diff --git a/profiler/CMakeLists.txt b/profiler/CMakeLists.txt
index 97dadaba..f6afbe0d 100644
--- a/profiler/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/profiler/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -181,8 +181,12 @@ endif()
 
 target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE TracyServer TracyImGui)
 
+if(NOT DEFINED GIT_REV)
+    set(GIT_REV "HEAD")
+endif()
+
 add_custom_target(git-ref
-    COMMAND python3 ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../extra/git-ref.py
+    COMMAND python3 ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../extra/git-ref.py ${GIT_REV}
     BYPRODUCTS GitRef.hpp
 )
 add_dependencies(${PROJECT_NAME} git-ref)