diff --git a/app/models/repository/git_remote.rb b/app/models/repository/git_remote.rb
index 851ea6c..7b9b0a9 100644
--- a/app/models/repository/git_remote.rb
+++ b/app/models/repository/git_remote.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 require 'redmine/scm/adapters/git_adapter'
 require 'pathname'
 require 'fileutils'
-require 'open3'
+# require 'open3'
+require_dependency 'redmine_git_remote/poor_mans_capture3'
 
 class Repository::GitRemote < Repository::Git
 
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ class Repository::GitRemote < Repository::Git
     end
 
     if Dir.exists? clone_path
-      existing_repo_remote, status = Open3::capture2("git", "--git-dir", clone_path, "config", "--get", "remote.origin.url")
+      existing_repo_remote, status = RedmineGitRemote::PoorMansCapture3::capture2("git", "--git-dir", clone_path, "config", "--get", "remote.origin.url")
       return "Unable to run: git --git-dir #{clone_path} config --get remote.origin.url" unless status.success?
 
       unless two_remotes_equal(existing_repo_remote, clone_url)
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ class Repository::GitRemote < Repository::Git
   # Checks if host is in ~/.ssh/known_hosts, adds it if not present
   def self.add_known_host(host)
     # if not found...
-    out, status = Open3::capture2("ssh-keygen", "-F", host)
+    out, status = RedmineGitRemote::PoorMansCapture3::capture2("ssh-keygen", "-F", host)
     raise "Unable to run 'ssh-keygen -F #{host}" unless status
     unless out.match /found/
       # hack to work with 'docker exec' where HOME isn't set (or set to /)
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ class Repository::GitRemote < Repository::Git
       end
 
       puts "Adding #{host} to #{ssh_known_hosts}"
-      out, status = Open3::capture2("ssh-keyscan", host)
+      out, status = RedmineGitRemote::PoorMansCapture3::capture2("ssh-keyscan", host)
       raise "Unable to run 'ssh-keyscan #{host}'" unless status
       Kernel::open(ssh_known_hosts, 'a') { |f| f.puts out}
     end
diff --git a/lib/redmine_git_remote/poor_mans_capture3.rb b/lib/redmine_git_remote/poor_mans_capture3.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a7a28f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/redmine_git_remote/poor_mans_capture3.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+# Ruby 1.8.7-compatible backport of Open3::capture3
+#
+# via https://gist.github.com/vasi/8ffc21bc09ac8fe38f76
+module RedmineGitRemote
+  module PoorMansCapture3
+
+    def self.capture3(*cmd)
+      # Force no shell expansion, by using a non-plain string. See ruby docs:
+      #
+      # `If the first argument is a two-element array, the first element is the
+      # command to be executed, and the second argument is used as the argv[0]
+      # value, which may show up in process listings.'
+      cmd[0] = [cmd[0], cmd[0]]
+
+      rout, wout = IO.pipe
+      rerr, werr = IO.pipe
+
+      pid = fork do
+        rerr.close
+        rout.close
+        STDERR.reopen(werr)
+        STDOUT.reopen(wout)
+        exec(*cmd)
+      end
+
+      wout.close
+      werr.close
+
+      out = rout.read
+      err = rerr.read
+      Process.wait(pid)
+      rout.close
+      rerr.close
+      return [out, err, $?]
+    end
+
+    def self.capture2(*cmd)
+      out, err, stat = capture3(*cmd)
+      STDERR.write err
+      return out, stat
+    end
+
+    def self.test(*cmd)
+      st, err, out = capture3(*cmd)
+      p st
+      p err
+      p out
+      puts
+    end
+
+    def self.run_tests
+      test('ls', '/var')
+      test('ls', '/foo')
+      test('lfhlkhladfla')
+      test('ls && ls')
+    end
+  end
+end