diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9835c1f..9f295b6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ DStarBase/DStarBase.a: BaseCommon/BaseCommon.a FORCE
 IRCDDB/IRCDDB.a: VersionInfo/GitVersion.h BaseCommon/BaseCommon.a FORCE
 	$(MAKE) -C IRCDDB
 
-VersionInfo/GitVersion.h:
+VersionInfo/GitVersion.h: FORCE
 	$(MAKE) -C VersionInfo
 
 .PHONY: clean
diff --git a/VersionInfo/Makefile b/VersionInfo/Makefile
index 0c6223e..0753691 100644
--- a/VersionInfo/Makefile
+++ b/VersionInfo/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 GitVersion.h : FORCE 
-ifneq ("$(wildcard .git/index)","")
+ifneq ("$(wildcard ../.git/index)","")
 	@echo "#pragma once" > /tmp/$@
 	@echo "#include <string>" >> /tmp/$@
 	@echo "const std::string gitversion(\"$(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)\");" >> /tmp/$@