diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f8b60b266..02ee5f397 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -209,8 +209,8 @@
           <verbose>true</verbose>
           <dateFormat>yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ</dateFormat>
           <generateGitPropertiesFile>true</generateGitPropertiesFile>
-          <generateGitPropertiesFilename>${project.build.outputDirectory}/git.properties
-          </generateGitPropertiesFilename>
+          <generateGitPropertiesFilename>${project.build.outputDirectory}/git.properties</generateGitPropertiesFilename>
+		  <dotGitDirectory>${project.basedir}/../.git</dotGitDirectory>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>