diff --git a/scripts/git-hooks/multi-pre-commit.hook b/scripts/git-hooks/multi-pre-commit.hook
index a77d0da21f..a5ccf1fd27 100755
--- a/scripts/git-hooks/multi-pre-commit.hook
+++ b/scripts/git-hooks/multi-pre-commit.hook
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ HOOKS="scripts/git-hooks/pre-commit.hook scripts/git-hooks/pre-commit-python.hoo
 # exit on error
 set -e
 
+if [ "$GST_DISABLE_PRE_COMMIT_HOOKS" = "1" ]
+then
+  echo "Pre-commits hooks disabled by env GST_DISABLE_PRE_COMMIT_HOOKS."
+  exit 0
+fi
+
 echo $PWD
 
 for hook in $HOOKS
diff --git a/scripts/move_mrs_to_monorepo.py b/scripts/move_mrs_to_monorepo.py
index bd1ed8e631..379f672a85 100755
--- a/scripts/move_mrs_to_monorepo.py
+++ b/scripts/move_mrs_to_monorepo.py
@@ -334,6 +334,11 @@ class GstMRMover:
         self.gl = self.connect()
         self.gl.auth()
 
+        # Skip pre-commit hooks when migrating. Some users may have a
+        # different version of gnu indent and that can lead to cherry-pick
+        # failing.
+        os.environ["GST_DISABLE_PRE_COMMIT_HOOKS"] = "1"
+
         try:
             prevbranch = self.git(
                 "rev-parse", "--abbrev-ref", "HEAD", can_fail=True).strip()