diff --git a/src/drom_lib/genVersion.ml b/src/drom_lib/genVersion.ml
index 1d149dac..cfd050f4 100644
--- a/src/drom_lib/genVersion.ml
+++ b/src/drom_lib/genVersion.ml
@@ -23,8 +23,13 @@ let query cmd =
      else None
    with End_of_file -> None
 
-let commit_hash = query "git show -s --pretty=format:%%H"
-let commit_date = query "git show -s --pretty=format:%%ci"
+let gitdir =
+  try Sys.getenv "DUNE_SOURCEROOT" with Not_found -> ""
+
+let commit_hash =
+  query ("git -C \""^gitdir^"\" show -s --pretty=format:%%H")
+let commit_date =
+  query ("git -C \""^gitdir^"\" show -s --pretty=format:%%ci")
 let version = %S
 
 let string_option = function