diff --git a/scripts/git-commit-msg b/scripts/git-commit-msg
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5adcd80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/git-commit-msg
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#############################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2024 SUSE
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.   See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, contact Novell, Inc.
+#
+# To contact SUSE about this file by physical or electronic mail,
+# you may find current contact information at www.suse.com
+#############################################################################
+
+commit_file="$1"
+
+err=0
+git diff-index --name-status --diff-filter=AM --cached HEAD | (
+while read stat file garbage; do
+    case "$file" in
+    patches.*/*)
+        new_refs=$(git diff-index -p --cached HEAD "$file" | \
+                   awk '/^+References:/ {for (i=2; i <= NF; i++) refs[$i]++}
+                        /^-References:/ {for (i=2; i <= NF; i++) refs[$i]--}
+                        END { for (r in refs) if (refs[r] > 0) print(r)}')
+        for ref in $new_refs ; do
+            grep -q $ref $commit_file || { echo "New reference '$ref' missing in the commit message." ; err=1 ; }
+        done
+        ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+if test "$err" != 0; then
+    echo "Aborting."
+    exit "$err"
+fi ) || exit
diff --git a/scripts/install-git-hooks b/scripts/install-git-hooks
index ed1641a..5ecb9ec 100755
--- a/scripts/install-git-hooks
+++ b/scripts/install-git-hooks
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 cdup=$(git rev-parse --show-cdup) || exit
 cd "${cdup:-./}" || exit
 GIT_DIR=$(git rev-parse --git-dir) || exit
+SCRIPTS_DIR=$(dirname "$(readlink -f "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")
 
 check_snippet()
 {
@@ -119,27 +120,20 @@ check_scripts()
     is_eq "$GIT_DIR"/hooks/kernel-source-pre-commit scripts/git-pre-commit
 }
 
-# try to create a relative symlink if possible
-relative_scripts_dir()
-{
-    local toplevel=$PWD
-    if test "$toplevel/.git" -ef "$GIT_DIR"; then
-        echo "../../scripts"
-    else
-        echo "$toplevel/scripts"
-    fi
-}
-
 install_scripts()
 {
     chmod +x "$GIT_DIR"/hooks/pre-commit
-    dir=$(relative_scripts_dir)
-    ln -sf "$dir"/git-pre-commit "$GIT_DIR"/hooks/kernel-source-pre-commit
-    if test -r "$GIT_DIR"/hooks/pre-merge-commit ; then
-        echo "Cannot install pre-merge-commit hook, upstream your hook to kernel-source/scripts"
-    else
-        ln -rfs "$GIT_DIR"/hooks/pre-commit "$GIT_DIR"/hooks/pre-merge-commit
-    fi
+    ln -rfs "$SCRIPTS_DIR"/git-pre-commit "$GIT_DIR"/hooks/kernel-source-pre-commit
+    declare -A hooks
+    hooks[pre-merge-commit]="$GIT_DIR"/hooks/pre-commit
+    hooks[commit-msg]="$SCRIPTS_DIR"/git-commit-msg
+    for h in ${!hooks[@]} ; do
+        if test -f "$GIT_DIR"/hooks/$h -a ! -L "$GIT_DIR"/hooks/$h ; then
+            echo "Cannot install $h hook, upstream your hook to kernel-source/scripts"
+        else
+            ln -rfs "${hooks[$h]}" "$GIT_DIR"/hooks/$h
+        fi
+    done
 }
 
 case "$1" in