diff --git a/util/gnc-vcs-info b/util/gnc-vcs-info
index 7cf3ecee3b..a24b4be051 100755
--- a/util/gnc-vcs-info
+++ b/util/gnc-vcs-info
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ fi
 # If we get here then this is NOT an svn checkout.
 # Maybe it's git?
 real_gitdir="${real_srcdir}"/.git
-if test -d "${real_gitdir}"
+if test -d "${real_gitdir}" || test -e "${real_gitdir}"
 then
   # If we're only interested in the vcs type, then we're done here
   if [ "$request" = "type" ]