diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5d22394c2e..c4e83823e4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2675,7 +2675,7 @@ git$X: git.o GIT-LDFLAGS $(BUILTIN_OBJS) $(GITLIBS)
 
 help.sp help.s help.o: command-list.h
 builtin/bugreport.sp builtin/bugreport.s builtin/bugreport.o: hook-list.h
-builtin/hook.sp builtin/hook.s builtin/hook.o: hook-list.h
+hook.sp hook.s hook.o: hook-list.h
 
 builtin/help.sp builtin/help.s builtin/help.o: config-list.h GIT-PREFIX
 builtin/help.sp builtin/help.s builtin/help.o: EXTRA_CPPFLAGS = \
diff --git a/builtin/hook.c b/builtin/hook.c
index bea0668b47..1839412dca 100644
--- a/builtin/hook.c
+++ b/builtin/hook.c
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include "environment.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "hook.h"
-#include "hook-list.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
 
 #define BUILTIN_HOOK_RUN_USAGE \
@@ -13,15 +12,6 @@
 #define BUILTIN_HOOK_LIST_USAGE \
 	N_("git hook list [--allow-unknown-hook-name] [-z] [--show-scope] <hook-name>")
 
-static int is_known_hook(const char *name)
-{
-	const char **p;
-	for (p = hook_name_list; *p; p++)
-		if (!strcmp(*p, name))
-			return 1;
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static const char * const builtin_hook_usage[] = {
 	BUILTIN_HOOK_RUN_USAGE,
 	BUILTIN_HOOK_LIST_USAGE,
diff --git a/hook.c b/hook.c
index 0493993bbe..19076f8f2b 100644
--- a/hook.c
+++ b/hook.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "environment.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "hook.h"
+#include "hook-list.h"
 #include "parse.h"
 #include "path.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
@@ -12,6 +13,15 @@
 #include "strbuf.h"
 #include "strmap.h"
 
+bool is_known_hook(const char *name)
+{
+	const char **h;
+	for (h = hook_name_list; *h; h++)
+		if (!strcmp(*h, name))
+			return true;
+	return false;
+}
+
 const char *find_hook(struct repository *r, const char *name)
 {
 	static struct strbuf path = STRBUF_INIT;
diff --git a/hook.h b/hook.h
index 01db4226a6..5a93f56618 100644
--- a/hook.h
+++ b/hook.h
@@ -234,6 +234,12 @@ void hook_free(void *p, const char *str);
  */
 void hook_cache_clear(struct strmap *cache);
 
+/**
+ * Returns true if `name` is a recognized hook event name
+ * (e.g. "pre-commit", "post-receive").
+ */
+bool is_known_hook(const char *name);
+
 /**
  * Returns the path to the hook file, or NULL if the hook is missing
  * or disabled. Note that this points to static storage that will be
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 8309942d18..f438d5545d 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -563,6 +563,18 @@ libgit_sources += custom_target(
   env: script_environment,
 )
 
+libgit_sources += custom_target(
+  input: 'Documentation/githooks.adoc',
+  output: 'hook-list.h',
+  command: [
+    shell,
+    meson.current_source_dir() + '/tools/generate-hooklist.sh',
+    meson.current_source_dir(),
+    '@OUTPUT@',
+  ],
+  env: script_environment,
+)
+
 builtin_sources = [
   'builtin/add.c',
   'builtin/am.c',
@@ -739,18 +751,6 @@ builtin_sources += custom_target(
   env: script_environment,
 )
 
-builtin_sources += custom_target(
-  input: 'Documentation/githooks.adoc',
-  output: 'hook-list.h',
-  command: [
-    shell,
-    meson.current_source_dir() + '/tools/generate-hooklist.sh',
-    meson.current_source_dir(),
-    '@OUTPUT@',
-  ],
-  env: script_environment,
-)
-
 # This contains the variables for GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS, which we use to propagate
 # build options to our tests.
 build_options_config = configuration_data()