diff --git a/.get_maintainer.conf b/.get_maintainer.conf
index df595f5420d..f916cfbe480 100644
--- a/.get_maintainer.conf
+++ b/.get_maintainer.conf
@@ -1 +1 @@
---find-maintainer-files --maintainer-path=.
+--find-maintainer-files --git --maintainer-path=.