diff --git a/build-aux/vergen b/build-aux/vergen
index efef66c..b392c8a 100755
--- a/build-aux/vergen
+++ b/build-aux/vergen
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ git rev-parse --show-toplevel >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
 }
 
 version=$(
-  git describe --match='v[0-9]\.*' --abbrev=7 HEAD 2>/dev/null \
+  git describe --tags --match='v[0-9]\.*' --abbrev=7 HEAD 2>/dev/null \
     | sed 's/^v//'
 )