diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0b454bb..94d3354 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-AC_INIT([monitord], [2.0svn], [monitor@lists.jhr-online.de])
+#m4_define([git_version], 
+#	m4_esyscmd(git describe --abbrev=4 --dirty --always --tags))
+
+AC_INIT([monitord], m4_esyscmd(git describe --abbrev=6 --dirty --always --tags | tr -d '\n\r'), [monitor@lists.jhr-online.de])
 AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Werror foreign])