diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac

index 2d98f62f1..02ff68b28 100644

--- a/configure.ac

+++ b/configure.ac

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@

 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.

 AC_PREREQ(2.53)

-AC_INIT(ejabberd, m4_esyscmd([echo `git describe --tags 2>/dev/null || echo 0.0` | sed 's/-g.*//;s/-/./' | tr -d '\012']), [ejabberd@process-one.net], [ejabberd])

+AC_INIT(ejabberd, m4_esyscmd([echo `git describe --tags 2>/dev/null || echo @version@` | sed 's/-g.*//;s/-/./' | tr -d '\012']), [ejabberd@process-one.net], [ejabberd])

 REQUIRE_ERLANG_MIN="8.3 (Erlang/OTP 19.3)"

 REQUIRE_ERLANG_MAX="100.0.0 (No Max)"