diff --git a/cmake/compiler_commit_hash.cmake b/cmake/compiler_commit_hash.cmake
index 7617a6df8..2978ac2df 100644
--- a/cmake/compiler_commit_hash.cmake
+++ b/cmake/compiler_commit_hash.cmake
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ execute_process(
 )
 
 if (NOT ${ERROR_CODE} EQUAL 0)
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "Failed to capture compiler git commit.")
+    message(WARNING "Failed to capture compiler git commit at ${REPO_DIR}, error code return ${ERROR_CODE}")
+    set(CURRENT_COMMIT_HASH "")
 endif()
 
 set(LAST_COMMIT_HASH "")