diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # ChangeLog for githash
 
+## 0.1.3.0
+
+* Catch exceptions thrown by `readCreateProcessWithExitCode` to deal
+  with missing `git` executable
+  [#7](https://github.com/snoyberg/githash/issues/7)
+
 ## 0.1.2.0
 
 * Add `tGitInfoTry` and `tGitInfoCwdTry`
diff --git a/githash.cabal b/githash.cabal
--- a/githash.cabal
+++ b/githash.cabal
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 --
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 --
--- hash: 2b87276bb2ac5b00efe63f26346081485fe2d35e29770fcceb6fa7ab6f1fd414
+-- hash: 2d1ac1215ae90e4ef0ec7e8b32fb6fae19439ce136c6f063598c703167993f92
 
 name:           githash
-version:        0.1.2.0
+version:        0.1.3.0
 synopsis:       Compile git revision info into Haskell projects
 description:    Please see the README and documentation at <https://www.stackage.org/package/githash>
 category:       Development
diff --git a/src/GitHash.hs b/src/GitHash.hs
--- a/src/GitHash.hs
+++ b/src/GitHash.hs
@@ -183,10 +183,11 @@
 
 runGit root args = do
   let cp = (proc "git" args) { cwd = Just root }
-  (ec, out, err) <- readCreateProcessWithExitCode cp ""
-  case ec of
-    ExitSuccess -> return $ Right out
-    ExitFailure _ -> return $ Left $ GHEGitRunFailed root args ec out err
+  eres <- try $ readCreateProcessWithExitCode cp ""
+  return $ case eres of
+    Left e -> Left $ GHEGitRunException root args e
+    Right (ExitSuccess, out, _) -> Right out
+    Right (ec@ExitFailure{}, out, err) -> Left $ GHEGitRunFailed root args ec out err
 
 -- | Exceptions which can occur when using this library's functions.
 --
@@ -195,6 +196,7 @@
   = GHECouldn'tReadFile !FilePath !IOException
   | GHEInvalidCommitCount !FilePath !String
   | GHEGitRunFailed !FilePath ![String] !ExitCode !String !String
+  | GHEGitRunException !FilePath ![String] !IOException
   deriving (Show, Eq, Typeable)
 instance Exception GitHashException