--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.61)
-AC_INIT([tinc], m4_esyscmd_s((git describe || echo UNKNOWN) | sed 's/release-//'))
+AC_INIT([tinc], m4_esyscmd_s((git describe || echo 1.1pre14-16-g15b868e) | sed 's/release-//'))
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/tincd.c])
 AC_GNU_SOURCE
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([std-options subdir-objects nostdinc silent-rules -Wall])