diff --git a/config.mk b/config.mk
index b7f4032..6cd8f8c 100644
--- a/config.mk
+++ b/config.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION = `git describe --tags --abbrev=0`
+VERSION := `git describe --tags --dirty`
 
 PKG_CONFIG = pkg-config