diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5b93c4cb3676c257ba220a80c3bf737ab0cb1c7c..112b364597b8b867a0d3b3126067215e337f4b0b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 TARGET=md5toc
-MD5TOC_VERSION=20160721
+MD5TOC_VERSION=$(shell git describe | sed -e 's/^v//')
 SOURCES=Makefile md5toc.c md5toc.spec config.h md5.c md5.h
 CFLAGS=-Wall -Werror -I. -DMD5TOC_VERSION='"$(MD5TOC_VERSION)"'