diff --git a/lib/gitlab_projects.rb b/lib/gitlab_projects.rb
index c1d175a..7f7fd2f 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab_projects.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab_projects.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ require_relative 'gitlab_config'
 require_relative 'gitlab_logger'
 
 class GitlabProjects
-  GLOBAL_HOOKS_DIRECTORY = File.join(ROOT_PATH, 'hooks')
+  GLOBAL_HOOKS_DIRECTORY = ENV['GITLAB_SHELL_HOOKS_PATH'] || File.join(ROOT_PATH, 'hooks')
 
   # Project name is a directory name for repository with .git at the end
   # It may be namespaced or not. Like repo.git or gitlab/repo.git