diff --git a/tools/git-version b/tools/git-version
index a81a5e1224..c9b09787b7 100755
--- a/tools/git-version
+++ b/tools/git-version
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 # Small script to determine the git version.
 
-exec git describe --tags --dirty
+exec git describe --tags --dirty --always