diff --git a/pydriller/domain/__init__.py b/pydriller/domain/__init__.py
index e69de29b..bd19aad0 100644
--- a/pydriller/domain/__init__.py
+++ b/pydriller/domain/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+from pydriller.utils.check_git_version import CheckGitVersion
+
+
+CheckGitVersion().check_git_version()
diff --git a/pydriller/utils/check_git_version.py b/pydriller/utils/check_git_version.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..43bb7cbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pydriller/utils/check_git_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import subprocess
+import re
+
+
+class GitVersion(Exception):
+    def __init__(self, message):
+        super().__init__(message)
+
+
+class CheckGitVersion:
+    def check_git_version(self):
+        git_version = (
+            subprocess.check_output(["git", "--version"]).decode("ascii").strip()
+        )
+        version_number = re.findall(r"[0-9]+\.[0-9]+", git_version)[0]
+        if float(version_number) < 2.38:
+            raise GitVersion(
+                f"Current git version is {version_number}. Minimum supported version is 2.38."
+            )
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index de3869eb..71dfc80f 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 mock
 types-mock
 pytest
-psutil
\ No newline at end of file
+psutil
+pytest-mock
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_check_git_version.py b/tests/test_check_git_version.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..51c57b14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_check_git_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+from unittest.mock import patch
+from pydriller.utils.check_git_version import CheckGitVersion, GitVersion
+from contextlib import nullcontext as does_not_raise
+
+import pytest
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "version_number,expectation",
+    [
+        ("3.2.0", does_not_raise()),
+        ("2.38.1", does_not_raise()),
+        ("2.0.0", pytest.raises(GitVersion)),
+    ],
+)
+def test_extracts_correct_version(version_number, expectation):
+    with patch(
+        "pydriller.utils.check_git_version.subprocess.check_output"
+    ) as mock_git_version:
+        mock_git_version().decode.return_value.strip.return_value = (
+            f"git version {version_number}"
+        )
+        with expectation:
+            CheckGitVersion().check_git_version()