diff --git a/CMakeModules/GenerateSCMRev.cmake b/CMakeModules/GenerateSCMRev.cmake
index 030e7a78d0..fb9351f791 100644
--- a/CMakeModules/GenerateSCMRev.cmake
+++ b/CMakeModules/GenerateSCMRev.cmake
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ function(get_timestamp _var)
 endfunction()
 
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${SRC_DIR}/externals/cmake-modules")
+
+# Find the package here with the known path so that the GetGit commands can find it as well
+find_package(Git QUIET PATHS "${GIT_EXECUTABLE}")
+
 # generate git/build information
 include(GetGitRevisionDescription)
 get_git_head_revision(GIT_REF_SPEC GIT_REV)
@@ -16,20 +20,21 @@ get_timestamp(BUILD_DATE)
 # Also if this is a CI build, add the build name (ie: Nightly, Canary) to the scm_rev file as well
 set(REPO_NAME "")
 set(BUILD_VERSION "0")
-if ($ENV{CI})
-  if ($ENV{TRAVIS})
+if (DEFINED ENV{CI})
+  if (DEFINED ENV{TRAVIS})
     set(BUILD_REPOSITORY $ENV{TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG})
     set(BUILD_TAG $ENV{TRAVIS_TAG})
-  elseif($ENV{APPVEYOR})
+  elseif(DEFINED ENV{APPVEYOR})
     set(BUILD_REPOSITORY $ENV{APPVEYOR_REPO_NAME})
     set(BUILD_TAG $ENV{APPVEYOR_REPO_TAG_NAME})
-  elseif($ENV{BITRISE_IO})
+  elseif(DEFINED ENV{BITRISE_IO})
     set(BUILD_REPOSITORY "$ENV{BITRISEIO_GIT_REPOSITORY_OWNER}/$ENV{BITRISEIO_GIT_REPOSITORY_SLUG}")
     set(BUILD_TAG $ENV{BITRISE_GIT_TAG})
   endif()
+
   # regex capture the string nightly or canary into CMAKE_MATCH_1
   string(REGEX MATCH "citra-emu/citra-?(.*)" OUTVAR ${BUILD_REPOSITORY})
-  if (${CMAKE_MATCH_COUNT} GREATER 0)
+  if ("${CMAKE_MATCH_COUNT}" GREATER 0)
     # capitalize the first letter of each word in the repo name.
     string(REPLACE "-" ";" REPO_NAME_LIST ${CMAKE_MATCH_1})
     foreach(WORD ${REPO_NAME_LIST})
@@ -82,4 +87,4 @@ foreach (F IN LISTS HASH_FILES)
     set(COMBINED "${COMBINED}${TMP}")
 endforeach()
 string(MD5 SHADER_CACHE_VERSION "${COMBINED}")
-configure_file("${SRC_DIR}/src/common/scm_rev.cpp.in" "scm_rev.cpp" @ONLY)
\ No newline at end of file
+configure_file("${SRC_DIR}/src/common/scm_rev.cpp.in" "scm_rev.cpp" @ONLY)
diff --git a/src/common/CMakeLists.txt b/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
index 18b65155e2..af07ac2152 100644
--- a/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,11 +12,16 @@ if (DEFINED ENV{CI})
     set(BUILD_TAG $ENV{APPVEYOR_REPO_TAG_NAME})
   endif()
 endif()
+
+# Pass the path to git to the GenerateSCMRev.cmake as well
+find_package(Git QUIET)
+
 add_custom_command(OUTPUT scm_rev.cpp
     COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
       -DSRC_DIR="${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}"
       -DBUILD_REPOSITORY="${BUILD_REPOSITORY}"
       -DBUILD_TAG="${BUILD_TAG}"
+      -DGIT_EXECUTABLE="${GIT_EXECUTABLE}"
       -P "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/CMakeModules/GenerateSCMRev.cmake"
     DEPENDS
       # WARNING! It was too much work to try and make a common location for this list,