diff --git a/extensions/git/src/git.ts b/extensions/git/src/git.ts
index f3de788998f094b40883fd37e0915951b875f250..a58944a6ce07fd85d4da72c284cfceb641d819bc 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/git.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/git.ts
@@ -540,7 +540,8 @@ export class Git {
 		options.env = assign({}, process.env, this.env, options.env || {}, {
 			VSCODE_GIT_COMMAND: args[0],
 			LC_ALL: 'en_US.UTF-8',
-			LANG: 'en_US.UTF-8'
+			LANG: 'en_US.UTF-8',
+			GIT_PAGER: 'cat'
 		});
 
 		if (options.cwd) {