diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4745d195db612ace950380c2760d0fd3d4217a89..e613dea639f7e9c01de297261000ac4096e34487 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ endif
 
 SYSTEM=$(shell nix eval --impure --expr 'builtins.currentSystem' --raw 2>/dev/null || echo '')
 
-TAG:=$(shell git name-rev --name-only --tags HEAD)
+TAG:=$(shell git describe --match 'v*' --always --dirty --broken)
 LDFLAGS:=-X main.version="${TAG}"
 
 all: build