diff --git a/.changeset/husky-fallback.md b/.changeset/husky-fallback.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7f63319e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/husky-fallback.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"nostream": patch
+---
+
+fix: add husky install fallback for non-dev environments
diff --git a/.husky/install.mjs b/.husky/install.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2f196fc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.husky/install.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { existsSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { execSync } from 'node:child_process';
+
+// Skip Husky installation in environments where hooks are not needed
+if (
+  process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production' ||
+  process.env.CI === 'true' ||
+  process.env.HUSKY === '0' ||
+  !existsSync('.git')
+) {
+  process.exit(0);
+}
+
+try {
+  execSync('npx husky install', { stdio: 'ignore' });
+} catch {
+  process.exit(0);
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dd74f3ab..8053eb69 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
     "docker:cover:integration": "pnpm run docker:integration:run pnpm exec nyc --report-dir .coverage/integration pnpm run test:integration -- -p cover",
     "postdocker:integration:run": "docker compose -f ./test/integration/docker-compose.yml down",
     "prepack": "pnpm run build",
-    "prepare": "husky install || exit 0",
+    "prepare": "test -f .husky/install.mjs && node .husky/install.mjs || true",
     "changeset:version": "changeset version && pnpm install --lockfile-only",
     "changeset:publish": "changeset publish"
   },
diff --git a/test/unit/husky/install.spec.ts b/test/unit/husky/install.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..210d1361
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/husky/install.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import { expect } from 'chai'
+import fs from 'fs'
+import os from 'os'
+import path from 'path'
+import { spawnSync } from 'child_process'
+
+const projectRoot = process.cwd()
+const installScriptPath = path.join(projectRoot, '.husky', 'install.mjs')
+
+const runInstall = (cwd: string, env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = {}) => {
+  return spawnSync('node', [installScriptPath], {
+    cwd,
+    env: {
+      ...process.env,
+      ...env,
+    },
+    encoding: 'utf-8',
+    timeout: 10_000,
+  })
+}
+
+describe('husky install script', () => {
+  it('exits successfully when .git is missing', () => {
+    const tmpDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'nostream-husky-no-git-'))
+
+    try {
+      const result = runInstall(tmpDir)
+      expect(result.status).to.equal(0)
+    } finally {
+      fs.rmSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true })
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('exits successfully when HUSKY is disabled', () => {
+    const tmpDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'nostream-husky-disabled-'))
+
+    try {
+      const result = runInstall(tmpDir, { HUSKY: '0' })
+      expect(result.status).to.equal(0)
+    } finally {
+      fs.rmSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true })
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('exits successfully when husky package is unavailable even if .git exists', function () {
+    this.timeout(15_000)
+    const tmpDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'nostream-husky-missing-package-'))
+
+    try {
+      fs.mkdirSync(path.join(tmpDir, '.git'))
+      const result = runInstall(tmpDir)
+      expect(result.status).to.equal(0)
+    } finally {
+      fs.rmSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true })
+    }
+  })
+})