diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1da2af8..a6437ad 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ export FORGIT_LOG_FZF_OPTS='
 | `FORGIT_LOG_FORMAT`         | git log format                           | `%C(auto)%h%d %s %C(black)%C(bold)%cr%Creset` |
 | `FORGIT_PREVIEW_CONTEXT`    | lines of diff context in preview mode    | 3                                             |
 | `FORGIT_FULLSCREEN_CONTEXT` | lines of diff context in fullscreen mode | 10                                            |
+| `FORGIT_DIR_VIEW`           | command used to preview directories      | `tree` if available, otherwise `find`         |
 
 # 📦 Optional dependencies
 
diff --git a/bin/git-forgit b/bin/git-forgit
index 48b02b3..f229a04 100755
--- a/bin/git-forgit
+++ b/bin/git-forgit
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ _forgit_log_format=${FORGIT_LOG_FORMAT:-%C(auto)%h%d %s %C(black)%C(bold)%cr%Cre
 _forgit_log_preview_options=("--graph" "--pretty=format:$_forgit_log_format" "--color=always" "--abbrev-commit" "--date=relative")
 _forgit_fullscreen_context=${FORGIT_FULLSCREEN_CONTEXT:-10}
 _forgit_preview_context=${FORGIT_PREVIEW_CONTEXT:-3}
+_forgit_dir_view=${FORGIT_DIR_VIEW:-$(hash tree &> /dev/null && echo 'tree' || echo 'find')}
 
 _forgit_pager() {
     local pager
@@ -474,11 +475,7 @@ _forgit_clean_preview() {
     local path
     path=$1
     if [[ -d "$path" ]]; then
-        if hash tree &> /dev/null; then
-            tree "$path"
-        else
-            find "$path"
-        fi
+        eval "$_forgit_dir_view \"$path\""
     else
         git diff --color=always /dev/null "$path" | _forgit_pager diff
     fi