diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f9b1d7f..6a2f7b7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ if (POLICY CMP0091)
   cmake_policy(SET CMP0091 NEW)
 endif (POLICY CMP0091)
 
+set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/modules ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH})
+
 # By default, the version information is extracted from the git index. However,
 # we can override this behavior by explicitly setting ADS_VERSION and
 # skipping the git checks. This is useful for cases where this project is being
 # used independently of its original git repo (e.g. vendored in another project)
 if(NOT ADS_VERSION)
-    set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/modules ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH})
     include(GetGitRevisionDescription)
     git_describe(GitTagVersion --tags)
     string(REGEX REPLACE "^([0-9]+)\\..*" "\\1" VERSION_MAJOR "${GitTagVersion}")