diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 77d01ad6..6bdfdc8a 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@ calendar_schemadir = join_paths(calendar_datadir, 'glib-2.0', 'schemas')
 # Options #
 ###########
 
-rev_txt = run_command('git','rev-parse','--short','HEAD').stdout().strip()
 if get_option('profile') == 'development'
+  find_program('git')
+  rev_txt = run_command('git','rev-parse','--short','HEAD').stdout().strip()
   profile = 'Devel'
   name_suffix = ' (Development)'
   rev = '-@0@'.format(rev_txt)