diff --git a/configure.ac.in b/configure.ac.in
index 7b5a975eaa0a98413e9e766a9254d333d0ab1cdf..dbf4fc0cd64f34695a80b525522aa88674f38a4f 100644
--- a/configure.ac.in
+++ b/configure.ac.in
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ m4_define([xfwm4_version_major], [4])
 m4_define([xfwm4_version_minor], [10])
 m4_define([xfwm4_version_micro], [0])
 m4_define([xfwm4_version_build], [@REVISION@])
-m4_define([xfwm4_version_tag],   [])
+m4_define([xfwm4_version_tag],   [git])
 m4_define([xfwm4_version], [xfwm4_version_major().xfwm4_version_minor().xfwm4_version_micro()ifelse(xfwm4_version_tag(), [git], [xfwm4_version_tag().xfwm4_version_build()], [xfwm4_version_tag()])])
 
 m4_define([gtk_minimum_version], [2.14.0])