diff --git a/config/ext/Git.cmake b/config/ext/Git.cmake
index 21bba124fab5d7363c0b16bde74dd312cf9c926f..676ba05b1ce97fba61c019f22c315372d3f8e079 100644
--- a/config/ext/Git.cmake
+++ b/config/ext/Git.cmake
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ function(init_git_submodules)
 endfunction()
 
 function(use_git_submodule submodule_path submodule_status)
-    if (EXISTS "${submodule_path}")
+    file(GLOB path_glob "${submodule_path}")
+    list(LENGTH path_glob glob_len)
+    if(glob_len GREATER 0)
         set(${submodule_status} TRUE PARENT_SCOPE)
         return()
     endif()
@@ -57,7 +59,9 @@ function(use_git_submodule submodule_path submodule_status)
                 COMMENT "Updating Git Submodules"
         )
 
-        if (EXISTS "${submodule_path}")
+        file(GLOB path_glob "${submodule_path}")
+        list(LENGTH path_glob glob_len)
+        if(glob_len GREATER 0)
             set(${submodule_status} TRUE PARENT_SCOPE)
             return()
         endif()