diff --git a/scripts/getversion.sh b/scripts/getversion.sh
index 8c437762a2..ccd2e2a865 100755
--- a/scripts/getversion.sh
+++ b/scripts/getversion.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ fi
 cd "$1" || exit 1
 
 cat .scmversion 2>/dev/null && exit 0
-git --git-dir=.git describe --always --abbrev=7 --dirty=+ 2>/dev/null && exit 0
+git --git-dir=.git describe --tags --always --abbrev=7 --dirty=+ 2>/dev/null && exit 0
 
 echo unknown