diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 28acf2879..f23b8eed6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ if(EXISTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/.git")
       OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
     )
   endif()
-elseif(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
+elseif(UNIX AND NOT APPLE AND NOT ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "OpenBSD")
   # Fallback for Ubuntu/Launchpad (extracts Git hash from debian/changelog rather than Git repo)
   # (see https://answers.launchpad.net/launchpad/+question/678556)
   execute_process(COMMAND sh -c "grep -Po '(?<=-)(([a-z0-9])\\w+)(?=\\+)' -m 1 changelog"