diff --git a/Installation/cmake/modules/UseCGAL.cmake b/Installation/cmake/modules/UseCGAL.cmake
index af05b46b0e1..ea83979f2a1 100644
--- a/Installation/cmake/modules/UseCGAL.cmake
+++ b/Installation/cmake/modules/UseCGAL.cmake
@@ -19,6 +19,17 @@ if(NOT USE_CGAL_FILE_INCLUDED)
   include(CGAL_GeneratorSpecificSettings)
   include(CGAL_TweakFindBoost)
   
+  set(CGAL_INSTALLED_SCM_BRANCH_NAME ${CGAL_SCM_BRANCH_NAME})
+
+  if( NOT "${CGAL_INSTALLED_SCM_BRANCH_NAME}" STREQUAL "" )
+    include(CGAL_SCM)
+    message ( STATUS "Code taken from Git branch: ${CGAL_SCM_BRANCH_NAME}") 
+    if ( NOT "${CGAL_SCM_BRANCH_NAME}" STREQUAL "" AND 
+         NOT "${CGAL_SCM_BRANCH_NAME}" STREQUAL "${CGAL_INSTALLED_SCM_BRANCH_NAME}")
+      message (AUTHOR_WARNING "Branch '${CGAL_SCM_BRANCH_NAME}' does not match branch '${CGAL_INSTALLED_SCM_BRANCH_NAME}' from which CGAL has been installed. Please consider to rebuild CGAL from this branch.")
+    endif()
+  endif()
+
   set( CGAL_LIBRARIES )
 
   foreach ( component ${CGAL_REQUESTED_COMPONENTS} )