diff --git a/packages/network/rsync/patches/rsync-0001-don-t-set-RSYNC-GITVER.patch b/packages/network/rsync/patches/rsync-0001-don-t-set-RSYNC-GITVER.patch
index ecb7f4791b..d0265a91f5 100644
--- a/packages/network/rsync/patches/rsync-0001-don-t-set-RSYNC-GITVER.patch
+++ b/packages/network/rsync/patches/rsync-0001-don-t-set-RSYNC-GITVER.patch
@@ -1,11 +1,25 @@
---- a/mkgitver	2021-10-01 21:17:53.000000000 +0000
-+++ b/mkgitver	2022-08-15 02:11:06.553999692 +0000
-@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+From 68b1ce1dc3605a8b79594ba5e8e29577ea6dc42c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Wayne Davison <wayne@opencoder.net>
+Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2022 21:52:13 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] Only run git describe if .git exists in the $srcdir.
+
+---
+ mkgitver | 5 ++++-
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/mkgitver b/mkgitver
+index 49aa150b..43156c65 100755
+--- a/mkgitver
++++ b/mkgitver
+@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
  #!/bin/sh
  
  srcdir=`dirname $0`
 -gitver=`git describe --abbrev=8 2>/dev/null`
-+gitver=""
++
++if [ -e "$srcdir/.git" ]; then
++    gitver=`git describe --abbrev=8 2>/dev/null`
++fi
  
  if [ ! -f git-version.h ]; then
      touch git-version.h