diff --git a/components/content-service/pkg/initializer/git.go b/components/content-service/pkg/initializer/git.go
index f7fe45d396eca9..e3eaccb3f240d4 100644
--- a/components/content-service/pkg/initializer/git.go
+++ b/components/content-service/pkg/initializer/git.go
@@ -198,13 +198,13 @@ func (ws *GitInitializer) realizeCloneTarget(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
 			return err
 		}
 
-		if err := ws.Git(ctx, "checkout", "-B", branchName, "origin/"+ws.CloneTarget); err != nil {
+		if err := ws.Git(ctx, "-c", "core.hooksPath=/dev/null", "checkout", "-B", branchName, "origin/"+ws.CloneTarget); err != nil {
 			log.WithError(err).WithField("remoteURI", ws.RemoteURI).WithField("branch", branchName).Error("Cannot fetch remote branch")
 			return err
 		}
 	case LocalBranch:
 		// checkout local branch based on remote HEAD
-		if err := ws.Git(ctx, "checkout", "-B", ws.CloneTarget, "origin/HEAD", "--no-track"); err != nil {
+		if err := ws.Git(ctx, "-c", "core.hooksPath=/dev/null", "checkout", "-B", ws.CloneTarget, "origin/HEAD", "--no-track"); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	case RemoteCommit:
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ func (ws *GitInitializer) realizeCloneTarget(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
 		}
 
 		// checkout specific commit
-		if err := ws.Git(ctx, "checkout", ws.CloneTarget); err != nil {
+		if err := ws.Git(ctx, "-c", "core.hooksPath=/dev/null", "checkout", ws.CloneTarget); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	default:
diff --git a/test/tests/workspace/git_hooks_test.go b/test/tests/workspace/git_hooks_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..84f95304c4ae21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tests/workspace/git_hooks_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2022 Gitpod GmbH. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL).
+// See License-AGPL.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+package workspace
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"sigs.k8s.io/e2e-framework/pkg/envconf"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/e2e-framework/pkg/features"
+
+	agent "github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/test/pkg/agent/workspace/api"
+	"github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/test/pkg/integration"
+)
+
+const (
+	FILE_CREATED_HOOKS = "output.txt"
+)
+
+type GitHooksTestCase struct {
+	Name          string
+	ContextURL    string
+	WorkspaceRoot string
+}
+
+func TestGitHooks(t *testing.T) {
+	userToken, _ := os.LookupEnv("USER_TOKEN")
+	integration.SkipWithoutUsername(t, username)
+	integration.SkipWithoutUserToken(t, userToken)
+
+	parallelLimiter := make(chan struct{}, 2)
+
+	tests := []GitHooksTestCase{
+		{
+			Name:          "husky",
+			ContextURL:    "https://github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod-test-repo/tree/husky",
+			WorkspaceRoot: "/workspace/gitpod-test-repo",
+		},
+	}
+
+	f := features.New("git hooks").
+		WithLabel("component", "server").
+		Assess("should run git hooks tests", func(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, cfg *envconf.Config) context.Context {
+			ffs := []struct {
+				Name string
+				FF   string
+			}{
+				{Name: "classic"},
+				{Name: "pvc", FF: "persistent_volume_claim"},
+			}
+
+			for _, ff := range ffs {
+				func() {
+					ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Minute)
+					defer cancel()
+
+					api := integration.NewComponentAPI(ctx, cfg.Namespace(), kubeconfig, cfg.Client())
+					defer api.Done(t)
+
+					username := username + ff.Name
+					userId, err := api.CreateUser(username, userToken)
+					if err != nil {
+						t.Fatal(err)
+					}
+
+					if err := api.UpdateUserFeatureFlag(userId, ff.FF); err != nil {
+						t.Fatal(err)
+					}
+				}()
+			}
+
+			for _, ff := range ffs {
+				for _, test := range tests {
+					t.Run(test.ContextURL+"_"+ff.Name, func(t *testing.T) {
+						t.Parallel()
+
+						t.Logf("Waiting %s", test.ContextURL+"_"+ff.Name)
+
+						parallelLimiter <- struct{}{}
+						defer func() {
+							<-parallelLimiter
+						}()
+
+						t.Logf("Running %s", test.ContextURL+"_"+ff.Name)
+
+						username := username + ff.Name
+
+						ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Minute)
+						defer cancel()
+
+						api := integration.NewComponentAPI(ctx, cfg.Namespace(), kubeconfig, cfg.Client())
+						defer api.Done(t)
+
+						wsInfo, stopWs, err := integration.LaunchWorkspaceFromContextURL(t, ctx, test.ContextURL, username, api)
+						if err != nil {
+							t.Fatal(err)
+						}
+
+						defer func() {
+							sctx, scancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Minute)
+							defer scancel()
+
+							sapi := integration.NewComponentAPI(sctx, cfg.Namespace(), kubeconfig, cfg.Client())
+							defer sapi.Done(t)
+
+							if _, err := stopWs(true, sapi); err != nil {
+								t.Fatal(err)
+							}
+						}()
+						rsa, closer, err := integration.Instrument(integration.ComponentWorkspace, "workspace", cfg.Namespace(), kubeconfig, cfg.Client(), integration.WithInstanceID(wsInfo.LatestInstance.ID))
+						if err != nil {
+							t.Fatal(err)
+						}
+						defer rsa.Close()
+						integration.DeferCloser(t, closer)
+
+						var ls agent.ListDirResponse
+						err = rsa.Call("WorkspaceAgent.ListDir", &agent.ListDirRequest{
+							Dir: test.WorkspaceRoot,
+						}, &ls)
+						if err != nil {
+							t.Fatal(err)
+						}
+						for _, f := range ls.Files {
+							if f == FILE_CREATED_HOOKS {
+								t.Fatal("Checkout hooks are executed")
+							}
+						}
+					})
+				}
+			}
+			return ctx
+		}).
+		Feature()
+
+	testEnv.Test(t, f)
+}