diff --git a/git-whatchanged b/git-whatchanged
index d80abcc98a..4a348ed263 100755
--- a/git-whatchanged
+++ b/git-whatchanged
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-git-rev-list HEAD | git-diff-tree --stdin -v -r "$@" | less -S
+git-rev-list HEAD | git-diff-tree --stdin -v -r "$@" | LESS="$LESS -S" ${PAGER:-less}