diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d879eb929..ff677d097 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@
           <generateGitPropertiesFile>true</generateGitPropertiesFile>
           <generateGitPropertiesFilename>${project.build.outputDirectory}/git.properties
           </generateGitPropertiesFilename>
+          <failOnNoGitDirectory>false</failOnNoGitDirectory>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>