diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 0d5b0cc6c..71e75fd9b 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ add_project_arguments('-DSYSCONFDIR="/@0@"'.format(join_paths(prefix, sysconfdir
 version = '"@0@"'.format(meson.project_version())
 git = find_program('git', native: true, required: false)
 if git.found()
-	git_commit = run_command([git, 'rev-parse', '--short', 'HEAD'], check: false)
-	git_branch = run_command([git, 'rev-parse', '--abbrev-ref', 'HEAD'], check: false)
+	git_commit = run_command([git, '--git-dir=.git', 'rev-parse', '--short', 'HEAD'], check: false)
+	git_branch = run_command([git, '--git-dir=.git', 'rev-parse', '--abbrev-ref', 'HEAD'], check: false)
 	if git_commit.returncode() == 0 and git_branch.returncode() == 0
 		version = '"@0@-@1@ (" __DATE__ ", branch \'@2@\')"'.format(
 			meson.project_version(),