diff --git a/cmake/GetGitRevisionDescription.cmake b/cmake/GetGitRevisionDescription.cmake
index 1bb2f945e..fdc7a1f10 100644
--- a/cmake/GetGitRevisionDescription.cmake
+++ b/cmake/GetGitRevisionDescription.cmake
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ function(git_describe_working_tree _var)
         set(out "${out}-${res}-NOTFOUND")
     endif()
     if( "${out}" MATCHES "-D\$")
-        STRING(REPLACE "-D" "-${COMMIT_COUNT}-D" out "${out}")
+        STRING(REGEX REPLACE "-D\$" "-${COMMIT_COUNT}-D" out "${out}")
     else()
         set(out "${out}-${COMMIT_COUNT}")
     endif()