diff --git a/config/ext/Git.cmake b/config/ext/Git.cmake
index 676ba05b1ce97fba61c019f22c315372d3f8e079..6d8fb39a54632e43947e214d0f1c7a85d8b98c6f 100644
--- a/config/ext/Git.cmake
+++ b/config/ext/Git.cmake
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ function(init_git_submodules)
 endfunction()
 
 function(use_git_submodule submodule_path submodule_status)
-    file(GLOB path_glob "${submodule_path}")
+    file(GLOB path_glob "${submodule_path}/*")
     list(LENGTH path_glob glob_len)
     if(glob_len GREATER 0)
         set(${submodule_status} TRUE PARENT_SCOPE)
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ function(use_git_submodule submodule_path submodule_status)
                 COMMENT "Updating Git Submodules"
         )
 
-        file(GLOB path_glob "${submodule_path}")
+        file(GLOB path_glob "${submodule_path}/*")
         list(LENGTH path_glob glob_len)
         if(glob_len GREATER 0)
             set(${submodule_status} TRUE PARENT_SCOPE)