diff --git a/pmb/config/init.py b/pmb/config/init.py
index 978bd370..56386a34 100644
--- a/pmb/config/init.py
+++ b/pmb/config/init.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import pmb.config
 import pmb.config.pmaports
 import pmb.helpers.cli
 import pmb.helpers.devices
+import pmb.helpers.git
 import pmb.helpers.http
 import pmb.helpers.logging
 import pmb.helpers.other
@@ -653,6 +654,15 @@ def frontend(args):
     pmb.config.pmaports.switch_to_channel_branch(args, channel)
     cfg["pmbootstrap"]["is_default_channel"] = "False"
 
+    # Copy the git hooks if master was checked out. (Don't symlink them and
+    # only do it on master, so the git hooks don't change unexpectedly when
+    # having a random branch checked out.)
+    branch_current = pmb.helpers.git.rev_parse(args, args.aports,
+                                               extra_args=["--abbrev-ref"])
+    if branch_current == "master":
+        logging.info("NOTE: pmaports is on master branch, copying git hooks.")
+        pmb.config.pmaports.install_githooks(args)
+
     # Device
     device, device_exists, kernel, nonfree = ask_for_device(args)
     cfg["pmbootstrap"]["device"] = device
diff --git a/pmb/config/pmaports.py b/pmb/config/pmaports.py
index 43958b53..8e676994 100644
--- a/pmb/config/pmaports.py
+++ b/pmb/config/pmaports.py
@@ -191,3 +191,17 @@ def switch_to_channel_branch(args, channel_new):
     # Verify pmaports.cfg on new branch
     read_config(args)
     return True
+
+
+def install_githooks(args):
+    hooks_dir = os.path.join(args.aports, ".githooks")
+    if not os.path.exists(hooks_dir):
+        logging.info("No .githooks dir found")
+        return
+    for h in os.listdir(hooks_dir):
+        src = os.path.join(hooks_dir, h)
+        # Use git default hooks dir so users can ignore our hooks
+        # if they dislike them by setting "core.hooksPath" git config
+        dst = os.path.join(args.aports, ".git", "hooks", h)
+        if pmb.helpers.run.user(args, ["cp", src, dst], check=False):
+            logging.warning(f"WARNING: Copying git hook failed: {dst}")