diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7ecc586..ae5d921 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-svn_revision = $(shell svn info --show-item revision)
+svn_revision = $(shell git describe --always --dirty --tags --long)
 
 LDFLAGS = "-X main.version=$(svn_revision)"