diff --git a/aio/build.sh b/aio/build.sh
index 59a3fffea8..5a982de180 100644
--- a/aio/build.sh
+++ b/aio/build.sh
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ cp /mingw64/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/places/*.svg /mingw64/share/icons/gnome
 rm -rf dist aio/dist
 python setup.py bdist_wheel
 if `grep -q '^DEV_VERSION\s*=\s*True' gramps/version.py`; then
-    appbuild="r$(git rev-list --count HEAD)-$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
+    appbuild="$(git describe)"
 else
     appbuild="$2"
 fi