(&sb);
+	algo->final_fn(hash, &ctx);
+
+	hash_to_hex_algop_r(sha256, hash, algo);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int safe_hook_cb(const char *key, const char *value, void *d)
+{
+	struct strset *set = d;
+
+	if (value && !strcmp(key, "safe.hook.sha256"))
+		strset_add(set, value);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int is_hook_safe_during_clone(const char *name, const char *path, char *sha256)
+{
+	if (get_sha256_of_file_contents(path, sha256) < 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (!safe_hook_sha256s_initialized) {
+		safe_hook_sha256s_initialized = 1;
+		git_protected_config(safe_hook_cb, &safe_hook_sha256s);
+	}
+
+	return strset_contains(&safe_hook_sha256s, sha256);
+}
+
 const char *find_hook(const char *name)
 {
 	static struct strbuf path = STRBUF_INIT;
 
 	int found_hook;
+	char sha256[GIT_SHA256_HEXSZ + 1] = { '\0' };
 
 	strbuf_reset(&path);
 	strbuf_git_path(&path, "hooks/%s", name);
@@ -65,13 +120,14 @@ const char *find_hook(const char *name)
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	if (!git_hooks_path && git_env_bool("GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE", 0) &&
-	    !identical_to_template_hook(name, path.buf))
+	    !identical_to_template_hook(name, path.buf) &&
+	    !is_hook_safe_during_clone(name, path.buf, sha256))
 		die(_("active `%s` hook found during `git clone`:\n\t%s\n"
 		      "For security reasons, this is disallowed by default.\n"
-		      "If this is intentional and the hook should actually "
-		      "be run, please\nrun the command again with "
-		      "`GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false`"),
-		    name, path.buf);
+		      "If this is intentional and the hook is safe to run, "
+		      "please run the following command and try again:\n\n"
+		      "  git config --global --add safe.hook.sha256 %s"),
+		    name, path.buf, sha256);
 	return path.buf;
 }
 
diff --git a/t/t1800-hook.sh b/t/t1800-hook.sh
index 2ef3579fa7c..0f74c9154d0 100755
--- a/t/t1800-hook.sh
+++ b/t/t1800-hook.sh
@@ -177,4 +177,19 @@ test_expect_success 'git hook run a hook with a bad shebang' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success '`safe.hook.sha256` and clone protections' '
+	git init safe-hook &&
+	write_script safe-hook/.git/hooks/pre-push <<-\EOF &&
+	echo "called hook" >safe-hook.log
+	EOF
+
+	test_must_fail env GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=true \
+		git -C safe-hook hook run pre-push 2>err &&
+	cmd="$(grep "git config --global --add safe.hook.sha256 [0-9a-f]" err)" &&
+	eval "$cmd" &&
+	GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=true \
+		git -C safe-hook hook run pre-push &&
+	test "called hook" = "$(cat safe-hook/safe-hook.log)"
+'
+
 test_done
