diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt
index 13e7b6361b..2efe7a40be 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Functions
 	The first argument is a pathname to an index file, or NULL
 	if the hook uses the default index file or no index is needed.
 	The second argument is the name of the hook.
-	The further arguments (up to 9) correspond to the hook arguments.
+	The further arguments correspond to the hook arguments.
 	The last argument has to be NULL to terminate the arguments list.
 	If the hook does not exist or is not executable, the return
 	value will be zero.
diff --git a/run-command.c b/run-command.c
index fc54c07a93..db9ce59204 100644
--- a/run-command.c
+++ b/run-command.c
@@ -346,23 +346,22 @@ int finish_async(struct async *async)
 int run_hook(const char *index_file, const char *name, ...)
 {
 	struct child_process hook;
-	const char *argv[10], *env[2];
+	const char **argv = NULL, *env[2];
 	char index[PATH_MAX];
 	va_list args;
 	int ret;
-	int i;
+	size_t i = 0, alloc = 0;
 
 	if (access(git_path("hooks/%s", name), X_OK) < 0)
 		return 0;
 
 	va_start(args, name);
-	argv[0] = git_path("hooks/%s", name);
-	i = 0;
-	do {
-		if (++i >= ARRAY_SIZE(argv))
-			die("run_hook(): too many arguments");
-		argv[i] = va_arg(args, const char *);
-	} while (argv[i]);
+	ALLOC_GROW(argv, i + 1, alloc);
+	argv[i++] = git_path("hooks/%s", name);
+	while (argv[i-1]) {
+		ALLOC_GROW(argv, i + 1, alloc);
+		argv[i++] = va_arg(args, const char *);
+	}
 	va_end(args);
 
 	memset(&hook, 0, sizeof(hook));
@@ -377,6 +376,7 @@ int run_hook(const char *index_file, const char *name, ...)
 	}
 
 	ret = start_command(&hook);
+	free(argv);
 	if (ret) {
 		warning("Could not spawn %s", argv[0]);
 		return ret;