diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6b90e2d..4ac85af 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 destdir ?= 
 goflags ?= -v -ldflags "-w -X `go list`.Version=$(version) -X `go list`.Commit=$(commit)" -tags "static_build"
 prefix ?= /usr/local
-version ?= `git rev-list --count HEAD || echo "$version"`
+version ?= `git describe --abbrev=0 --tags || echo "$version"`
 commit ?= `git rev-parse --short HEAD || echo "$commit"`