diff --git a/eclass/cmake.eclass b/eclass/cmake.eclass
index 8d60116f7a93b..8079a5cb037b6 100644
--- a/eclass/cmake.eclass
+++ b/eclass/cmake.eclass
@@ -550,6 +550,7 @@ cmake_src_configure() {
 		cat >> ${common_config} <<- _EOF_ || die
 			set(ECM_DISABLE_QMLPLUGINDUMP ON CACHE BOOL "")
 			set(ECM_DISABLE_APPSTREAMTEST ON CACHE BOOL "")
+			set(ECM_DISABLE_GIT ON CACHE BOOL "")
 		_EOF_
 	fi