diff --git a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index 82a454791d..6e00fe6d9c 100644
--- a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1336,9 +1336,11 @@ set(ORT_BUILD_INFO "ORT Build Info: ")
 find_package(Git)
 if (Git_FOUND)
   execute_process(COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} log -1 --format=%h
+      WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
       OUTPUT_VARIABLE ORT_GIT_COMMIT)
   string(STRIP "${ORT_GIT_COMMIT}" ORT_GIT_COMMIT)
   execute_process(COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD
+      WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
       OUTPUT_VARIABLE ORT_GIT_BRANCH)
   string(STRIP "${ORT_GIT_BRANCH}" ORT_GIT_BRANCH)
   string(APPEND ORT_BUILD_INFO "git-branch=${ORT_GIT_BRANCH}, git-commit-id=${ORT_GIT_COMMIT}, ")