diff --git a/src/ci/docker/x86_64-gnu-distcheck/Dockerfile b/src/ci/docker/x86_64-gnu-distcheck/Dockerfile
index 786f59eb9f76..497aeb65107b 100644
--- a/src/ci/docker/x86_64-gnu-distcheck/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/ci/docker/x86_64-gnu-distcheck/Dockerfile
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
 COPY scripts/sccache.sh /scripts/
 RUN sh /scripts/sccache.sh
 
-ENV RUST_CONFIGURE_ARGS --build=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+ENV RUST_CONFIGURE_ARGS --build=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu --set build.ignore-git=true
 ENV SCRIPT python2.7 ../x.py test distcheck
 ENV DIST_SRC 1