diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ee834de..7d2f246 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,10 +2,17 @@ MXQ_VERSION_MAJOR = 0
 MXQ_VERSION_MINOR = 13
 MXQ_VERSION_PATCH = 0
 MXQ_VERSION_EXTRA = "beta"
+MXQ_VERSIONDATE = 2013-2015
+
+MXQ_VERSION_GIT := $(shell git describe --long 2>/dev/null)
 
 MXQ_VERSION = ${MXQ_VERSION_MAJOR}.${MXQ_VERSION_MINOR}.${MXQ_VERSION_PATCH}
-MXQ_VERSIONFULL = "MXQ v${MXQ_VERSION} (${MXQ_VERSION_EXTRA})"
-MXQ_VERSIONDATE = 2013-2015
+ifeq (${MXQ_VERSION_GIT},)
+    MXQ_VERSIONFULL = "MXQ v${MXQ_VERSION} (${MXQ_VERSION_EXTRA})"
+else
+    MXQ_VERSIONFULL = "MXQ v${MXQ_VERSION} (${MXQ_VERSION_EXTRA}) [${MXQ_VERSION_GIT}]"
+endif
+
 
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