diff --git a/packages/@vuepress/plugin-last-updated/index.js b/packages/@vuepress/plugin-last-updated/index.js
index a4e8b137ad..d6fa880b09 100644
--- a/packages/@vuepress/plugin-last-updated/index.js
+++ b/packages/@vuepress/plugin-last-updated/index.js
@@ -4,11 +4,17 @@ module.exports = (options = {}, context) => ({
   extendPageData ($page) {
     const { transformer } = options
     const timestamp = getGitLastUpdatedTimeStamp($page._filePath)
-    const lastUpdated = typeof transformer === 'function' ? transformer(timestamp) : timestamp
-    $page.lastUpdated = lastUpdated
+    if (timestamp) {
+      const lastUpdated = typeof transformer === 'function' ? transformer(timestamp) : timestamp
+      $page.lastUpdated = lastUpdated
+    }
   }
 })
 
 function getGitLastUpdatedTimeStamp (filePath) {
-  return parseInt(spawn.sync('git', ['log', '-1', '--format=%ct', filePath]).stdout.toString('utf-8')) * 1000
+  let lastUpdated
+  try {
+    lastUpdated = parseInt(spawn.sync('git', ['log', '-1', '--format=%ct', filePath]).stdout.toString('utf-8')) * 1000
+  } catch (e) { /* do not handle for now */ }
+  return lastUpdated
 }