diff --git a/git-hooks/pre-commit b/git-hooks/pre-commit
index 948f2087ada..9650fe936eb 100755
--- a/git-hooks/pre-commit
+++ b/git-hooks/pre-commit
@@ -2,6 +2,17 @@
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
+# Resolve node when not in PATH (e.g. nvm environments where shell profile
+# hasn't been sourced by the git hook). Picks the highest nvm version found.
+if ! command -v node >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  for _nvm_node in "$HOME/.nvm/versions/node"/*/bin/node; do
+    if [[ -x "$_nvm_node" ]]; then
+      export PATH="$(dirname "$_nvm_node"):$PATH"
+      break
+    fi
+  done
+fi
+
 ROOT_DIR="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || pwd)"
 RUN_NODE_TOOL="$ROOT_DIR/scripts/pre-commit/run-node-tool.sh"
 FILTER_FILES="$ROOT_DIR/scripts/pre-commit/filter-staged-files.mjs"
diff --git a/scripts/pre-commit/run-node-tool.sh b/scripts/pre-commit/run-node-tool.sh
index 34163075517..69a26f45e0e 100755
--- a/scripts/pre-commit/run-node-tool.sh
+++ b/scripts/pre-commit/run-node-tool.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,16 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 ROOT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../.." && pwd)"
 
+# Resolve node when not in PATH (nvm environments).
+if ! command -v node >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  for _nvm_node in "$HOME/.nvm/versions/node"/*/bin/node; do
+    if [[ -x "$_nvm_node" ]]; then
+      export PATH="$(dirname "$_nvm_node"):$PATH"
+      break
+    fi
+  done
+fi
+
 if [[ $# -lt 1 ]]; then
   echo "usage: run-node-tool.sh <tool> [args...]" >&2
   exit 2