diff --git a/plugins/git4idea/BUILD.bazel b/plugins/git4idea/BUILD.bazel
index 709fc75da186..53ccf6af3c3a 100644
--- a/plugins/git4idea/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/plugins/git4idea/BUILD.bazel
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ jvm_library(
     "//platform/eel-provider",
     "//platform/eel",
     "//platform/platform-impl/recentProjects",
+    "//platform/platform-impl/eel:ide-impl-wsl",
   ],
   exports = [
     "//platform/dvcs-api:vcs-dvcs",
@@ -219,6 +220,7 @@ jvm_library(
     "//platform/eel-provider",
     "//platform/eel",
     "//platform/platform-impl/recentProjects",
+    "//platform/platform-impl/eel:ide-impl-wsl",
   ],
   exports = [
     "//platform/dvcs-api:vcs-dvcs",
diff --git a/plugins/git4idea/intellij.vcs.git.iml b/plugins/git4idea/intellij.vcs.git.iml
index 821a09b7978e..2e5b418e886b 100644
--- a/plugins/git4idea/intellij.vcs.git.iml
+++ b/plugins/git4idea/intellij.vcs.git.iml
@@ -123,5 +123,6 @@
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.eel.provider" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.eel" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.ide.recentProjects" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.ide.impl.wsl" />
   </component>
 </module>
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diff --git a/plugins/git4idea/resources/intellij.vcs.git.xml b/plugins/git4idea/resources/intellij.vcs.git.xml
index 3e023a0d8385..cfde9bdeeafb 100644
--- a/plugins/git4idea/resources/intellij.vcs.git.xml
+++ b/plugins/git4idea/resources/intellij.vcs.git.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     <module name="intellij.platform.vcs.dvcs"/>
     <module name="intellij.platform.vcs.log.graph.impl"/>
     <module name="intellij.platform.collaborationTools"/>
+    <module name="intellij.platform.ide.impl.wsl"/>
   </dependencies>
 
   <actions resource-bundle="messages.GitBundle">
diff --git a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/config/GitExecutableFileTester.java b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/config/GitExecutableFileTester.java
index 5559b17cce0e..d9b53cae1981 100644
--- a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/config/GitExecutableFileTester.java
+++ b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/config/GitExecutableFileTester.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2000-2023 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
+// Copyright 2000-2025 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
 package git4idea.config;
 
 import com.intellij.execution.wsl.WSLDistribution;
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.Ref;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.SystemInfo;
 import com.intellij.platform.eel.EelApi;
+import com.intellij.platform.eel.EelOsFamily;
 import com.intellij.platform.eel.provider.EelNioBridgeServiceKt;
+import com.intellij.platform.eel.provider.LocalEelDescriptor;
+import com.intellij.platform.ide.impl.wsl.WslEelDescriptor;
 import com.intellij.util.concurrency.AppJavaExecutorUtil;
 import git4idea.commands.Git;
 import git4idea.commands.GitCommand;
@@ -149,6 +152,13 @@ class GitExecutableFileTester {
       workingDirectory = Path.of(distribution.getWindowsPath("/"));
     } else if (executable instanceof GitExecutable.Eel) {
       EelApi eelApi = ((GitExecutable.Eel)executable).getEel();
+      if (eelApi.getDescriptor() instanceof WslEelDescriptor) {
+        WSLDistribution distribution = ((WslEelDescriptor) eelApi.getDescriptor()).getDistribution();
+        type = distribution.getVersion() == 1 ? GitVersion.Type.WSL1 : GitVersion.Type.WSL2;
+      }
+      else if (eelApi.getDescriptor() instanceof LocalEelDescriptor && eelApi.getPlatform().getOsFamily().equals(EelOsFamily.Posix)) {
+        type = GitVersion.Type.UNIX;
+      }
       workingDirectory = EelNioBridgeServiceKt.asNioPath(eelApi.getUserInfo().getHome());
     }
 
@@ -198,4 +208,4 @@ class GitExecutableFileTester {
       return myFileLastModifiedTimestamp;
     }
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}