diff --git a/Telegram/CMakeLists.txt b/Telegram/CMakeLists.txt
index 3bcc09d6e..6330641c8 100644
--- a/Telegram/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Telegram/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1792,6 +1792,7 @@ PRIVATE
 
 execute_process(
     COMMAND git describe --tags --always
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
     OUTPUT_VARIABLE KTGDESKTOP_GIT_VERSION
 )
 string(REGEX REPLACE "^(k|v)([0-9]\\.[0-9])" "\\2" KTGDESKTOP_GIT_VERSION "${KTGDESKTOP_GIT_VERSION}")