diff --git a/configure.ac.in b/configure.ac.in
index 20d204ed93fb3ee0af4cfc5c841a418fa12e70a6..462706bcf159ce9e7b5c3e75cf5e43317d616392 100644
--- a/configure.ac.in
+++ b/configure.ac.in
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ m4_define([thunar_version_minor], [5])
 m4_define([thunar_version_micro], [0])
 m4_define([thunar_version_nano], [])
 m4_define([thunar_version_build], [@REVISION@])
-m4_define([thunar_version_tag], [])
+m4_define([thunar_version_tag], [git])
 m4_define([thunar_version], [thunar_version_major().thunar_version_minor().thunar_version_micro()ifelse(thunar_version_nano(), [], [], [.thunar_version_nano()])ifelse(thunar_version_tag(), [git], [thunar_version_tag()-thunar_version_build()], [thunar_version_tag()])])
 
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