diff --git a/configure.ac.in b/configure.ac.in
index aa35d63404d153ba0c1625daed3d9a9e3905e6ad..4a183dec7799683e3c6bd06a98fcf678261164fb 100644
--- a/configure.ac.in
+++ b/configure.ac.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ m4_define([xfce4_dict_version_major], [0])
 m4_define([xfce4_dict_version_minor], [7])
 m4_define([xfce4_dict_version_micro], [1])
 m4_define([xfce4_dict_version_build], [@REVISION@])
-m4_define([xfce4_dict_version_tag], [])
+m4_define([xfce4_dict_version_tag], [git])
 m4_define([xfce4_dict_version], [xfce4_dict_version_major().xfce4_dict_version_minor().xfce4_dict_version_micro()ifelse(xfce4_dict_version_tag(), [git], [xfce4_dict_version_tag()-xfce4_dict_version_build()], [xfce4_dict_version_tag()])])
 
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