diff --git a/common/CMakeLists.txt b/common/CMakeLists.txt
index ac594b2ca..09575e6a1 100644
--- a/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,12 @@ if(EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../.git")
     if(NOT IS_DIRECTORY "${GIT_DIR}")
         file(READ ${GIT_DIR} REAL_GIT_DIR_LINK)
         string(REGEX REPLACE "gitdir: (.*)\n$" "\\1" REAL_GIT_DIR ${REAL_GIT_DIR_LINK})
-        set(GIT_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../${REAL_GIT_DIR}")
+        string(FIND "${REAL_GIT_DIR}" "/" SLASH_POS)
+        if (SLASH_POS EQUAL 0)
+            set(GIT_DIR "${REAL_GIT_DIR}")
+        else()
+            set(GIT_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../${REAL_GIT_DIR}")
+        endif()
     endif()
 
     set(GIT_INDEX "${GIT_DIR}/index")