diff --git a/plugins/storage/volume/storpool/pom.xml b/plugins/storage/volume/storpool/pom.xml
index ee4c5cfb6f0..058f3e678ed 100644
--- a/plugins/storage/volume/storpool/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/storage/volume/storpool/pom.xml
@@ -69,6 +69,31 @@
     </dependencies>
     <build>
         <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.gmaven</groupId>
+                <artifactId>gmaven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>1.5</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>set-properties</id>
+                        <phase>validate</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>execute</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <providerSelection>1.7</providerSelection>
+                            <source>
+                                File git = new File("./.git")
+                                if (!git.exists()) {
+                                    pom.properties['storpool.skip.git.properties'] = 'true'
+                                } else {
+                                    pom.properties['storpool.skip.git.properties'] = 'false'
+                                }
+                            </source>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
@@ -96,6 +121,7 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
                 <configuration>
+                    <skip>${storpool.skip.git.properties}</skip>
                     <dotGitDirectory>${project.basedir}/.git</dotGitDirectory>
                     <prefix>git</prefix>
                     <verbose>false</verbose>