diff --git a/uppsrc/ide/Builders/CppBuilder.cpp b/uppsrc/ide/Builders/CppBuilder.cpp
index 583a36e3a..ad5287f86 100644
--- a/uppsrc/ide/Builders/CppBuilder.cpp
+++ b/uppsrc/ide/Builders/CppBuilder.cpp
@@ -554,13 +554,14 @@ Vector<String> RepoInfo(const String& package)
 	if(repo == GIT_DIR) {
 		String h = GetCurrentDirectory();
 		SetCurrentDirectory(d);
-		String v = HostSys("git rev-list --count HEAD");
+		String gitpath = GetGitPath();
+		String v = HostSys(gitpath + " rev-list --count HEAD");
 		if(IsDigit(*v))
 			info.Add("#define bmGIT_REVCOUNT " + AsCString(TrimBoth(v)));
-		v = HostSys("git rev-parse HEAD");
+		v = HostSys(gitpath + " rev-parse HEAD");
 		if(v.GetCount())
 			info.Add("#define bmGIT_HASH " + AsCString(TrimBoth(v)));
-		v = HostSys("git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD");
+		v = HostSys(gitpath + " rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD");
 		if(v.GetCount())
 			info.Add("#define bmGIT_BRANCH " + AsCString(TrimBoth(v)));
 		SetCurrentDirectory(h);
diff --git a/uppsrc/ide/Core/Core.h b/uppsrc/ide/Core/Core.h
index 805f8a34e..3a7372489 100644
--- a/uppsrc/ide/Core/Core.h
+++ b/uppsrc/ide/Core/Core.h
@@ -648,5 +648,6 @@ enum { NOT_REPO_DIR = 0, SVN_DIR, GIT_DIR };
 
 int    GetRepoKind(const String& p);
 int    GetRepo(String& path);
+String GetGitPath();
 
 #endif
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/uppsrc/ide/Core/Util.cpp b/uppsrc/ide/Core/Util.cpp
index 748760f22..f6db05a5c 100644
--- a/uppsrc/ide/Core/Util.cpp
+++ b/uppsrc/ide/Core/Util.cpp
@@ -25,3 +25,17 @@ int GetRepoKind(const String& p)
 	String pp = p;
 	return GetRepo(pp);
 }
+
+String GetGitPath()
+{
+#ifdef PLATFORM_WIN32
+	static String path;
+	ONCELOCK {
+		path = AppendFileName(GetExeFolder(), "\\bin\\mingit\\cmd\\git.exe");
+		path = FileExists(path) ? "\"" + path + "\"" : "git";
+	}
+	return path;
+#else
+	return "git";
+#endif
+}
diff --git a/uppsrc/umk/UppHub.cpp b/uppsrc/umk/UppHub.cpp
index b252c56b2..650d3290e 100644
--- a/uppsrc/umk/UppHub.cpp
+++ b/uppsrc/umk/UppHub.cpp
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ void UppHubDlg::Install(const Index<String>& ii_, bool update)
 			if(n) {
 				String dir = GetHubDir() + '/' + n->name;
 				if(!DirectoryExists(dir)) {
-					String cmd = "git clone ";
+					String cmd = GetGitPath() + " clone ";
 					if(n->branch.GetCount())
 						cmd << "-b " + n->branch << ' ';
 					cmd << n->repo;
@@ -150,11 +150,11 @@ void UppHubDlg::Install(const Index<String>& ii_, bool update)
 									}
 					}
 				} else if (update) {
-					String cmd = "git -C ";
+					String cmd = GetGitPath() + " -C ";
 					cmd << dir << " clean -fxd";
 					PutConsole(cmd);
 					system(cmd);
-					cmd = "git -C ";
+					cmd = GetGitPath() + " -C ";
 					cmd << dir << " pull";
 					PutConsole(cmd);
 					system(cmd);