diff --git a/configure.ac.in b/configure.ac.in
index 72238020b13e8ea70ce6987ca4610b3590587b3b..78a8fd7b8f870b5f1e5adf22f8abd6ace4e1864d 100644
--- a/configure.ac.in
+++ b/configure.ac.in
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ m4_define([garcon_version_major], [0])
 m4_define([garcon_version_minor], [8])
 m4_define([garcon_version_micro], [0])
 m4_define([garcon_version_build], [@REVISION@])
-m4_define([garcon_version_tag], [])
+m4_define([garcon_version_tag], [git])
 m4_define([garcon_version], [garcon_version_major().garcon_version_minor().garcon_version_micro()ifelse(garcon_version_tag(), [git], [garcon_version_tag()-garcon_version_build()], [garcon_version_tag()])])
 
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