diff --git a/src/Locator/GitRepositoryDirLocator.php b/src/Locator/GitRepositoryDirLocator.php
index 76a1ec8f..32ea7641 100644
--- a/src/Locator/GitRepositoryDirLocator.php
+++ b/src/Locator/GitRepositoryDirLocator.php
@@ -4,10 +4,7 @@
 
 namespace GrumPHP\Locator;
 
-use GrumPHP\Exception\RuntimeException;
 use GrumPHP\Util\Filesystem;
-use Symfony\Component\Finder\Finder;
-use Symfony\Component\Finder\SplFileInfo;
 
 class GitRepositoryDirLocator
 {
@@ -38,23 +35,8 @@ public function locate(string $gitDir): string
 
         $gitRepositoryDir = $matches[1];
 
-        if ($this->filesystem->isAbsolutePath($gitRepositoryDir)) {
-            if (!$this->filesystem->isFile($gitRepositoryDir.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'commondir')) {
-                throw new RuntimeException('The git directory for worktree could not be found.');
-            }
-
-            $worktreeRelativeRoot = trim(
-                $this->filesystem->readPath(
-                    $gitRepositoryDir.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'commondir'
-                )
-            );
-
-            return $this->filesystem->realpath(
-                $this->filesystem->makePathAbsolute(
-                    $worktreeRelativeRoot,
-                    $gitRepositoryDir
-                )
-            );
+        if ($this->isWorktree($gitRepositoryDir)) {
+            return $this->locateWorktreeRoot($gitRepositoryDir);
         }
 
         return $this->filesystem->buildPath(
@@ -62,4 +44,46 @@ public function locate(string $gitDir): string
             $gitRepositoryDir
         );
     }
+
+    /**
+     * If a given path (from gitdir value) is absolute and there is a commondir file, it is
+     * a worktree.
+     */
+    private function isWorktree(string $gitDir): bool
+    {
+        return $this->filesystem->isAbsolutePath($gitDir)
+            && $this->filesystem->isFile($gitDir.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'commondir');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Retreiving repository dir for worktree nominally returns path to the configured worktree,
+     * which does not hold hooks. We need to resolve the actual repository root.
+     *
+     * Example directory structure:
+     * ```
+     * /project
+     *   .git/
+     *     .git/hooks/
+     *     .git/worktrees/
+     *       worktree1
+     *         commondir: relative path to /project/.git
+     * /worktree1
+     *   .git: file with path to /project/.git/worktrees/worktree1
+     * ```
+     */
+    private function locateWorktreeRoot(string $gitRepositoryDir): string
+    {
+        $worktreeRelativeRoot = trim(
+            $this->filesystem->readPath(
+                $gitRepositoryDir.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'commondir'
+            )
+        );
+
+        return $this->filesystem->realpath(
+            $this->filesystem->makePathAbsolute(
+                $worktreeRelativeRoot,
+                $gitRepositoryDir
+            )
+        );
+    }
 }
diff --git a/test/Unit/Locator/GitRepositoryDirLocatorTest.php b/test/Unit/Locator/GitRepositoryDirLocatorTest.php
index d30e1629..789a5642 100644
--- a/test/Unit/Locator/GitRepositoryDirLocatorTest.php
+++ b/test/Unit/Locator/GitRepositoryDirLocatorTest.php
@@ -69,10 +69,11 @@ public function it_can_passthrough_git_dir_path_if_file_is_not_parseable(): void
      */
     public function it_can_locate_git_dir_in_workspaces(): void
     {
-        $worktreeRoot = $this->workspace.'/git_root/worktrees/git_worktree/';
-        mkdir($worktreeRoot, 0777, true);
-        $this->filesystem->dumpFile($worktreeRoot.'/commondir', '../..');
-        $this->filesystem->dumpFile($this->gitDir, 'gitdir: '.$this->workspace.'/git_root/worktrees/git_worktree');
-        $this->assertEquals($this->workspace.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'git_root', $this->locator->locate($this->gitDir));
+        $ourWorktreeProject = $this->workspace.'/project1/';
+        $worktreeGitRoot = $this->gitDir.'/worktrees/worktree1/';
+        mkdir($worktreeGitRoot, 0777, true);
+        $this->filesystem->dumpFile($worktreeGitRoot.'/commondir', '../..');
+        $this->filesystem->dumpFile($ourWorktreeProject.'/.git', 'gitdir: '.$this->gitDir.'/worktrees/worktree1');
+        $this->assertEquals($this->gitDir, $this->locator->locate($this->gitDir));
     }
 }