diff --git a/src/git/devcontainer-feature.json b/src/git/devcontainer-feature.json
index 87fb2ab3f..61125f2d1 100644
--- a/src/git/devcontainer-feature.json
+++ b/src/git/devcontainer-feature.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "id": "git",
-    "version": "1.3.2",
+    "version": "1.3.3",
     "name": "Git (from source)",
     "documentationURL": "https://github.com/devcontainers/features/tree/main/src/git",
     "description": "Install an up-to-date version of Git, built from source as needed. Useful for when you want the latest and greatest features. Auto-detects latest stable version and installs needed dependencies.",
@@ -19,7 +19,12 @@
             "type": "boolean",
             "default": true,
             "description": "Install from PPA if available (only supported for Ubuntu distributions)"
-        }
+        },
+        "installSubtree": {
+            "type": "boolean",
+            "default": true,
+            "description": "Install git/contrib/subtree"
+        }        
     },
     "installsAfter": [
         "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/common-utils"
diff --git a/src/git/install.sh b/src/git/install.sh
index 976eb348d..c965f5503 100755
--- a/src/git/install.sh
+++ b/src/git/install.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 GIT_VERSION=${VERSION} # 'system' checks the base image first, else installs 'latest'
 USE_PPA_IF_AVAILABLE=${PPA}
+INSTALL_SUBTREE="${INSTALLSUBTREE:-"true"}"
 
 GIT_CORE_PPA_ARCHIVE_GPG_KEY=E1DD270288B4E6030699E45FA1715D88E1DF1F24
 
@@ -208,7 +209,32 @@ export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 if [ ${GIT_VERSION} = "os-provided" ] || [ ${GIT_VERSION} = "system" ]; then
     if type git > /dev/null 2>&1; then
         echo "Detected existing system install: $(git version)"
-        # Clean up
+        if [[ $INSTALL_SUBTREE = "true" ]]; then
+
+            if ! type make > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+                check_packages make
+            fi    
+            if ! type asciidoc > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+                check_packages asciidoc
+            fi
+            if ! type xmlto > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+                check_packages xmlto
+            fi 
+            if ! type tar > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+                check_packages tar
+            fi
+            if ! type curl > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+                check_packages curl
+            fi        
+            cd /tmp/
+            GIT_VERSION=$(git --version | awk '{print $3}')
+            curl -sL https://github.com/git/git/archive/v${GIT_VERSION}.tar.gz | tar -xzC /tmp 2>&1
+            cd /tmp/git-${GIT_VERSION}
+            cd contrib/subtree
+            make && make install && make install-doc && cp git-subtree ../.. 2>&1
+            cd ../../
+            rm -rf /tmp/git-${GIT_VERSION}
+        fi
         clean_up
         exit 0
     fi
@@ -224,6 +250,41 @@ if [ ${GIT_VERSION} = "os-provided" ] || [ ${GIT_VERSION} = "system" ]; then
         check_packages ca-certificates
     fi
     check_packages git
+    if [[ $INSTALL_SUBTREE = "true" ]]; then
+        if ! type make > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+            check_packages make
+        fi    
+        if ! type asciidoc > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+            check_packages asciidoc
+        fi
+        if ! type xmlto > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+            check_packages xmlto
+        fi 
+        if ! type tar > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+            check_packages tar
+        fi
+        if ! type curl > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+            check_packages curl
+        fi        
+        if ! type cmp > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+            check_packages diffutils
+        fi        
+        cd /tmp/
+        GIT_VERSION=$(git --version | awk '{print $3}')
+        curl -sL https://github.com/git/git/archive/v${GIT_VERSION}.tar.gz | tar -xzC /tmp 2>&1
+        cd /tmp/git-${GIT_VERSION}        
+        cd contrib/subtree
+        make && make install && make install-doc && cp git-subtree ../.. 2>&1
+        cd ../../
+        #For some base images such as alma, rocky, fedora git subtree feature doesn’t work 
+        # even after successful subtree installation. This happens particularly when the git
+        # version provided by default is an old one. Adding the installation path specifically 
+        # for them.
+        if [ -f "/usr/local/libexec/git-core/git-subtree" ]; then
+           echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/libexec/git-core' >> ~/.bashrc
+        fi  
+        rm -rf /tmp/git-${GIT_VERSION}   
+    fi
     # Clean up
     clean_up
     exit 0
@@ -309,6 +370,11 @@ if [ "${ADJUSTED_ID}" = "alpine" ]; then
     git_options+=("NO_GETTEXT=YesPlease")
 fi
 make -s "${git_options[@]}" all && make -s "${git_options[@]}" install 2>&1
+if [[ $INSTALL_SUBTREE = "true" ]]; then
+    cd contrib/subtree/
+    make && make install && make install-doc && cp git-subtree ../.. 2>&1
+    cd ../../
+fi
 rm -rf /tmp/git-${GIT_VERSION}
 clean_up
 echo "Done!"
diff --git a/test/git/scenarios.json b/test/git/scenarios.json
index 0f5d522b3..35aee050f 100644
--- a/test/git/scenarios.json
+++ b/test/git/scenarios.json
@@ -116,15 +116,6 @@
             }
         }
     },
-    "install_git_from_src_mariner": {
-        "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/cbl-mariner/base/core:2.0",
-        "features": {
-            "git": {
-                "version": "latest",
-                "ppa": "false"
-            }
-        }
-    },
     "install_git_from_system_alpine": {
         "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:alpine",
         "features": {
@@ -187,14 +178,5 @@
                 "ppa": "true"
             }
         }
-    },
-    "install_git_from_system_mariner": {
-        "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/cbl-mariner/base/core:2.0",
-        "features": {
-            "git": {
-                "version": "system",
-                "ppa": "true"
-            }
-        }
     }
 }