diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4b966ebdf3d8ace07b87c6c874e36028d012e1bf..d0d265cbb5c4ae8598c5a42ec0850f72cbeff1c9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE RelWithDebInfo CACHE STRING
 
 project(Installer VERSION 1.0 LANGUAGES C)  # Need a language for GNUInstallDirs
 
+find_package(Git REQUIRED)
+
 include(ExternalProject)
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
@@ -57,7 +59,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(tables
     GIT_REPOSITORY      https://gitlab.cern.ch/cms-analysis/general/DasAnalysisSystem/tables.git
     GIT_TAG             origin/master
     SOURCE_DIR          "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/tables"
-    CONFIGURE_COMMAND   ""
+    CONFIGURE_COMMAND   "${GIT_EXECUTABLE}" lfs install
     BUILD_COMMAND       ""
     INSTALL_COMMAND     ""
 )