diff --git a/configure.ac.in b/configure.ac.in
index 88c8d62b849dcf1575608871907db9ed7abea17c..0b4777102da5579f464b9c4b7667adef82f8e2d2 100644
--- a/configure.ac.in
+++ b/configure.ac.in
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ m4_define([xfce4_panel_version_minor], [7])
 m4_define([xfce4_panel_version_micro], [5])
 m4_define([xfce4_panel_version_nano],  []) dnl leave this empty to have no nano version
 m4_define([xfce4_panel_version_build], [@REVISION@])
-m4_define([xfce4_panel_version_tag],   [])
+m4_define([xfce4_panel_version_tag],   [git])
 m4_define([xfce4_panel_version], [xfce4_panel_version_major().xfce4_panel_version_minor().xfce4_panel_version_micro()ifelse(xfce4_panel_version_nano(), [], [], [.xfce4_panel_version_nano()])ifelse(xfce4_panel_version_tag(), [git], [xfce4_panel_version_tag()-xfce4_panel_version_build()], [xfce4_panel_version_tag()])])
 
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