diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5f45181..50901ee 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ include(cmake/BuildInfo.cmake)
 check_symbol_exists("getifaddrs" "ifaddrs.h" TILE_HAVE_GETIFADDRS)
 check_symbol_exists("freeifaddrs" "ifaddrs.h" TILE_HAVE_FREEIFADDRS)
 
+find_package(Git REQUIRED)
+
 get_git_commit_hash(GIT_COMMIT_HASH)
 get_git_commit_date(GIT_COMMIT_DATE)
 get_git_commit_subject(GIT_COMMIT_SUBJECT)
diff --git a/cmake/BuildInfo.cmake b/cmake/BuildInfo.cmake
index e2c19a6..33c60ac 100644
--- a/cmake/BuildInfo.cmake
+++ b/cmake/BuildInfo.cmake
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-find_package(Git REQUIRED)
-
 macro(get_git_commit_hash output)
   # full commit hash
   execute_process(