diff --git a/src/wt/hooks.lua b/src/wt/hooks.lua
index 5ed86d57bbd66c59a7806c9fdb5f8b3336a20fc8..2ecfc08947d8cfae2a4262819268369454d68bf6 100644
--- a/src/wt/hooks.lua
+++ b/src/wt/hooks.lua
@@ -164,7 +164,13 @@ function M.run_hooks(source, target, hooks, root, home_override)
 	end
 	if hooks.run then
 		for _, cmd in ipairs(hooks.run) do
-			local _, code = run_cmd("cd " .. target .. " && " .. cmd)
+			local output, code = run_cmd("cd " .. target .. " && " .. cmd)
+			if output ~= "" then
+				io.write(output)
+				if not output:match("\n$") then
+					io.write("\n")
+				end
+			end
 			if code ~= 0 then
 				io.stderr:write("warning: hook command failed: " .. cmd .. "\n")
 			end