diff --git a/setuptools_git/__init__.py b/setuptools_git/__init__.py
index 24c9b8c..a289aca 100644
--- a/setuptools_git/__init__.py
+++ b/setuptools_git/__init__.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def version_calc(dist, attr, value):
 
 
 def calculate_version():
-    return check_output(['git', 'describe', '--tags', '--dirty']).strip()
+    return check_output(['@git@', 'describe', '--tags', '--dirty']).strip()
 
 
 def ntfsdecode(path):
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def gitlsfiles(dirname=''):
 
     try:
         topdir = check_output(
-            ['git', 'rev-parse', '--show-toplevel'], cwd=dirname or None,
+            ['@git@', 'rev-parse', '--show-toplevel'], cwd=dirname or None,
             stderr=PIPE).strip()
 
         if sys.platform == 'win32':
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def gitlsfiles(dirname=''):
             cwd = topdir
 
         filenames = check_output(
-            ['git', 'ls-files', '-z'], cwd=cwd, stderr=PIPE)
+            ['@git@', 'ls-files', '-z'], cwd=cwd, stderr=PIPE)
     except (CalledProcessError, OSError):
         # Setuptools mandates we fail silently
         return res