diff --git a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index b96dc28c20..2dc3730e32 100644
--- a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ find_package (Git)
 if (GIT_FOUND)
 	message("git found: ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} with version ${GIT_VERSION_STRING}")
 	execute_process(
-		COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} branch --contains HEAD
+		COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} branch -a --contains HEAD
 		OUTPUT_VARIABLE git_branches
 		OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
 	)
@@ -906,7 +906,8 @@ if (GIT_FOUND)
 		string(REPLACE "*" "" git_branch_candidate_temp "${git_branch_candidate}")
 		string(STRIP "${git_branch_candidate_temp}" git_branch_candidate_2)
 		if (NOT git_branch_candidate_2 MATCHES "^HEAD$")
-			set(git_branch ${git_branch_candidate_2})
+			string(REPLACE "/" ";" git_branch_candidate_2_list "${git_branch_candidate_2}")
+			list(GET git_branch_candidate_2_list -1 git_branch)
 		endif()
 	endforeach()
 	execute_process(