diff --git a/BUILD/PKGBUILD b/BUILD/PKGBUILD
index e6ef9ae..7496250 100644
--- a/BUILD/PKGBUILD
+++ b/BUILD/PKGBUILD
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ md5sums=('SKIP')
 
 pkgver() {
     cd "${_pkgname}"
-    printf "r%s.%s" "$(git rev-list --count HEAD)" "$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
+    git describe --long --tags | sed 's/\([^-]*-g\)/r\1/;s/-/./g'
 }
 
 package() {