diff --git a/dokku b/dokku
index 59cdd93f9..aa343cec9 100755
--- a/dokku
+++ b/dokku
@@ -107,11 +107,18 @@ fi
 if [[ -n "$SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND" ]]; then
   export -n SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND
   exit_code=0
-  readarray -t -O "${#ssh_arg_array[@]}" ssh_arg_array < <( printf '%s' "$SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND" | xargs -n 1 )
-  set -f
-  $O "${ssh_arg_array[@]}"
-  exit_code=$?
-  set +f
+  if [[ $1 =~ git-* ]] || [[ $1 =~ git:* ]]; then
+    set -f
+    $0 $SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND
+    exit_code=$?
+    set +f
+  else
+    readarray -t -O "${#ssh_arg_array[@]}" ssh_arg_array < <( printf '%s' "$SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND" | xargs -n 1 )
+    set -f
+    $O "${ssh_arg_array[@]}"
+    exit_code=$?
+    set +f
+  fi
   exit $exit_code
 fi