diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 8f76f7c8..e651fe6a 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ ifeq ($(CONTAINER_ENGINE),)
 endif
 
 DOCKER_BASE = $(CONTAINER_ENGINE) run --rm -v $(SRC):$(SRC)$(CONTAINER_MOUNT_OPTS) -v $(OBJ):$(OBJ)$(CONTAINER_MOUNT_OPTS) \
+                -v $(SRC)/gitconfig-gstreamer-redirect:/etc/gitconfig \
                 -w $(OBJ) -e MAKEFLAGS \
                 $(DOCKER_OPTS) $(STEAMRT_IMAGE)
 
diff --git a/gitconfig-gstreamer-redirect b/gitconfig-gstreamer-redirect
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d6561e02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitconfig-gstreamer-redirect
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[url "https://gitlab.codeweavers.com/gstreamer-mirror/"]
+	insteadOf = https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/
diff --git a/make/rules-cargo.mk b/make/rules-cargo.mk
index e7f15292..2dbfe75f 100644
--- a/make/rules-cargo.mk
+++ b/make/rules-cargo.mk
@@ -7,12 +7,7 @@ define create-rules-cargo
 $(call create-rules-common,$(1),$(2),$(3))
 
 ifeq ($(CONTAINER),1)
-$$(OBJ)/.$(1)-pre-configure:
-	@echo ":: setting freedesktop url override..." >&2
-	git config --global url."https://gitlab.codeweavers.com/gstreamer-mirror/".insteadOf "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/"
-	touch $$@
-
-$$(OBJ)/.$(1)-configure$(3): $$(OBJ)/.$(1)-pre-configure
+$$(OBJ)/.$(1)-configure$(3):
 	@echo ":: configuring $(3)bit $(1)..." >&2
 	touch $$@