diff --git a/sdk/include/reactos/version.cmake b/sdk/include/reactos/version.cmake
index 0ca632f2b7c..4566a6a0ef7 100644
--- a/sdk/include/reactos/version.cmake
+++ b/sdk/include/reactos/version.cmake
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-string(TIMESTAMP KERNEL_VERSION_BUILD %Y%m%d UTC)
+option(NO_REACTOS_BUILDNO "If true, disables the generation of buildno.h and version.h for each configure" OFF)
+
+if (NOT NO_REACTOS_BUILDNO)
+    string(TIMESTAMP KERNEL_VERSION_BUILD %Y%m%d UTC)
+else()
+    set(KERNEL_VERSION_BUILD "custom")
+endif()
 
 set(KERNEL_VERSION_MAJOR "0")
 set(KERNEL_VERSION_MINOR "4")
@@ -24,7 +30,7 @@ endif()
 set(COMMIT_HASH "unknown-hash")
 set(REVISION "unknown-revision")
 
-if(EXISTS "${REACTOS_SOURCE_DIR}/.git")
+if((EXISTS "${REACTOS_SOURCE_DIR}/.git") AND (NOT NO_REACTOS_BUILDNO))
     find_package(Git)
     if(GIT_FOUND)
         execute_process(