diff --git a/m4/calaos.m4 b/m4/calaos.m4
index e47f3512..57004c52 100644
--- a/m4/calaos.m4
+++ b/m4/calaos.m4
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dnl CALAOS_VERSION
 AC_DEFUN([CALAOS_VERSION],
 [dnl
-m4_define([v_revision], m4_esyscmd([(git describe --tags --always master 2>/dev/null || echo 0) | tr -d '\n']))dnl
+m4_define([v_revision], m4_esyscmd([(cat version 2>/dev/null || echo 0) | tr -d '\n']))dnl
 m4_define([calaos_version], [v_revision])
 ])
diff --git a/src/bin/calaos_server/version.h b/src/bin/calaos_server/version.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bcc9df99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bin/calaos_server/version.h
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#ifndef VERSION_H
+#define VERSION_H
+
+#define PKG_VERSION_STR "git"
+
+#endif // VERSION_H
diff --git a/version b/version
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5664e303
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+git