diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 94767ea..17229b7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ MANPATH = $(DESTDIR)/../man/man1
 endif
 
 SOURCEDIR = `pwd`
-VERSION = `scripts/getversion`
+VERSION = $(shell git describe --always)
+
+CFLAGS += -DVERSION=\"$(VERSION)\"
 
 %.o: %.c
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $^
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index ea62d4a..9f5cb59 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -47,13 +47,6 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
-#define VERSION_MAJOR    1
-#define VERSION_MINOR    1
-#define VERSION_APPEND   "-dev"
-
-#define VERSION_STRING(x,y,z)  VERSION_ARGS(x, y, z)
-#define VERSION_ARGS(x,y,z)    "v" #x "." #y z
-
 #define MAX_BUFFER_SIZE    (1000*1024)
 #define MAX_FILENAME_SIZE  (256)
 
@@ -252,7 +245,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			} else if (argv[i][1] == 'v') {
 				printf("%s %s\n",
 					base(argv[0]),
-					VERSION_STRING(VERSION_MAJOR,VERSION_MINOR,VERSION_APPEND));
+					VERSION);
 				return 0;
 			} else if (argv[i][1] == 'o') {
 				i++;