diff --git a/configure.ac.in b/configure.ac.in
index ee07390f4c698530868417b7a25961c3088cafd7..1339acc976215d63bb0a247eda09a8e289323de5 100644
--- a/configure.ac.in
+++ b/configure.ac.in
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ m4_define([xfpm_version_major], [1])
 m4_define([xfpm_version_minor], [3])
 m4_define([xfpm_version_micro], [1])
 m4_define([xfpm_version_build], [@REVISION@])
-m4_define([xfpm_version_tag],   [])
+m4_define([xfpm_version_tag],   [git])
 m4_define([xfpm_version], [xfpm_version_major().xfpm_version_minor().xfpm_version_micro()ifelse(xfpm_version_tag(), [git], [xfpm_version_tag()-xfpm_version_build()], [xfpm_version_tag()])])
 
 AC_INIT([xfce4-power-manager],[xfpm_version],[http://bugzilla.xfce.org/])