diff --git a/kde-modules/KDECMakeSettings.cmake b/kde-modules/KDECMakeSettings.cmake
--- a/kde-modules/KDECMakeSettings.cmake
+++ b/kde-modules/KDECMakeSettings.cmake
@@ -284,31 +284,35 @@
 ###################################################################
 # Download translations
 
-if(NOT EXISTS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/po)
-    option(KDE_L10N_AUTO_TRANSLATIONS "Automatically 'make fetch-translations`" OFF)
-    set(KDE_L10N_BRANCH "trunk" CACHE STRING "Branch from l10n.kde.org to fetch from: trunk | stable | lts | trunk_kde4 | stable_kde4")
-
-    if(KDE_L10N_DOWNLOAD_TRANSLATIONS)
-        set(_EXTRA_ARGS "ALL")
-    else()
-        set(_EXTRA_ARGS)
-    endif()
-
+function(_repository_name reponame)
     execute_process(COMMAND git config --get remote.origin.url
         OUTPUT_VARIABLE giturl
         RESULT_VARIABLE exitCode
         WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}"
     )
 
     if(exitCode EQUAL 0)
         string(REGEX MATCHALL ".+[:\\/]([A-Za-z\\-\\d]+)(.git)?\\s*" "" ${giturl})
-        set(reponame ${CMAKE_MATCH_1})
+        set(${reponame} ${CMAKE_MATCH_1} PARENT_SCOPE)
+    endif()
+
+    if(NOT ${reponame})
+        set(${reponame} ${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME} PARENT_SCOPE)
     endif()
+endfunction()
+
+if(NOT EXISTS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/po)
+    option(KDE_L10N_AUTO_TRANSLATIONS "Automatically 'make fetch-translations`" OFF)
+    set(KDE_L10N_BRANCH "trunk" CACHE STRING "Branch from l10n.kde.org to fetch from: trunk | stable | lts | trunk_kde4 | stable_kde4")
 
-    if(NOT reponame)
-        set(reponame ${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME})
+    if(KDE_L10N_DOWNLOAD_TRANSLATIONS)
+        set(_EXTRA_ARGS "ALL")
+    else()
+        set(_EXTRA_ARGS)
     endif()
 
+    _repository_name(reponame)
+
     add_custom_command(
         OUTPUT "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/releaseme"
         COMMAND git clone --depth 1 "https://anongit.kde.org/releaseme.git"