diff --git a/cmake/Translation.cmake b/cmake/Translation.cmake
index 6f1079853b..a379435fe1 100644
--- a/cmake/Translation.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Translation.cmake
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ MACRO(GETTEXT_CREATE_TRANSLATIONS_PCSX2 _potFile _firstPoFileArg)
         GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(_lang ${_abs_PATH} NAME_WE)
         SET(_gmoFile ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${_lang}__${_gmoBase}.gmo)
 
-        IF (_currentPoFile MATCHES ".git")
+        IF (_currentPoFile MATCHES "\\.git")
             continue()
-        ENDIF (_currentPoFile MATCHES ".git")
+        ENDIF (_currentPoFile MATCHES "\\.git")
 
         IF (CMAKE_BUILD_PO)
             ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND( OUTPUT ${_gmoFile}